[Gideon911]

Originally Posted by deemsriddle

At one time I had 4 rental houses. One house was on 1 lot with a spare lot next door. On the spare lot I built a 4 car garage that had its own electrical, water etc. I was a bachelor and would live in whatever house wasn't rented. I never had to move my cars, tools etc. and could work in my garage whenever I felt appropriate, not nights Sundays and Holidays. I ended up selling all my houses, kept the garage and built a house with full basement as I was getting older and renters can be frustrating. After I built my new house, I sold the garage as it was inconvenient to my new one.

I highly recommend the detached garage, especially if it on a adjacent lot. Make sure it is secure and fully self-sustained. Design the garage with the idea that it might turned into a house. My old garage was turned into a house and is worth $609.00 on our city's tax page.

Brilliant. I've searched for a properties with two homes on one lot for years. I've seen a few decent properties but nothing that was really what I wanted. I do think what you did is genius. A detached garage can be expanded to a larger garage or turned into a home. Very cool.