We have a 2/2 courtyard villa. It has a split-door garage. Room for a car, golf cart and plenty of storage space, once we got rid of the junk we really didn’t need. It’s actually very liberating to downsize. We wanted walls for more privacy and for the dog.

2 Car Garage check our Villas Tera Grande all have 2 car garages.

Village of Chitty Chatty has a Bungalow Villa section (Ty Villas) that mostly have 2-car + golf car garages. There are a few of them that even have full 3-car garages. One of those is for sale right now, probably about one year old.

As others have noted, garages are like another room and a very necessary one! Questions to consider. Are the washer and dryer in the garage? How will you store laundry items? Will you want a drying rack? Do you like to do your own yard work? Is there room for mower, trimmer, etc. Do you need room for a tool chest? Do you need storage for seasonal items? In addition to golf car (s), do you also need to store bikes, golf clubs, other sports equipment? A one-car and-a-bit garage can handle these things with well thought-out storage but it will be very very tight. You may find yourselves doing the in-and-out shuffle as you move car/cart out of the way so you can get to other stuff you need. If that's not an issue and you are happy with the house and yard, ok, but you may want to expand your search to get a larger garage. Good luck!

That’s the truth. Agree 100%

Lots of opinions here, so here's mine. Get the largest garage available, because garage sizes in the Villages are pathetic. When I lived up north, my garage was 36'x32' and it got filled up quickly. Now I have a 2 car + golf cart garage, and it's still too small for me, but I have to live with it.

More than likely you will be staying in a CYV during your lifestyle visit in the Brownwood area or further south which will be a two or three bedroom with a 2 or 2+ garage. All these CYVs will have straight driveways. We did two lifestyle visits and the 1st we stayed in a Charlotte 3br CYV with a two door 2 car garage and the 2nd we stayed in a Newport 3br CYV with one door 2 car garage. What we learned during these visits as well as seeing all types of homes all over TV is that we loved the CYVs for the privacy they offered, but neither the CYVs we stayed in were the models of our preference. And the reason being which is a personal preference, is I like to have a front window that I can look out easily to see the front of my house and not have to go into a spare bedroom to do that which most of the CYVs are set up that way which was the main reason we went with Avondale model which has very open floor plan and the front window is in my dining area and I can also see out that window from both my kitchen and living area. With that floor plan we don't have an entrance foyer like other models, but instead you enter into a fairly large open space not into a room from the front door and door from the garage. We knew we wanted minimally a 2 car garage, but our CYV had additionally a golf cart garage which turned out to be a big plus as we certainly use that space mostly for doing my craft and other projects since we only have 1 car and 1 golf cart which both easily fit on the 2 car side of my garage. Bottom line is your home purchasing budget will dictate what you can and can't afford to purchase. And that means you will likely need to make trade offs, so it is very important to have a good idea what is most important to you and what you would be willing to trade off. Discussing trade offs with my neighbor she originally wanted to purchase a new 3br with 2 car garage CYV primarily for privacy but all the 3brs were above her price range. Why she wanted a 3br was because she frequently has family visiting and wanted a dedicated guest room, and the 3rd bedroom she wanted was to be her dedicated office space. She made the trade off going with a new 2br Durham CYV that was in her price range which worked out very well for her as it gave her the 2 car garage she wanted, and to the side of her kitchen was enough space to put a desk which became her office space. Additionally this model CYV has a nice size walk-in pantry, as well as a dedicated laundry room. A close friend of mine who lives in DeLuna fell in love with the Sycamore model designer home. Her budget trade off was she had to go with a Sycamore that has nearly no yard and a kissing lanai. This does not bother her as she had no desire for a yard, does not spend much time on her lanai, but she does spend a good deal of time on her front porch which was the main feature that she loved about this model which she was not willing to trade off going with a different model that had a larger yard but no porch. Lots of things to consider, and it is to your benefit to not rush into a home purchase without taking the time to consider what you really want and what you are willing to trade off on.

Wish you the best with your lifestyle visit.

Kia Soul are know here as the Villages care - why because they fit well in a 1.5 car garage with cart. Truly I wish we had a 2 car and a cart garage. There are some Villages with a 2 car garage. In the Southern end they are now making a villa model with the 1/2 & 1 car separate. Look around at all models.

One car garage can be a real pain
 

One car garage can be a real PITA if you have to move the car every time you take the cart out

The only solution we found was to buy a smaller car.

Which are not as safe and the prices for small cars today
are the same as larger cars were 10 years ago.

My friend I’m the Village of Chitty Chatty has a new CYV with a 2 car garage. Recommend this.

The new CYV in the Village of Chitty Chatty have two car garages.

We are in the Southern area in the patio villas. No fences are allowed. We have a small decorative picket fence only in front put in by the builder.

I always wonder back in the 60's and 70's when cars were Hugh, how
people got them in that one stall garages.