Typical America 'Two-car Garage' (detached type)

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Dear Builder,

I’ve NEVER had a buyer client tell me that they thought the garage was too big.  Granted, most of my buyers are “car people”, so the deck is a bit stacked, but not all of them are.  In fact, I’ve had clients with little interest in cars… and they still wanted a garage that was just a little bigger.

You see, lots of people use their garages for a lot of different things.  Many of my clients like to build cars or weld something back together in their garage, but others just want to be able to fit two cars and their riding lawnmower.  Some people might want to move the cars out and build a nice piece of furniture.  Others need a place to store their camping equipment while they are back in civilization.

Of course, square footage is valuable, especially as margins are squeezed, but homes with more generous garages might also sell a bit quicker.  And that helps the margin, too.  Turning over inventory faster lowers carrying costs.  And while we’re at it, can we have a couple more outlets in the garage?  I’ve seen too many garages lately that only had one outlet (aside from the one for the garage door opener).  One.  Even my 40 year old house has four outlets…

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