Front Attached Garage Vs Rear Laned Garage

[dj_rice]

Any pros/cons between the two?Which is better?Going to be purchasing a house soon and I don't know where I'm headed so looking for tips. Thanks in advance

Are Front Attached typically smaller than Rear Lane Garage?What size is good enough for 2 cars to park along with storage of tools/bicycles etc on the side. 24x24?



Thanks for all the posts, I love all the suggestions and recommendations so it can open my eyes


**If a mod can edit to add a poll of Front Attached vs Rear Lane Which Would You Choose so I can see what the consensus is please and thanks**

[schocker]

Do you enjoy shoveling, do you like having a driveway to wash your car in and a place for extra people to park along wtih not having a dusty car :dunno:

[C_Dave45]

Front attached, hand's down. Especially if you can have a triple, attached perpendicular to your front door.
Lane garage? Ew. Bringing home groceries, loading and unloading from trips....even running to the car in your underwear at midnight to grab that doobie you left in the glove compartment.... Yup...front attached.

[sillysod]

I wanted a laned garage because I like to tinker in the garage - it's more of a shop that accomodates cars than anything.

If all you do is park your car in the garage get an attached.

[msommers]

To me the home styles are completely different and would come down to your preference of the look than anything.

[sillysod]

another + IMO of laned is your yard is actually private.

you don't have just a fence and 5 houses on the other side of it that can see in your yard.

[AE92_TreunoSC]

Front garage for me next time. That way only I can park in front of my own house.

I have a dick head neighbor with 6 cars that likes to leave cars in front of my house.

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by AE92_TreunoSC
Front garage for me next time. That way only I can park in front of my own house.


That's my favorite part of front attached. I can get two in the garage 3 on the pad and I'm a corner lot so there's parking for a least 5+ around the two sides facing the streets.

Although I usually just park on the pad, so I can say hi to the neighbors and talk about crap before I head inside ( And my garage is 1/2 occupied by tools and work benches currently..)

[AndyL]

Both :) front for parking and a shop around back :angel:

[guessboi]

+1 Front garage hands down. You can go straight into your house and a driveway to park more cars.

Better yet, get a place with a side lane so you can build a 2nd (detached) garage on the side. :D

My wife shut down my plan to build a 2nd garage so we can have more green space at the back for our 3 month old. :nut:

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by guessboi
My wife shut down my plan to build a 2nd garage so we can have more green space at the back for our 3 month old. :nut:

3 month olds don't play in grass! Build that garage. :thumbsup:

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by AndyL
Both :) front for parking and a shop around back :angel:

THIS!!! If you can find one.

I've got a triple alley garage, and my only beef is that the alley isn't paved. Stay away from any alley garage that isn't. Even running through the yard in my underwear to "grab that doobey", isn't bad. I just wish it were paved.

[bignerd]

Detached is more likely to be broken into...

[88CRX]

Currently building a landed, rear garage. Biggest plus being the price. Even building the $20k detached garage it's quite a bit cheaper then a basic front attached garage home. Second plus being the fact you actually get windows and a front facade which looks better IMO. Gets a lot more light into the home.

Obviously detached sucks in winter. And gravel alley blows.

[r3ccOs]

Originally posted by 88CRX
Currently building a landed, rear garage. Biggest plus being the price. Even building the $20k detached garage it's quite a bit cheaper then a basic front attached garage home. Second plus being the fact you actually get windows and a front facade which looks better IMO. Gets a lot more light into the home.

Obviously detached sucks in winter. And gravel alley blows.

i dunno
I prefer front attached... lived in both and imo well worth the variance in price, of having the convience of a front attached move-up rather than crowded streets

plus generally the builders have more elaborate floor plans for move ups than most laned homes

[Xamim]

Detached if you work on cars. That way any noise from the garage doesn't make it into the house. We have a detached, and it is great because no one in the house complains when the air compressor comes on.

