Do You Have a Garage?
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82703)
United States
February 7, 2016 9:29am CST
When I was house hunting a few years ago one of the biggest selling features for my house was that it has a garage. The garage is connected to the house and I can just bring the car into the garage and come into the house.
Where I was living before we only had street parking and it was miserable. Trying to find a parking space wasn't always easy so when this house had an attached garage it rated high on my "must have" list.
I think about how easy it is now to just pull into the garage and I know I always have a place to park when I come home. It's also great not having to worry about ice on my windshield or snow covering the car and having to clean it off when we have nasty winter weather.
Makes we wonder...do you have a garage? do you keep your car in it?
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
7 Feb 16
Having an attached garage is important to me for security reasons. When women live alone, especially when they start to get up there in years, they need this feature. I have it and love it. I know people who are jealous, and for good reason.
Some people in my neighborhood do not use theirs for their cars. They have too much junk. It's absurd.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@Juliaacv Miserable people hoard because they are trying to fill that hole inside that you and I do not have. So sad.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Feb 16
I agree and Tony needs to clean mine out! I want mine back.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@marlina I also have a double car garage but I only have one car so the other half does have some junk in it
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 Yes. it's very convenient.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@jabouk being able to access the house right from the garage is wonderful isn't it...especially when bringing in the groceries
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
8 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 I can only imagine. Even growing up, we always had either a garage or a carport to park the cars. It just all depends on where your grew up.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@simone10 I never had a garage until I moved here and it's wonderful. I can't believe how many years I had to park my car on the street
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
7 Feb 16
I have a car port that is attached to my home and it is a great convenience during hail and bad rain storms @Marilynda1225 .
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
7 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 , yes, I agree, that is what counts.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@bluesa A carport is probably just as good as having a garage. At least you don't have to worry about your car being in any bad weather
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
7 Feb 16
We have a two car garage, but need a three car one. Actually a four car garage. Our younger son has his own home with a garage, but stores his antique car in ours. I keep my sports car garaged. Our SUV and other car have their own parking area in the driveway. I don't have to worry about snow anymore, now that we are in FL.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@DianneN if I was in Flordia for the winter I probably wouldn't think so much about my garage LOL but with our bad winters here in Pa I listen to my neighbors cleaning off their cars in the mornings before heading off to work. It's also convenient for me to just bring the groceries in the house when I shop and I don't have to lug them all from the street.
What kind of antique car does your son have? did he restore it?
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
8 Feb 16
@DianneN sounds like a beautiful car 
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 He has the last Toyota Supra ever made. He has had some work done on it. It has won many looks and contests.
Trust me! I lived through many, many winters in CT and know exactly what you mean. This is only are third winter in FL.
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@Juliaacv (51045)
• Canada
7 Feb 16
We have an attached two and a half car garage.
Our last home had a nice long driveway, but no garage, and neither of us liked that. So when we found this home, it had an attached carport, and we eventually had a contractor finish it into a full garage, the roof and the cement floor were already there. I wouldn't own a home without this much garage space. he still has a large shed for the riding lawn mower and the bigger things he uses in the yard, the wheelbarrow, snow blower, weed wacker and whatnot. He has a long workbench in the garage and I have a work station for potting plants.
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@Juliaacv (51045)
• Canada
7 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 We've plenty of room for the 2 vehicles, and one side we have a large table for my pots and there is room underneath it for a stack of about about ten bags of dirt. We have two banks of lower cabinets across the end and the pantry from when we removed our old kitchen cabinets. Its a nice set up, and very spacious.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@juliaacv you were smart to convert that carport into a garage. Sounds like it's pretty big
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@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
7 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 our car nestles amongst the stuff lining the walls
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@valmnz mine is a two car garage but I only have one car so half of it is filled with stuff
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
7 Feb 16
There are necessities when we buy a home: Acres, pool, workshop, ranch over basement and main level garage. I don't understand how some people have a garage an park outside...makes no sense.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@abbygreenhill I notice that some of my neighbors have so much stuff in their garage that they wouldn't be able to fit a rake in there let alone a car. Sounds like a waste to me
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
9 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 I would bet if we didn't have a basement or a 40 x 40 workshop then the garage would be full of stuff.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 16
In my previous house we had a garage but here I do not but have ample parking in front of my house and with very creative parking I can get 8 cars on my driveway!
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@garymarsh wow 8 cars!! that's a pretty long driveway 
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
8 Feb 16
@garymarsh6 sounds like you have it all down to a system
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 16
@Marilynda1225 No it is not a big drive but if we have a lot of guests visiting then we move cars so the last person to leave is parked nearer the house whereas the first to leave will either be in the middle so they can drive off. So I have three down either side and two in the middle! It takes a bit of organising but it is worth it in the end!
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@Morethanamom (1948)
• Canada
7 Feb 16
We have a detached garage and car port. Unfortunately, the garage is mainly storage, so not cars are parked in it. Right now my father in law's truck is in the car port(so my husband can use it when we have snow), otherwise I would be parking my van there.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Feb 16
I do but its detached and is housing a riding mower and a deep freezer that I dont need. :(
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@andriaperry do you miss not being able to park the car in the garage?
@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Feb 16
We have a small barn. We don't put our cars in there but we do put our boat in there, to protect if from water freezing inside it. The cars can take the cold freezing weather better than our boat can.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@fishtiger58 storing the boat sounds like a good idea cause you don't want anything to happen to that if the weather is below freezing.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@jstory07 a garage wasn't even on my "must have" list until I started looking at houses to buy
@LeaPea2417 (37350)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7 Feb 16
Yes, we have a one car garage that is attached to the house, so that when you get out of the car, we can go right in to the house. Yes, we keep the car in it.
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@leapea2417 mine too. I can just come straight into the house and it's so convenient when lugging in groceries etc
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@Marilynda1225 (82703)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@amadeo I guess if you have an old schoolhouse there was no need for a garage when it was built?
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Feb 16
There is a garage here but it is communal not private. That's the difference between private residence and apt/condo/townhouse.
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