Another newbie question - Garage storage regrets?
 

With 20/20 hindsight, what went into your garage that you regret storing there?

Thanks, in advance!

Not much. Nothing like a fresh start.

Golf clubs. The heat prematurely destroys the grips. We now keep our sticks in the house whenever we’re not using them.

We don’t store clubs. Heat not only kills grips, but club covers, and bags.
No battery storage for electric mower or one bike. Heat cuts the life in half. Unless you choose to add a splitter to garage.

Glad we brought down our Bikes, Golf clubs, mower, otherwise that fresh start would have been over $6,000.

I agree about lithium ion batteries. Heat killed my $1000 e-bike battery prematurely. Electric mower batteries expire before their time. Probably ok in the winter, but not summer. Before this becomes an anti-electric tirade let me just say, the electric car has fans that automatically start when excessive heat is determined. Just traded in a 7 year old electric car and the battery seemed to still be operating at 100%.

Perfect! This is just they type of reply I was seeking....it helps me illuminate the blindspots I have, as a new resident.
Thank you, so much!

uh oh

As others have said, lithium batteries don’t fare well in the heat (or the cold, but that’s not relevant in the Villages). I keep our e bike and cordless power tool batteries in the house when we aren’t there during the hotter months. Other things that don’t do well in the heat, and are better off in the house during the hotter months, include aerosol spray cans (things like silicon, WD40, garage door lubricant, etc…), paint, and stain. Also, it’s best to leave gas tanks totally filled if left for long periods of time during the hot and humid months. There is little to no room for condensation to form in a filled tank, which can lead to unwanted issues.

my wife's $100,000 bmw convertible.

Garage storage regrets
 

I had a brand new dewalt battery powered drill. Both batteries died while stored in garage in just two summers.

Definitely golf clubs and pickleball paddles. The heat destroys the bags and the handles over time. When we go north in May, we move them inside under the HVAC it has helped immensely .

Wow! I didn’t realize that all my stuff in the garage should be ruined by now!

I haven’t lost anything with a battery or liquid yet.

Golf clubs get re-gripped on a cycle so I expect them to lose their effectiveness over the season.

I do find that I need to air up our bike tires more often here.

The one thing I did experience was a case of sodas I put in the garage was lost as a couple of cans expanded and leaked. My fault for taking that chance.

Definitely golf clubs and pickleball paddles. It literally destroys the bags inside and the handles over time for both clubs and paddles.

Don’t store luggage in the garage. Heat effected the wheels and they broke.

One of my better decisions was installing a mini-split in my garage. I can store literally anything I want in the garage, with no fear of heat related degradation. Plus, I was quite surprised at how economical the split is...it really does not cost that much to run.

Thanks....I have visions of a Mitsubishi for the lanai and understand that it can/could also serve the garage.. Worth investigating.

If you leave golf clubs for an extended period of time most grips because of the summer heat will disintegrate.

East Facing Garage
 

My experience differs. Been here 4 years, golf clubs always in the garage, no grip damage at all. Golf Pride Tour Wraps.

My garage so small I’m lucky to my car and golf cart in it brings air handler, hot water tank, washer dryer, and 1/3 of kitchen wall taking up all space in 1 1/2 so called garage more like 1/2 garage…

For whatever reasons garages here are sure on the small side

All my tools that got stolen.

I regret trusting friends with my boxes of personal (important) items stored in their garage for 6 months. When I went to retrieve the boxes they mysterious disappeared! Horrible!

Nothing! We have a mini-split and our garage feels just like our home and lanai (mini-splits there too).

Ours is huge. Biggest garage we’ve ever had. We have a Suburu Forester and two golf carts (one is a 4 seater), 3 large storage cabinets + upright freezer on one wall, two large shelf units plus another storage unit on another wall, and my hubby’s workbench, a shelving unit, and a Nova filter + soft water system on the 3rd wall, and still have lots of room left over. Because we have a mini-split and epoxied floor, it feels like an extension of our home. Love it! :)

So you one crescent wrench for stolen? :shrug:

Reminds me of an old joke. Only in America where we have $10,000 in junk in a garage and a $10,000 car sitting outside. Was an old joke now $30K in the garage and a 30K car in the driveway

Forgot to mention the initil cost of the mini split. Most of the problems seem to be golf clubs, lithium batteries, luggage and pickle ball handles. Will take a long time to recover that cost. On bright side you can work in your garage during the hot months. My biggest gripe is that most homes in TV have tiny garages

We can only park a mid size SUV(Acura MDX) on one side of the garage(Too shallow) Understand 100% and our washer/dryer is not in the garage

My 1st home here the agent told me it had a stretch 2-car garage. I looked at her and said that is a STRETCH to call that a 2-car garage!

Lithium powered golf cart batteries?
 

Lots of assertions that power tool batteries and golf grips were harmed by the heat in the garage. What about Li golf cart batteries?

We wanted a larger 3 car garage on this house, but not enough room. So we stretched as much as we could to get 795sf in the garage.

Don't store this in the garage
 

Bought an outdoor kitchen. Stored the rotisserie unit/motor in the garage. Never used it but when I did go to use it, after about a year, it was totally rusted and unusable. Humidity rendered it useless.

My only garage regret is they limited us to "Baby's First Garage". It's way to small even with the max expansions. Now I'm limited to a 19' boat.