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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
Yeah, maybe a guy thing, but not entirely. My home in KC has an oversized three car garage and another garage door in the walkout basement with 800 sq ft of storage. If I were to move permanently to TV I would be unable to get anywhere near that kind of storage space, workshop space, parking space, etc. And most things cannot be stored in the oven, err attic. I would not need anywhere near that much storage space, but going from that to a 500 square foot garage would require some serious downsizing decisions. The size of the house itself would actually be far less of a concern to us, we could get by nicely with half the 3000 sf we currently have.
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My 560 sq ft garage walls are completely covered with shelving. Not the crappy baker racks people assemble, industrial duty wire shelving screwed to 2x4’s lagged into the concrete block. I have everything that was in my basement and garage here minus the crap I would never need again. I store stuff I’ll use once per year in the attic and it’s not an oven since we have a radiant barrier on the roof sheathing. The attic temperature never exceeds the outside ambient. I don’t know why they are not constructing with radiant sheathing anymore, it’s a huge energy saver.
BTW, I also store a pickup truck, Corvette, golf car, work bench, tool chests,2 hybrid bikes, 2 trash cans, 8K generator, 6 & 8’ ladders, 2 commercial car jacks, etc. etc. in my tiny garage with plenty of room to work and move around. It’s all about making use of the available wall space up to within 18” of the ceiling.
Forgot to mention, a lawn mower, all landscape tools and a dry food pantry.
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