If all you do is park in the garage, and do the occasional tire swap and small things like that, then attached might be for you. Only downside is that attached are usually smaller, unless it is a bigger house. In the area we live in, there are both styles, and the attached garages are tiny. I always see people park in them and they have to squeeze through between the cars.

Like others have said, both would be wicked.

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by r3ccOs


i dunno
I prefer front attached... lived in both and imo well worth the variance in price, of having the convience of a front attached move-up rather than crowded streets

That's the best part by far, not having cars line up and down the street on each side. Everyone on my block parks in their driveway so the streets are nice and wide and clear or vehicles.

[Darell_n]

There's no way in hell I could afford my 1200 sq ft house if the 28x28 shop was attatched.

[sillysod]

Originally posted by Xamim
Detached if you work on cars. That way any noise from the garage doesn't make it into the house. We have a detached, and it is great because no one in the house complains when the air compressor comes on.


That's the reason we built our place where we did. I LOVE playing in the garage as I do "office" work all day, it's my escape. I built a 26x26 with heated floor, plasma tv, plumbed in air lines, etc. went all out. I even pressure wash the cars in there in the winter time.

That being said I had our alley paved as soon as the city could come and do it.

TikTok is right, gravel alley we had for 2 years was the absolute shits.

[GT4rally]

I agree, if you work on cars a lot, like I do, detached is the way to go. No noise in the house from air compressors, grinders, etc.

However, I really don't care for the gravel alley, especially riding my motorcycle down it... I got a nail in my motorcycle tire last summer from the alley.
And when it rains, the cars get muddy.
Dust isn't an issue, since we are at the end of a closed of alley.
I do worry about someone breaking in through the flimsy main door, which I would likely hear if it was attached.

[brucebanner]

Originally posted by AndyL
Both :) front for parking and a shop around back :angel:

This. :bigpimp:

[eblend]

When I was looking I was dead set on an attached garage myself because I prefered the look, but from all the places I looked in my price range, the homes were about 1150-1300 square feet in size, which I found to be just a tad small. I bought a normal house and built a garage out back, and I actually like this configuration alot more now. The noise from the garage is never a factor, have cameras setup facing the rear gate, the garage door + inside the garage (ran all the wireing when building the garage in a separate conduit back to the house) so the security isn't much of an issue either, but then again, i don't live in the NE. I park in front of the garage sideways if I need to wash the car, so can still do that, and best of all, no driveway to shovel.

If I was looking to buy again, I would not be opposed to doing a detached garage again, although if I even upgrade I think most homes in my next price range would be attached regardless.

[Darell_n]

I think a gravel lane would be an issue for me if my back alley wasn't only 5 houses long with a turn around at the end. Not enough traffic, really, to kick up dust or make potholes.

[88CRX]

Originally posted by sillysod


That being said I had our alley paved as soon as the city could come and do it.

TikTok is right, gravel alley we had for 2 years was the absolute shits.

How easy was that convincing the entire street to pay for the cost?

As soon as I can start lobbying I'm going to try to get ours done as well. For the time being it shouldn't be too bad as we're only a couple houses in off the road.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by 88CRX


How easy was that convincing the entire street to pay for the cost?

As soon as I can start lobbying I'm going to try to get ours done as well. For the time being it shouldn't be too bad as we're only a couple houses in off the road.

Someone petitioned to get ours paved, it took 50% of the owners I believe to get it started. Once the cost came out, another petition started to NOT do it, which takes 70%.

The "do not pave" won by one freaking vote :banghead: (on average, it would have been $540 extra taxes per year for 12 years)

[88CRX]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Someone petitioned to get ours paved, it took 50% of the owners I believe to get it started. Once the cost came out, another petition started to NOT do it, which takes 70%.

The "do not pave" won by one freaking vote :banghead: (on average, it would have been $540 extra taxes per year for 12 years)

Do you have to petition to everyone that backs onto it?

It's weird some alleys in the newer communities are partial/completely paved already (before people have even moved in). But others aren't.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by 88CRX


Do you have to petition to everyone that backs onto it?


