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 The garage is a classic junk area. As you go through cars, bikes and motorcycles, you end up with used items that you figure you might someday use. You can often have old oil lying around, used tires that you figure you could turn into a swing or planter. Because you are often tired after working on your car or bike, you leave things lying around, making it even more difficult to start the next project.
Start with shelving units and wall hanging units. Plastic works well because it won’t rot, decay or rust. Now, before you start just sticking things onto shelves, look at each item and decide if you actually need it any more. Sure, it might have been vital for a previous car or for a task you used to do a lot. Maybe you simply don’t use it any more. If not, donate it or offer it to friends or family. If nobody wants it, and you can’t eBay it, throw it away. It’s a hard thing to do - but you got your use out of it. It served its purpose. Now it is taking up space.
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- The two-car garage is outdated. Families are growing. People own "summer" and "winter" cars. Teenagers own cars.
Some home buyers base their entire home-buying decision on the type of garage that comes with the house. One home buyer specifically decided to purchase a certain home because it had a four-car garage. He ran a landscaping business and needed to park four cars, plus have RV access. One house in Sacramento fit those needs, so he bought it.
- Auto Elevators. For less than it costs to buy a used Honda, you can hire a company to install an auto elevator in your garage. It works like this: you drive into the garage, get out of the car, push a button and your car rises. Then you can park another car underneath.
Or you can dig out the ground below to provide subterranean parking. The lift and your car will be completely concealed.
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 Garages Are Getting Bigger
Back in the ’80s and ’90s, a standard-sized garage measured about 21 feet by 21 feet and was 7-feet high.
Consider the length of a H2 Hummer, about 15 feet long, which doesn’t leave a lot of room for typical garage items such as a lawnmower, gardening tools or workbench. A 17-foot Bayliner boat, with trailer and hitch, won’t fit in a smaller garage, either. To accommodate our larger vehicles, garages need to be at minimum 22 feet by 22 feet. To fit an SUV, the height should be at least 9 feet.
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Estimates for organizational products run on the low end from around $1,000 up to about $10,000. Garages are now an extension of living space and have moved away from a total utilitarian function.
 Many buyers want a garage that offers organizational systems featuring bins, pull-out drawers, baskets, shelving, cabinets, workbenches and closets. - Wall hooks for hanging up garden tools and bicycles keeps clutter off the floor and eliminates the need to stack things in a corner.
- Extra space in the garage that can be used as a workshop or hobby room is a delightful bonus for those seeking more space.
- Some want an auxiliary playroom for children, especially if the home has no attic or basement.
- Buyers want enough room to park three cars.
- Painted and sealed or polypropylene tiled floors, finished walls and ceilings give garages a clean look.
While an upgraded garage might not return your entire investment — especially if it’s on the high side — the amenities will make your home more attractive to buyers and, thus, easier to sell.
By Elizabeth Weintraub, About.com
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With home values decreasing recently, more than ever you want to be sure that any home improvements you make will help add value.
That’s all fine, but not everybody has time for that. So they resort to the internet, which isn’t such a bad idea considering that there are literally thousands of lenders looking for your business across the country, and using the internet as a tool to get it.
The Internet has changed all aspects of the home buying process, and that includes the way we shop for mortgages. These days, you can shop for a mortgage quote online to save a lot of time and energy.
A home with a garage is always more attractive to buyers than one without a garage. That being said, issues concerning your garage go much farther than just the existence of one.