[Jim 9922]

If you are serious about garage space you better shop for a large garage with a house attached to it. Most standard Villages garages are only 20 feet deep which leaves little room for a workbench, let alone some storage for parts, tools, compressor, floor jacks, golf clubs, yard stuff, etc. It is even worse if you are into the late 50's or early 60's cars with the 210 to 225 inch lengths. Even many of the Premier models up until the last couple of years came with small garages. You can usually forget about extending to the front or sides of existing garages because of iron-clad setback rules. For the most part, larger garages (i.e. 3 or 4 full and a stall for a couple of carts) will be restricted to the Premier areas because of the tight spacing of houses throughout The Villages. I would say, forget about finding anything workable in a CYV area, and I wouldn't even attempt a light restoration in a VIllages standard size garage.

I collect and work on cars too. It took us 3 1/2 years to find my garage with a house attached my wife would accept. I had several real estate agents watching new listings for me to try, find and grab "the proper garage". Good garages are in demand, and quite frankly, sell fast.

As an aside, there are at least ten and maybe a couple more, homes built around 1995-1997 that have 50' long by 14' high garages for motor coaches. Needless to say, any resales of these jewels never hit the open market!

Good luck in your search!