Yeap. Otherwise I'd start a new one, and skip all the retired people who never use their garages, lol.

[88CRX]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Yeap. Otherwise I'd start a new one, and skip all the retired people who never use their garages, lol.

I wonder if you get the first 10 houses in off the road to agree if the city will pave up to that point then stop it?

[CapnCrunch]

Front for sure. My wife has a bad habit of leaving the garage door open. If it faced the alley, it would have been looted long ago.

[CapnCrunch]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Someone petitioned to get ours paved, it took 50% of the owners I believe to get it started. Once the cost came out, another petition started to NOT do it, which takes 70%.

The "do not pave" won by one freaking vote :banghead: (on average, it would have been $540 extra taxes per year for 12 years)

That's pretty steep for paving, isn't it?

[ExtraSlow]

That's paying union prices for paving. My brother had his front sidewalk replaced by the city, and it was about four times the cost of getting it done privately.

you also can't just call up a paving contractor and have them pave it, the city will kick your ass for this. They claim it's for liability reasons, but I dunno.

[bspot]

Front attached garage neighborhoods are the epitome of ugly.

Houses with no windows, just big blank doors and concrete pads.

You lose a large amount of land to your driveway, and cut down significantly on main floor windows.

Give me a street with a nice tree lined boulevard and garages in the rear any day.

[sillysod]

The trick with us was to break it down monthly. Most people were fine with the additional $25.00/month it was for our area.

Some people lost their minds about the thought of it, but IMO if you can't afford an additional $25/month you probably shouldn't be a home owner.



Capn, I put a timer on my door so it automatically closes after 15 minutes. :thumbsup:

[CapnCrunch]

Originally posted by sillysod




Capn, I put a timer on my door so it automatically closes after 15 minutes. :thumbsup:

Cliffs on this please!!!

[C_Dave45]

Originally posted by CapnCrunch



Originally posted by sillysod
I put a timer on my door so it automatically closes after 15 minutes. :thumbsup:



Cliffs on this please!!!

x2!! I don't know how many times my door was left open all night. Bikes, tools, unlocked door to the house...all wide open :banghead:

[ExtraSlow]

Originally posted by C_Dave45

x2!! I don't know how many times my door was left open all night. Bikes, tools, unlocked door to the house...all wide open :banghead:
Unlocked door to house is one of the best reasons NOT to have an attached garage.

That plus I think front garages look awful. I love my back lane, gravel and all.

[sillysod]

I used a magnetic door switch on the bottom of the door that when not closed turns on the power to 3 timers. So if the door is closed the timers are all off.

When the door opens it turns on Timer 1.

Timer 1 runs for 15 minutes, when Timer 1 times out it turns on Timer 2.

Timer 2 turns on / off every 3 minutes.

Every time timer 2 trips it turns on Timer 3 which is setup to send a 1 second pulse (the door button signal).

so that way even if the barrier light barrier is broken and the the door re-opens, timers 2 & 3 ensure it keeps trying every 3 minutes to close the door.


ya.... sounds more complicated than it is.


I was going to use a PLC, but had these timers sitting on my desk and figured I'd setup something using those as my wife tends to leave the garage open on occasion.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow


That plus I think front garages look awful.

+1

The only exceptions are the houses I'll never be able to afford, lol.

[msommers]

Originally posted by bspot
Front attached garage neighborhoods are the epitome of ugly.

