[Noah930]

Love/hate my garage.

Love it because I finally have a place to put the car, bikes, tools, posters, etc. I can make it "mine." If I want an electrical wall outlet, change the paint, change the garage door, install a cabinet, etc, then I don't have to ask for a landlord's permission.

But I hate it because it's also just barely undersized (18' x 19'). And due to the design of the house and property setback limits, it's the one thing I can't change easily. My wife parks her car in there. The kids have their riding toys in there. That extra foot or two from being 20x20 doesn't sound like much, but it makes a world of difference in what goes where/peripheral storage. Using kids' toys, getting to a shelf/cabinet, pulling the Porsche or one of the bikes out is like rearranging planes on a carrier deck for one of those overhead photo shoots. Damn, I wish we had been the high bidder on that house with the 3-car detached garage.