How Can a Garage Benefit Me?
Car Storage/Protection
One of the more standard ways a garage can benefit you is by providing a safe place to store your cars. By keeping your vehicles inside, you are helping protect them from the elements and passersby. No longer will you have to worry about hail damage to your car during a storm. You’ll also have a secure place rather than leaving your car vulnerable on the street or in your driveway. A garage can protect your vehicle from inclement weather, flying debris, and even vandalism and theft.
Adding a garage for your vehicles can be particularly important if you’ve recently upgraded your car, added a car, started working on your car, or added a new driver to your home.
Other Vehicle Storage
A garage can hold more than just cars. They are also ideal for storing other vehicles such as golf carts, motorcycles, ATVs, boats, and even family equipment such as bicycles. These smaller vehicles are always good to store inside because they are more prone to accidental damage and theft. Keeping these other types of vehicles in a garage can be crucial to the health of the vehicle as well, as certain recreational vehicles do not fare well in extreme temperatures.
Another vehicle you may consider storing in a garage is an RV. While an RV won’t fit in a standard-sized garage, many RV owners build a garage that has a bay tall enough to fit their vehicle. Adding a custom garage is a great way to protect your RV and other large vehicles.
Lawn Care Items Storage
Another great use for a garage is to store all of your lawn care equipment – particularly your lawn mower. It is a good idea to keep your lawn mower in a protected area in order to lengthen its life span. Keeping your lawn mower and other lawn equipment inside a garage can also help prevent rust and corrosion.
If you build an extra-wide garage, you won’t even have to sacrifice a parking spot in order to have a safe place for your lawn care items.
Additional Living Space
While adding a garage won’t add what is considered true extra square footage to your home, it can be utilized to expand your living space similarly to a basement. A nice garage can be converted into a game area where your family and friends can hang out and have fun together. A home gym is another popular way to use a garage space well.
You may also choose to build a garage where all or part of the building could be converted into ADU livable space. Even if it is not in your budget to finish the space at the time of build, you can have your garage built in a way that makes it easy to convert space as a future project.
Increasing Property Value
Finally, adding a garage can greatly increase the property value of your home. By investing in a garage, you aren’t throwing your money away. Much of the purchase will be retained as equity in your home. In some cases, you can recoup your entire investment when you sell your home thanks to the added value of the garage.
When looking for a home to purchase, many buyers have a garage on their “must-have” list. By adding a garage to your property, you are not just increasing the value of your home, but increasing desirability to the pool of potential buyers if you do go to sell your home at any point in the future.