I don't know if I'd go that far but rear garage is definitely my preference

I would much rather have a style like this (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Calgary,+AB,+Canada&hl=fr&ll=51.055619,-114.04172&spn=0.001295,0.003921&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.68309,128.496094&oq=calgar&hnear=Calgary,+Division+No.+6,+Alberta,+Canada&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.055524,-114.041717&panoid=wefNb23Oage9XMU2sfWD2w&cbp=12,77.07,,0,-3.72) or this (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Calgary,+AB,+Canada&hl=fr&ll=51.063407,-114.104551&spn=0.005178,0.015686&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.68309,128.496094&oq=calgar&hnear=Calgary,+Division+No.+6,+Alberta,+Canada&t=m&layer=c&cbll=51.06341,-114.104397&panoid=qgrvE3Z9EyzHUVQbf3NpsQ&cbp=12,357.16,,0,3.43&z=17) or these (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Calgary,+AB,+Canada&hl=fr&ll=51.062059,-114.10395&spn=0.005158,0.015686&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.68309,128.496094&oq=calgar&hnear=Calgary,+Division+No.+6,+Alberta,+Canada&t=m&layer=c&cbll=51.062064,-114.104333&panoid=5HN6MjJ1nt1EW-iCsno5Eg&cbp=12,172.14,,0,4.38&z=17) than say anything on this street for example here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Calgary,+AB,+Canada&hl=fr&ll=51.147119,-114.231753&spn=0.001292,0.003921&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.68309,128.496094&oq=calgar&hnear=Calgary,+Division+No.+6,+Alberta,+Canada&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.147119,-114.231753&panoid=qXFmEepiLscN7_AgVALCxQ&cbp=12,357.78,,0,-0.95)

Different strokes for different folks.

[max_boost]

I like the Quarry Park rear attached garages!

[Cos]

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[AndyL]

Have you guys spied the ones over by MRU on benny sur mer and tommy prince? I'm still trying to figure out how they've gotten those approved - 2 story detached with lofts/suites above...

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by AndyL
Have you guys spied the ones over by MRU on benny sur mer and tommy prince? I'm still trying to figure out how they've gotten those approved - 2 story detached with lofts/suites above...

You're allowed if you have the appropriate land use, etc.

Check out page 7.
http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/DBA/Documents/brochures/secondary_suites_brochure.pdf

[AndyL]

I know it's theoretically possible - but this is the first time I've seen two storey garages going up, in a long long long time...

[sillysod]

Ok here are some pics I just shot of my yard.

Not big, but definitely big enough for the 3 of us. I tried to make the most of the space as my wife and little guy are out there all the time. It is pretty private but I put up lattice where my deck is so I don't have to look at the neighbours.


I put pot lights on dimmers in the soffits in the garage so that in the evening we can turn them on in the yard. Also put in 2 large windows to break it up so it isn't a giant vinyl cube in the yard.

I built a fenced "lock up" area beside my slab and behind the shed where I can put all my recycling, used oil containers the lawn mower and other things I do not want taking up space in the shed. It's covered inside so everything stays relatively dry.

Another + of laned is that you can keep your bins out back and not have to deal with them in the garage or beside the house. I put some chains on mine so they don't blow away in the wind because I hate them in the garage.

I also put up pictures of the timers for the garage door.

Excuse the grass hahaha


http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8209.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8210.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8211.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8214.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8213.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8212.jpg

[msommers]

At my Mom's place getting a new sidewalk; crudely stitched in Paint. Double sized garage with great size backyard.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/matt_calgary/MomBackyard.jpg

[sillysod]

^^^ perfect back yard imo.

nothing worse than a yard with a 6 foot fence at the end seperating your neighbours and their house towering over you.

[know1edge]

that looks like a sweet garage.

i wouldn't mind our lane if it was closer to the door and our alley was paved.

[Q-TIP]

Originally posted by AE92_TreunoSC
Front garage for me next time. That way only I can park in front of my own house.

I have a dick head neighbor with 6 cars that likes to leave cars in front of my house.

Do you happen to live in Brentwood? If so I am sure that is my fiancee's dad. I like the man but I would hate to be his neighbour. He has 7 cars, 2.5 of them run at any given point in time.

[kenny]

Baywest homes is marketing some homes in Westland Estates that have double attached garages in the rear. Starts at about 750k.

http://www.baywesthomes.com/homes/floorplan-searchbase/floorplans/hudson-iv.html?community=22

[msommers]

I can only imagine the price tag on those places. That layout is awesome though and not in the boonies either.

