“You’ll love a garage.” My Dad told me and my wife that 25 years ago. He tried to persuade us to build a garage for our home. We never did, but we’ve always joked about him saying, “You’ll love a garage.” We’ve repeated that phrase a hundred times. A few years after he told gave us his advise, we build a new home and it has a two car garage. And we love it. Like most Americans, our garage space is usually full of junk and we park in the driveway. But we still love it.
The Lowcountry is still considered rural for the most part. Homes often have plenty of parking, but there are a few poorly designed areas/ home sites that lack sufficient parking. When a home is under construction, it is affordable to have a garage constructed. Having the workers come back and add a garage later can cost nearly twice as much for the labor. When deciding if you want a one or two car garage, go for two. Two car garages increase the value of a home much more than what an appraisal will show. That extra garage space could be a major factor should the home ever go up for sale.
Pictured here is a home we built in 2016 on Dustin Loop, Old Town Bluffton, SC. Ashley Ingram, General Contractor 843 986 1000