Double garage "standard size"
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Going to look at a house next week with a double garage, size quoted 5.33m(17'6'') max. x 5.20m(17'1'') max.
So a 5.20m width. Now I know all garages are going to vary in size slightly, but this seems to me to be a very large single rather than a double? Would I be able to get 2 cars in a 5.20m width garage?
From the pictures it doesn't look very big (doesn't look "double").
Not sure why they were so stingy with the size, as there's more space to the side of the plot, so they could have made the garage much wider (could have fitted a triple I reckon). Not quite sure I could justify demolishing a perfectly (relatively new) garage to build a slightly wider one (though a triple is tempting...)
So a 5.20m width. Now I know all garages are going to vary in size slightly, but this seems to me to be a very large single rather than a double? Would I be able to get 2 cars in a 5.20m width garage?
From the pictures it doesn't look very big (doesn't look "double").
Not sure why they were so stingy with the size, as there's more space to the side of the plot, so they could have made the garage much wider (could have fitted a triple I reckon). Not quite sure I could justify demolishing a perfectly (relatively new) garage to build a slightly wider one (though a triple is tempting...)
Many thanks for the quick replies. Looks like it's not too bad, some say it's not great, others say it's fine, so sounds middle of the road! Maybe it's just a funny angle on the pic, where it doesn't look very big. A double garage we can fit both cars in is a must, but I guess getting the cars in is one thing, but opening the doors (wide enough to get kids in) is another! I guess the proof is in the viewing to see how big it feels "in the flesh" - I wonder if any viewing has ever involved asking the seller if they mind if we put both cars in to test the fit???!!!!!! They'd think we were wierd... (but, as is the standard these days, the garage is probably full of crap, and we couldn't do it anyway).
We're half-heartedly looking at houses at the moment with a view to moving in a couple of years and the garage and parking is all I look at. It needs to be a double and preferably a big one.
I'll leave the unimportant things like number of bedrooms and whether it has a bathroom to the OH!
I'll leave the unimportant things like number of bedrooms and whether it has a bathroom to the OH!
williredale said:
We're half-heartedly looking at houses at the moment with a view to moving in a couple of years and the garage and parking is all I look at. It needs to be a double and preferably a big one.
I'll leave the unimportant things like number of bedrooms and whether it has a bathroom to the OH!
You've got the right idea!I'll leave the unimportant things like number of bedrooms and whether it has a bathroom to the OH!
Most annoying thing I'm finding is that when using search sites like "Right Move", it doesn't seem to include an option to filter by whether it has a garage or not.
Gives you pretty much every other option besides that!
ikonic said:
williredale said:
We're half-heartedly looking at houses at the moment with a view to moving in a couple of years and the garage and parking is all I look at. It needs to be a double and preferably a big one.
I'll leave the unimportant things like number of bedrooms and whether it has a bathroom to the OH!
You've got the right idea!I'll leave the unimportant things like number of bedrooms and whether it has a bathroom to the OH!
Most annoying thing I'm finding is that when using search sites like "Right Move", it doesn't seem to include an option to filter by whether it has a garage or not.
Gives you pretty much every other option besides that!
infact come to think of it i have more garage square footage than i having living space in my house!
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