[sillysod]

still way to small if you plan on playing in there.

Front drive is just fine for parking cars only... The problem is that they always use horrible white metal garage doors. Nice wooden garage doors really dress a place up.

[ALBERTA_IS]

Originally posted by Cos
Lots of this is already covered but we are looking to buy or build right now and this is what I have noticed:

Front Attached
Pros:
- You have a driveway
- Attached to the house. Better for groceries and winter
- Faces paved street. Keeps cars cleaner.
- Better for security while sleeping since you can hear people break into it.

Cons:
- Layout of the houses are compromised.
- Houses look a lot more cookie cutter.
- House is usually farther back into the lot.
- Hard to get oversized or overheight in the used market. <--- biggest set back for me
- Worse for security when you are not home. Easy to break into the garage and a lot of people dont lock their garage -> house doors.


Rear Laned
Pros:
- Can build much bigger sizes and dimensions.
- Usually cooler layouts for houses since the house doesnt have to accommodate a garage.
- Doesnt have to be decided upon during the construction of a house or can be added later.
- Depending on the lot you may get a bigger back yard.
- Guaranteed to have a back alley (wont back onto anyone else, have room for a pad, etc.)

Cons:
- Usually severely cuts into your back yard. So you get the option of sitting out back looking at your garage or looking at your house.
- Carrying things inside would suck (especially children, food, pets).
- Have to enter your house through the back door. A lot of places we looked at didnt have mud rooms oddly enough.




It is really up to you. We found a couple laned houses we really liked but mainly gravitated to the front attached for the security, driveway, and backyard reasons.


I agree with almost all your pros and cons but I would also add these:

Front attached Cons

Smaller garages usually 20x22 means cars are always in the driveway because it doesn't really fit 2 cars.



Rear Detached Pros

If your lane is paved you can play street hockey!

If you want to work in your garage it is seperate from the house, so less noise/dust in the house.

Rear Detached con

Carrying stuff to the house adds one extra door and in the winter it could suck but really is no biggie.


Our house is a rear detached with a pved lane and I love it. I wouldn't have even looked at it if there wasnt a paved lane. In the process of building a 30x22 garage ( triple ) and the front of our street has no vehicles in front of it. We face a large pond and green space so our road is always super clean looking. When I drive down the street and I see front attached houses and vehicles in the driveways and in front on the street it looks like crap. It would be nice if the new homes were building a true double car garage so people could actually park their trucks/SUV in the garage they paid for!

I would never buy a rear detached in an area where the front street is covered with vehicles.

[ALBERTA_IS]

Looks good! I am in the process of buyilding my garage and I am making it look like a guest house from the back yard as well.




Originally posted by sillysod
Ok here are some pics I just shot of my yard.

Not big, but definitely big enough for the 3 of us. I tried to make the most of the space as my wife and little guy are out there all the time. It is pretty private but I put up lattice where my deck is so I don't have to look at the neighbours.


I put pot lights on dimmers in the soffits in the garage so that in the evening we can turn them on in the yard. Also put in 2 large windows to break it up so it isn't a giant vinyl cube in the yard.

I built a fenced "lock up" area beside my slab and behind the shed where I can put all my recycling, used oil containers the lawn mower and other things I do not want taking up space in the shed. It's covered inside so everything stays relatively dry.

Another + of laned is that you can keep your bins out back and not have to deal with them in the garage or beside the house. I put some chains on mine so they don't blow away in the wind because I hate them in the garage.

I also put up pictures of the timers for the garage door.

Excuse the grass hahaha


http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8209.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8210.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8211.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8214.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8213.jpg

http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b421/sillysod/DSCF8212.jpg

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by sillysod
Ok here are some pics I just shot of my yard.


Is your garage door ridiculously narrow or is it just me??

[sillysod]

It's 28x26 so I suppose it is narrow, but it isn't that narrow.

