I think the attic flooring and EZ stairs may be offered as an upgrade if you are building. I did ask that and was told it is doable... Don't meet with the design team for a bit het, but that is a definite on my list. Perhaps some of those who are meeting with them soon could post a reply. I think Sara (Shalomaul) is there this next week...

Most of the CYV's have a 1.5 car garage. Our Ford Escape along with the golf cart make for a snug fit width-wise so if you have to park your car in the garage, you cannot count on the garage as a storage place for too many things. We also have our washer/dryer in the garage as well.

Design meeting scheduled for Monday!
 

Yikes! We are scheduled this Monday to start the design process. Just found out our designer will be Phil Haskins. Does anyone know anything about him or had him as a designer?

Thanks.

I use this in my home now and love it.
You can raise or lower it, no ladders.

Increase the storage potential of your garage with the Racor 250 lb. Heavy Lift Storage Platform, delivering a way to load and lift heavy items to the ceiling without use of a ladder. This platform offers storage for things like file boxes, outdoor furniture, lawn mowers, canoes, tires, ladders and more. Heavy duty steel support beams and vinyl coated steel cable ensure quality performance and a hand crank helps eliminate the physical strain associated with storing heavy objects out of the way.

Ceiling platform supports up to 250 lb. for heavy-duty storage
Constructed from heavy duty steel with support beams for reliable durability
Hand crank lets you raise and lower platform with ease
Lift can lower 8 ft. from the ceiling for easy loading
Includes heavy-duty support beams, 4 ft. x 4 ft. platform, winding axle, vinyl-coated steel cable and all mounting hardware

Not sure what the ceiling height in the garages are there, anyone know offhand?

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they are about $150, also w/o the lift for about $60

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And they make one for bikes

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storage ideas
 

My husband had lots of photos, placques and awards from his 40 years in the aircraft industry. We have removed all the photos from the frames and taken photos of the placques and awards. I have then scanned them and am making them into a Shutterfly book. He will still have a record of all the memories without taking up all of the space. I had many family potraits on the walls and am doing the same with them.

Great Idea
 

:DWe are putting framed photos in a photo album. Love the idea of doing the same for plaques and awards.

After 9 trips to Salvation Army thrift store and a very successful yard sale yesterday, we are still downsizing! Our (soon to be) new home in TV has attic stairs already, but don't want to cram every nook and cranny with stuff we didn't get rid of in Montgomery. Our motto, "dejunk, dejunk, dejunk" and we aren't touching our "life memories". We are removing "we might need this one day" from our vocabulary! :D

When we come back to the closing on July 16th, I plan to walk DW through the house again and remind her of our motto! Wish me luck, as I do want to make it to our 43rd anniversary. :pray:

Our biggest challenge is we have separate computer rooms here, but must merge into an approx. 9X11 third bedroom in TV. I may have to set up a TV tray in my closet for a laptop! :1rotfl:

I've scanned all my family photos and we now see them on our TV and Computers as screens savers. Saved a lot of space when we got rid of the albums and we enjoy them much more too.

Good Idea:bigbow:

We were very fortunate to already have most of the afore mentioned storage ideas installed in our home by the previous owner. However, there are several usuable spaces in our house that require something shallow. I happened to find some pieces at IKEA (Love IKEA!!!) that work great. We have made a habit of taking our shoes off at the door and since we generally come in through the garage I wanted something for shoe storage in our laundry area off the hallway. IKEA has a selection of cabinets (about 8" deep in various heights) with pull-down style storage. I purchased two - they take up little space, make a shallow space usable and match my white laundry room cabinets perfectly. We can store up to 12 pairs of shoes in one cabinet.

More storage
 

:coolsmiley:I have a Lantana with a two car garage and a cart garage. I am extending the cart garage 27 feet and blowing out the back wall to make it approx 40 feet long. Should hold my stuff. Concrete being poured today. Just another Idea to store "crap".:thumbup:

Now, that sounds like a good idea.