[Tishabet]

Originally Posted by fanaudical

- Make sure the walls and eaves are sealed from rodent/animal intrusion

- Gravel path from the garage to the house so you're not tracking mud into either?

These two would be top of my list. I would also make sure that whatever electric you have out there is going to suit your intended use, you can never have enough lighting and running a compressor or a 220 welder means amps. This depends a lot on your envisioned use, though.

I've never lived in your neck of the woods but have had a project car that got some mice in it and I curse the day I told myself that the car was sufficiently mouse proofed... I knew the shop space (which I was renting) was not. Here too depends on use... if you're using the shop to store and maintain your tractor then who cares.

I have my own shop, and the gravel is a great benefit and one of the first things i added. Without it I'm driving whatever vehicle through my backyard and straight into the shop along with whatever grass, leaves, dirt etc wants to come along. In my case I made a ~8' deep patch of gravel (with some landscape timbers to keep it tamed/make mowing easier) directly in front of the shop door, works great for my needs.