I angle park the A4 so that my 5 yr old doesn't hit it when he opens the doors on my wifes car (the doors open huge on that thing)

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by sillysod
It's 28x26 so I suppose it is narrow, but it isn't that narrow.


It just seems like it isn't even a standard width double (18 foot) wide garage door. Looking closer though, I think it's just the angled parking of your cars plus how wide the garage itself is. 'Ees vera nice!

[msommers]

Originally posted by sillysod
The problem is that they always use horrible white metal garage doors. Nice wooden garage doors really dress a place up.

Yeah I agree, some can look better. Examples:

http://www.baywesthomes.com/assets/images/floorplans/renderings/coloradoII.jpg

http://www.baywesthomes.com/assets/images/floorplans/renderings/riverwood.jpg

VS the plain Jane (IMO hideous)

http://www.baywesthomes.com/assets/images/floorplans/renderings/helios.jpg


But if I had to go front garage, this layout is what I would want (and significantly over what I could afford!). Not only because I'm not baller enough to own that thing but it's just more house than I'd ever want or need:

http://www.baywesthomes.com/assets/images/floorplans/renderings/dakotaII.jpg

[speedog]

The first three pictures of homes that msommers posted above still include a rather small front drive 2 car garage and again the same problem will ensue as currently exists in many communities with these types of homes - a garage that might fit one car with a whole bunch of stuff in the rest of the garage. All of the other vehicles end up in the driveway or on the street - many parts of Tuscany are a prime example of this with all kinds of cars not being parked in garages.

Now I'm not saying a rear drive garage will fix this as heaven knows there are lots of rear drive garages in my mid-50's neighborhood that are also full of junk and not vehicles, but a detached rear drive garage can often be a bit wider or longer (or both).

Probably the biggest thing is that people just plain have way too much stuff in their garages and probably unused stuff at that. Throw or donate or sell that stuff - I mean really, did you pay for a 2 car garage or an over-sized and expensive storage place?

[sillysod]

^^ I'm surprised how many garages I see that look like this:

http://w5jgv.com/AC-Power-1/DSC_0758.jpg


For wooden garage doors the painted ones are ok, but a nice stained wooden door looks amazing.

http://www.home-style-choices.com/image-files/wood-garage-door-500x364.jpg

A few friends have smoked glass ones that look pretty awesome too.
http://www.hillcountrydoors.com/blackanodizeddoor.jpg



all so much better than the standard horrible tin doors that seem to come standard on every front drive.

[tirebob]

If only one, I prefer a separate rear shop over a front attached garage. I always joke with my buddies that with a front attached they only get to rent a room from their wives while with my shop I have my own house... lol

If you just use it for parking, a front attached is definitely more convenient, but for working I like my shop. Now if a guy could have both, that would be awesome!

[Sugarphreak]

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[Cos]

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[ercchry]

most epic would be an oversized double/triple attached.... drive-thru garage! so it would really be a 4-6 car garage and being attached it wouldnt look too ridiculous. bonus points for paved rear lane

[Sugarphreak]

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[ercchry]

attached to the SIDE of the house. not front ;)

i was looking at a house that had this potential when i was shopping last fall. but it only had room for a single, so essentially a double garage but one person gets the front and one gets the back.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak

My main con for rear garages;

-Your main street looks like a parking lot (although this coule be a pro if you live in a house that is unkept and looks like ass, nobody will ever see it behind the bumper to bumper wall of cars in front)

Personal opinion, but I'd still rather see cars on the street, in front of nicely groomed front yards, than cars parked in driveways of houses, where 1/2 of the front of the house is garage.

[Sugarphreak]

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[ercchry]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


Front... that way you have a huge driveway with enforceable towing rules!




i still dont think you get what im getting at! so i sketched this...

http://i.imm.io/x1Kh.jpeg

http://i.imm.io/x1Ly.jpeg

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak

which is pretty much every neighborhood that has rear drive garages.


