slo’s MONDAY 8/25 poll - Attached vs Detached Garage

[Moliphino]

I have an attached garage and it's great. My car doesn't get as cold in winter, no cleaning snow off of it. It wasn't a dealbreaker when we were house hunting, but I am glad we wound up with it.

Growing up, we always had attached garages but they were rarely actually used for cars. They were full of bikes, outdoor equipment, etc. so that you couldn't actually fit a car in.

 

[clappyclaps]

I have a detached garage, and attached vs detached wasn't really something I thought about when I bought my house. I was just glad to have a garage. I do wish my garage was attached so I could easily get in and out for things without going outside, but it's not the end of the world.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

We have a detached 2 1/2 car garage. It wasn’t really a factor which type of garage the house had when we bought it in 1996, because any decent house was selling quickly at that time. Most of the houses in my area have detached garages. While not ideal in the wintertime, I don’t really mind it. It’s just nice to have a garage to keep our cars out of the snow.

 

[firefly_ris]

We have a 2.5 car attached garage. In the summer all the bicycles, ATV and golf cart are parked in there and in the winter we fit both trucks in there which is ultra nice. No scraping ice and snow off my windshield all winter. At our first house we had a 3 car detached garage which was also nice, but in the winter the walk from the garage to the house could be treacherous, especially when carrying a bunch of groceries. I like the look of a house without a garage better (or at least a side-loading garage instead of front-facing) but prefer the convenience of the attached garage despite that.

 

[evilmommie]

CA - Home is 3 car garage, attached. Convenience of walking into kitchen with groceries.
FL - Home is 3 car garage with golf cart parking. We also built extra storage rooms in this garage,
a dog washing area and the entrance into the mudroom & laundry.

Many homes in the Florida area we live in have detached garages with a covered breezeway. That doesn’t work for me hauling groceries and dogs with all of the panhandle storms!

 

[TippyThomas]

I have an attached garage and a detached pole barn. I use them both for different things, but like having both as options.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I love my attached garage. I do sometimes forget to check the actual weather and then when I get to work and have to trek in from the parking lot, I wish for a coat.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Attached garage and I wouldn't want to live in my house without one unless it was not the main one and was just an additional one. Like we have a house or two in the neighborhood that have 4 car attached garage plus an additional 2 car detached garage with a covered breezeway, that takes a specific shape of a lot. I know one of the homes it was either the 2nd or 3rd owner who actually added the additional detached garage.