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Originally Posted by ilovetv
The single disadvantage of a smaller garage is outweighed by the advantages of a CYV. (The garage is the only complaint we hear, but people don't often move because of it....most of us adapt by accumulating less "stuff".)
Many of our neighbors just use the garage how they want to, for hobbies and/or screened lounge area, and keep the car outside. "Hot car" doesn't matter because most of the time we use our golf carts (kept in the garage).
Most people (I think) get a pull-down attic stairs for storage of little-used "stuff".
It's liberating to be rid of all that "stuff" we accumulated in the garages and basements up north. We spent a lot of time serving it (cleaning and organizing unneeded clutter) instead of "it" serving some useful purpose for us.
The privacy of the walled in back yard and side courtyard is priceless. If you've ever had weird neighbors with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) living behind you (which is quite common), a CYV is the answer! And there's little or no yard work and if there is work, hiring people costs very little.
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I could not agree more!!! Weird as it sounds, I "downsized" from a Designer to a CYV, which also meant from a larger lot to a smaller one, and I ended up with a bigger home, a fully usable lot, no kissing lanais, much less (and less costly) yard work, and complete privacy!
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only drawback about my home, IMHO, is the size of the garage. With one car (sedan), one golf cart, two huge storage units, several units of shelves, two clothes racks (for clothing used only occasionally), an upright freezer, a water softener system, a bicycle, and the laundry, it is tight. (I could take lessons from those who say they've been able to get rid of a ton of stuff that would otherwise be stored in a garage....)
The attic over the garage is smaller than that above a two-car garage, but it's still ideal for storage of rarely used items and certainly easy to get to.
And now that I have the laundry in the garage and out of the living part of the house, I would not have it any other way. Previously I had the laundry inside, taking up a chunk of living space (and not especially attractive). Now, with it in the garage, to whatever extent heat escapes from the dryer, I'm not paying to air condition it. And I certainly don't stand in front of the washer or dryer watching them do their thing; I get it going and leave.
The previous owner of my CYV had a fair-sized workshop in the garage, but I have no idea how he kept his car, whether inside or outside. He also had one of those four-part screens, from which I concluded that he did spend considerable time at his workshop, but the garage really
is pretty warm much of the year. I could not wait to get rid of that screen, which I found one of the most inconvenient things anyone dreamt up....
I could not be more pleased with my move and I wouldn't have it any other way, but I'd have to answer yes, the garage is tight.