Guess I live on a good cul-de-sac then :D

[Sugarphreak]

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[ercchry]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


So basically a "drive through" double... not bad


lol, WTF is this supposed to be?


an aerial shot :rofl:

EDIT: here is one with more thought/detail put into it

http://i.imm.io/x1W1.jpeg

[ALBERTA_IS]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak

My main con for rear garages;

-Your main street looks like a parking lot (although this coule be a pro if you live in a house that is unkept and looks like ass, nobody will ever see it behind the bumper to bumper wall of cars in front)

Remember thats not always the case for rear garages. In my case I have a lake view in front and everyone with the lake view has the common sense to keep their vehicles off the street. It creates a great view for everyone. I know that most cases of rear detatched garages result in a street packed full of vehicles because their alley is gravel or whatever their reason is. I think that is why people associated rear detatched as starter homes which is obviously not the case.

[barmanjay]

I like the older neighborhoods because of beauty, 99% of them are rear garage. I choose rear garage.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/barmanjay/photo.jpg

[msommers]

Looks like Crescent Heights there?

Conversely regarding front garage homes, if you're having a party, you can't really find that much parking otherwise you'll be infront of someone's driveway. And commonly someone parks their own vehicle in front of that small strip of grass they call a lawn :rofl: ;)

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by barmanjay
I like the older neighborhoods because of beauty, 99% of them are rear garage. I choose rear garage.


Hey! Where's the blog updates???

[Sugarphreak]

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[Tik-Tok]

Well, as said Sugarphreak, depends on the neighborhood. You can fit 20 more cars on my cul-de-sac at night, and I'm the only one on the block who actually uses his garage.

At the same time though, I see lots of front-garage neighborhoods that are the exact same way. 2 cars in the driveway, and still have 2 cars parked on the street, because it's a house of 4+ drivers... I won't mention any demographics or specific neighborhoods though.... that may get me banned :rofl:

[Sugarphreak]

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[jaylo]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok
Well, as said Sugarphreak, depends on the neighborhood. You can fit 20 more cars on my cul-de-sac at night, and I'm the only one on the block who actually uses his garage.

At the same time though, I see lots of front-garage neighborhoods that are the exact same way. 2 cars in the driveway, and still have 2 cars parked on the street, because it's a house of 4+ drivers... I won't mention any demographics or specific neighborhoods though.... that may get me banned :rofl:

You have to be in a ballin' community to avoid large work pick up trucks and rusted out cars parked in front of your house

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by jaylo


You have to be in a ballin' community to avoid large work pick up trucks and rusted out cars parked in front of your house

Nope, the average price in my community is $370k I believe (guessing). I'm not saying there isn't a few of work trucks on the main road, but my street is pretty damned clean, and people keep their shit nice.

There's two rentals out of 14 houses on it, and even they keep their houses kept.

[barmanjay]

Originally posted by msommers
Looks like Crescent Heights there?



Close; it's mount pleasant, coincidentally just around the corner from my place



Originally posted by Tik-Tok



Hey! Where's the blog updates???

Good timing, I just posted an update! Was crazy busy with work over the last few weeks!

[ExtraSlow]

Mount Pleasant is great. I think even when it's time to change houses, I'll stay in this area.

[msommers]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


No way, look at both situations;

First the home with the rear drive garage. they have space for maybe 2 to 3 cars in front of their house tops... minus their own DD car, then minus the rest of the neighbors who are all usually parked bumper to bumper taking every last inch of available space up.

Then look at the front drive garage home; you have two spots in the garage for the home owners, say they have filled their garage with garbage instead of cars, then another two or three dedicated spots for cars to park on the driveway. Then people who come over can in front of the driveway on the street, plus a less congested street around them for others.

I have friends who live in the rear drive car neighborhoods, trying to find parking less than a block away is always a challenge... and when you do, there is a 50/50 chance that somebody is going to spaz at you for parking in "their" spot.


Very valid points, Nick. Mostly I like to bust you front-garagies' balls :D