Just curious (okay, I am bored between projects)...

Been looking at newer homes, and a "3-car garage" is a must for me...

Some of the homes are a little deeper, while some are a little wider (roughly same sq footage)...

I only plan on putting 2 cars in it anyway, but want to be sure the wife doesn't get to close to my Chevelle...

Alot of homes we have seen are only around 20 ft deep, and some only 19 deep on the "single car" side... About 28'-6" to 29' wide...


Looked at a home last week, a little deeper, but only 27'-6" width with a 15-foot door width (and a separate 8-foot door), about 21+ ft deep... Odd, I had never seen a 15-foot wide door in a "tract" home, usually just standard 16-footers...


Unfortunately for me, the garage size is not my wife's first priority. :rolleyes:

Guess I should be thankful she is willing to allow me a 3-car garage AND "RV-access" on the side of the garage for my extra Chevelles... Wow, pretty hard to find house like that out here (at least in our meager <$600k price range... Ouch!)...

Think we found a few potentials... One fits really well with our "wants", with only a few detracting issues... But has a BIG yard (room for SEVERAL Chevelles in the side yard!) so I am willing to overlook those detractors...

Back to dreaming...

I went with a 2 1/2 car garage when I built one 5 years ago. I put the 1/2 part to the back instead of the side, so I would have room to put a workbench. It's worked out well so far.

I like to have deeper because I have a big truck that I occassionly will work on in the garage.

Yes you will spend $500+ in this area to get RV and Big garage with a decent nieghborhood.

If you are need of an agent, my mom is one in Fair Oaks at Coldwell Banker and she has been doing this a long time in the Sac area. I can give you her info if you dont have an agent and are looking for help.

I can barely afford gas in California, let alone your housing. We bought 5 acres in the desert, and my first garage is 24 deep by 30. One side, 10x24 is for parts, sink, shelving, etc. The rest, 20x24, is for working on a car, and work benches in front and along both sides.
My second garage is 24 x 50, has two 18 ft overheads and a walk-in door between them. athe space between the two overheads is/was for the riding tractor and other yard stuff, but I found out I can also xtore the body for my 47 Chevy 2 door sedan there also, till it's ready to go back on the frame.

For my next garage.........just kidding!

Ok my opinion. # cars wide two cars deep. Room for a work bench, air comp. Fridge. T.V. Phone a couple of recliners. A couple of bar stools. Plus don't forget over head heat. Plus air condition for those hot summer bug infested nights with the lights on.

A couple of guys in my motorcycle club, bought houses in a regular development, built within the last 10 years, that all of the homes (2 story) have over sized 2 car garages, double deep. Some have a single 18' door, others have two overhead doors. The first time that I went to a meeting at one of their homes, I seriously thought that they had extended the garage to incorporate what had probably been the dining room or family room or something.

Turns out that ALL of the homes in that particular development were built this way. The garages are fully finished (drywalled), 25' wide X 50' deep, with the laundry hook-ups are in one corner. There is one characteristic that I don't particularly care for, but there are alot of homes around here that are similarly designed. I hate when the front door of a home is practically on the side. Besides making for a blind entrance (can't see from the street), there is nary a view of the front yard or driveway from inside the house unless looking from an upstairs window.

But the garages are great. Plenty of room for hot rods, Harley's, tools .... my buddy even has a pool table, sectional couch, entertainment center, fridge and giant motel type window AC/Heater unit.

I too like a deeper work shop.
In a pinch I've backed the complete open trailer with the Chevelle already on it into the shop the night before a planned road trip...in case it rained during the night. ;)

deeper, leaves you room to work, have an engine on the stand, etc.

I vote deeper also ....... you never know .. in the middle of pulling a engine you might need to close the door & go somewhere ;)

Speaking of, I just put the Chevelle in the garage tonight. I had things in the back part. The 68 Camaro seems to be a LOT shorter than the Chevelle! And thinner too!:wacko:

Deeper. Without a doubt. I have a three-car garage in a new tract home. Neither bay is 20ft deep and it sucks. Can't even park a new GMC Sierra 1500 ext. cab in the garage. My boat, which has a 22ft. trailer, sits at an angle in the middle bay (got lucky as the third stall is set back 5ft. from the regular two-car garage section). The larger sq. ft. homes have 21ft. deep bays.

I think tract home builders should build 3-car garages as such: 24ft. bay, two 21ft. bays minimum. And minimum 30ft. inside width. Also, 3rd bay door of 9' 6" to allow a normal width trailer fit in the opening.

I think not being deep enough causes more grief than not being wide enough. In my case anyway.

Wow.. 600K out here will get you several acres, a huge arse out building, and a 5 bedroom, 3+ bath home.

I just bought a new house with a 24x24 attached garage and a 34X36 detached with 12 foot celings. Now I need to go shoping for a hoist :thumbsup:. I think their was a house around there somewhere to :D

Wow.. 600K out here will get you several acres, a huge arse out building, and a 5 bedroom, 3+ bath home.

On my insurance the house is worth 350K (3000sqft) the land is worth 250K for a 1/4 acre..:confused:

But I do have an attached 1400 sqft 10' tall garage.:hurray:

I have a 36 wide, 40 deep, 3 door. I wish I went even deeper since the workbenches chew up enough room to limit what cars go in what bays. Come to think of it I should have made the bays wider than 12' too.

The Deeper the better, that's my plan.

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It depends if you are going to work in it or just park cars in it. For just parking cars I perfer wider = less door dings, for working deeper and wider.

I would choose deeper over wider as well. Like everyone said, you need room to work, plus a toolbox, bigger tools, even storage of parts.

Ideally, you get a 3 wide, that the back can be blown out on and make it 2 cars deep too.

Both!

When we built our house in 1990 I built a four car(2 double 16' doors) garage. It's 20' deep X 40' wide. I WISH I had made it at least 24' deep instead of 20'. Width isn't bad but if I had to do it over(and had the extra $$$) I'd make it 30X50. Pete