Room for 6 cars with only 2 (but wide) doors but oh, what a space! This is coming from the guy who dealt with a single tuck under (no rafters) micro garage in our 1st home. Followed by a standard 2-car in our 2nd. Both were tight fits and I was unable to use my tools because they were always buried or blocked by vehicles.

During the search, we (Sherry and I) each had our punch list of “gotta haves” and Kay (our realtor) tried her best to accommodate both of us. We saw a few that Sherry liked but left me lacking and vise-versa. We were contemplating settling (we are settlers now) on lessor properties just to be done with it but am so glad we stuck it out as this iteration is much better than we could have ever hoped for. Out of all the benefits we’ve enjoyed here, this one here is right there at the top (for me).

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Front side of the garage from the front porch. It is 50′ from the house to the garage so nice and close and convenient.
The back side before we added the compost pits and fencing to close the gap.
The garage under the previous owner (from the real estate ad). I remember thinking how expansive it was at first glance during our visit. It’s fully wired with 120/240v service (as are all the buildings). Up there on the ceiling, you’ll see it is ready for a stove or furnace (and is fully insulated). But so far, I haven’t felt the need. With south and west facing windows, it warms up naturally and have never seen it colder than 40 degrees in there – no matter the temp outside.
And here it is all “moved in”. The whole sh-bang viewed from the entry door. I deal for relaxing with my Dads old recliner.
The right side. Most of my tools are here so this is where most mechanical work is done. My truck would be parked here in the front on those occasional days when it’s inside. Sherry parks on the opposing side. We really only pull the vehicles inside for threats of hail or snow. Severe cold is never a problem. Towards the back is all storage.
Ample storage so I can easily locate my bits and pieces. Being the packrat that I am, I can utilize all of my old shelving (old computer tape racks from BCBSM) ideally here.
The wood shop on the left side towards the back. Sherry’s car parks in the front when needed but we usually have the golf cart parked there.
This big bench came with the place and was along the back wall. I moved it to the middle and use it extensively. The wood stored underneath is from the Amish sawmill across the road. It’s fresh cut pine but I am awaiting some cedar in the next load to see what I can do with that.
Behind the bench is a planer and then a table saw. These are mounted in a section of our old cabinets from a Lakeville kitchen remodel back in 2015.
Along the back wall on the left side is an array of more tools. These are housed on a multimedia cabinet we tore out of the living room to open that up a bit. Moms old roll top desk fits nicely below the window and is set up for cleaning firearms.
Across from that bench is the reciprocating miter chop saw, a radial arm saw and table router.
Dust collection for the chop saw, radial arm saw and table router. An old upright vacuum does the sucking and collection is in the pair of white 5 gallon buckets that are sealed together.
Dust collection for the table saw and planer (which spits out a lot!). The shopvac is only for suction and the sawdust is collected in the large garbage bin.
The woodshop in action cranking out the1st martin house. Even with the (crude) dust collection in place, it still gets messy with sawdust. Luckily, the compost piles and the chicken coops need plenty of sawdust.