oh i know... been looking at small farms in the area and even at 500K its not going to get you much around here
oh i know... been looking at small farms in the area and even at 500K its not going to get you much around hereI made a similar deal with wife for retirement home after the kids grow up in 20 years or so. Up here in the northeast, you'd be amazed at what $500k gets you. I don't mean that as a humble brag, but rather to say it doesn't get you much compared to other parts of the country.
I told the wife a relocation to a cheaper COL area where I can finally get my nice garage/barn is something I'd really like to do.
The only way I see that is if you don't actually do any dirty work in your garage and it's more of a man caveThat's what I need. A garage where I can put a couch, fridge and big screen tv in.
The only way I see that is if you don't actually do any dirty work in your garage and it's more of a man cave
I've helped design a lot of cool multi-million dollar homes while living in San Diego and working under a Structural Engineer. One home had an amazing underground parking garage, movie theater, wine cellar, etc. Another (google "The Wabi house" in Carslbad) was an indoor/outdoor Japanese theme with Koi fish ponds in/around the house. Stopped working there when millionaires stopped building homes like that after the economy took a dump in 08'. Now I Engineer boring precast concrete structures but it pays well.If it was big enough, you could have it off to the side. All depends on ultimate garage layout I guess.
When I was 17, I was doing electrical work with my uncle. We got a job building a brand new, multimillion dollar house in a wealthy town. The guy had the garage of my dreams. It wasn't a garage, it was a drive in basement with a 20' ceiling and you could park 20 cars easily inside it. You drove around to the back "wing" of the house, and there was a 15' garage door. There were TWO lifts (4 and 2 post) and then a walled off section for washing the cars, and then enough parking for at least a dozen cars. At the opposite end all the way inside, was a raised area that doubled as the man cave lifted about 5 feet higher than the rest of the basement. It was maybe 50 x 50 and had a bar, seating area, a projection TV and other man cave features. This "garage" was incredible, but I never got to see what was parked inside. We wrapped up the job before the moving company came in.
The only cooler basement I've ever seen is the house where a guy built a man-made pond RIGHT alongside his house, and had his side porch actually be a "dock" on the side of the house overlooking the pond. You go into the basement, and against that wall, two HUGE viewing windows with lighting under the pond water. Flip a switch at night and you could see bass and other fish swimming around. Was the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Harbor Freight box here. Have $700 in it maybe (thinking it was $630 out the door?)
Zero complaints after 5 years and if somehow it ever needs replaced, I’ll go right back to Harbor Freight for another one.
Garage is a 40x30. Wanted a garage my whole life so when we finally went house shopping it was a must have.
Downsides being its not insulated and I have 10’ ceilings and an uncalled for amount of rafters lol.
Wondered if anyone would notice lolI wont tell anyone if you don't....well ya kinda did already.... " Snap-On " lol...
Wish I had better pics on my phone or could remember to take some. Main box is a masterforce (Menards) 41", also have my failing craftsman 26" roll around with my precision tools (new job issues all that so I didn't need it).
Garage is 18x26, insulated but not heated. 60 gallon air compressor is in the basement corner adjacent to the garage. Bought the place in 2016, 3bed, 2bath, .2 acre in an established neighborhood for $165k.
Lol, there's a tab in the back you're supposed to push in after you take em out of the box that keeps them from separating. And the orange ones are old school non-ratcheting ones that are way more stable and wish I could find a couple new pairs of.You have magic...Anytime I try to turn my jack stands upside down the arms fall out...you not only accomplished that, but hung them on the wall.
Lol, there's a tab in the back you're supposed to push in after you take em out of the box that keeps them from separating. And the orange ones are old school non-ratcheting ones that are way more stable and wish I could find a couple new pairs of.
EDIT: I guess the orange ones don't show up, but they're a tripod looking type with a for the upright that just uses a crosspin in one of three holes. Might have come of my dads tool truck, I still got a lot of stuff that he kept when he sold it.
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