Hey, if you can afford it, more power to you.

Most people, however, cannot afford it, but were able to get a loan anyway. That's why things are fucked.

In the UK it's very different. Architects design a garage as a storage space, certainly not to park a car in. Most people have to point their car at the garage then push it in and leave the door up, because they are also designed too shallow to fit the length of a car.

Garages too small for cars

More homeowners are being forced to leave their cars in the street because they are now too big to fit in their garages, according to garage experts.

The Association of Garage Door Specialists (AGDS) says that the size of the average garage is still designed according to measurements from the 1930s when cars were significantly narrower.

The average size of a garage door comes in at seven foot with developers building garages only a little wider than the door to leave drivers very little room to park their cars.

With many people also using garage space for storage, even fitting in a small car can be a tight squeeze. But with four-wheel drives, MPVs and SUVs becoming increasingly popular then many have no choice but to leave them on the street.

This puts them at greater risk of vandalism and theft and car owners consequently see a rise in their car insurance premiums.

Derek Hibbart, a spokesman for the AGDS, said: "Car design has changed dramatically and much larger vehicles, such as four-wheel drives, have become very popular."

"People are bigger too, so it's no surprise that getting in and out of a vehicle in the confines of a garage can be almost impossible."

A few developers working in the top end of the market are now increasing the size of garages and fitting doors that are eight foot wide but the extra space comes with a bigger price tag.

Hibbart added: "The rest of us risk expensive damage to paintwork and even injury by squeezing out of vehicles into an ever decreasing space."

it was the priority balance which irked me

barely space for 1 person to standup in the "bath"room with no windows, 3 tiny slot windows in the main living space which doubles as kitchen and circulation space compared with 3 car parking spaces with 2 skylights in the garage

No door from house to garage?

@ the first post: Thats hilarious, scary, and true...the priorities in this country are insanely fucked!

^ why not, this is definitively for someone that loves his rides

gasoline gets you high (or possibly just dizzy), fumes get you six feet under in high concentration --

i REALLY wish you had told me that before i spent all of this time hooking up the garden hose from the exhaust of the car to its window...

orsonrockwell said...i REALLY wish you had told me that before i spent all of this time hooking up the garden hose from the exhaust of the car to its window...

sorry I spoilt all the fun – feel like sniffing some of my glue to mend things?

(dark gory humour FTW!)

its a house built just for shooting pornos

i quite like the idea of a 3 car-sized garage (but would also like at least another 2 rooms (and an upstairs), and that door to the garage sounds good, too).