What kind of garage do you prefer?

I like Kensington's plans in CG where the two car garage has this extra 1/2 car space where you can set up a home gym; park an electric car; or in my case, I would set up a man cave. A men's living room where the guys can hang out!
 
I'm with Bk, ever since this whole garage discussion started, I've taken particular note of how much better looking homes are when 1/3-2/3 of the home's facade isn't a garage, they truly are ugly. I like my 2 car garage that isn't visible from the front, but my in-laws hidden four car garage is even better.
 
My first preference would be to hide a one door 2.5 car garage in the back with a long driveway siding the home. If my future lot doesn't have enough sq footage, then I guess I will pick a BK one door 2.5 car garage/alley product.
 
May be some visuals may help the poll.



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Rear garage BK style



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3 car garage IHO style
 
I tried to find some 3 car frontal Tuscan or Craftsman house pictures but I can't find any. I want to be fair to depict IHO preferred architcetural styles. Please help.
 
[quote author="SoCal78" date=1237024172]Not sure which to pick in the poll because I like a 2-car garage but recessed into the lot via port cochere.</blockquote>


That would be a variation of "rear garages"
 
[quote author="irvine_home_owner" date=1237352507]Hey... where's that pic from? That actually looks like a 4-car garage... gimme gimme gimme.</blockquote>


I love you pal so I posted the IHO bonus 4th car and the Airforce One landing strip driveway.
 
This one is for you IHO

<blockquote>The single car attached garage is great for mom, bringing in kids and groceries, while another 4-8 car detatched garage is for the car enthusiast</blockquote>
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BK front is an added bonus

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<a href="http://www.redfin.com/CA/Fullerton/1108-La-Mesa-Dr-92833/home/3153310">Listing Here</a>
 
[quote author="roundcorners" date=1237018042]I like Kensington's plans in CG where the two car garage has this extra 1/2 car space where you can set up a home gym; park an electric car; or in my case, I would set up a man cave. A men's living room where the guys can hang out!</blockquote>


This is basically how my garage is. It has only a two car-wide door, but there's an extra car's worth of space beyond that-you could add an additional one car-wide door and make it a true three car garage if you wanted to.



However, best case scenerio is a bk-like rear garage, although I would like it to be attached to the house and not seperate (edit-like in the photo in bk's post). You need a large lot to pull this off, though, as you use up a lot of space for the long driveway (unless there's an alley).
 
what about the single door 3-car garage? i'm not really big into trivial details like structural integrity.
 
I don't care as long as the garage is a locked door to the house that I can open with a button from my car. That is the best function of a garage in my world. When folks start offering houses with back doors that can be unlocked/opened from a button on my keychain, detached garages in the back are A-okay with me.
 
I've been living in a place with a tandem-garage and it's not that bad.



Although my preference is a 3-car wide garage (mainly for the extra driveway space)... having that front area to store stuff and put the garage-fridge (I think that's a cultural thing) is really convenient.



I could probably live with a 2-car garage as long as it was a little wider and a little deeper to provide storage.



I think it either West Irvine or Harvard Square that had models where the garage was like a 2.5 or 2.25... there was extra side space for storage or a workbench, does anyone else remember this?
 
[quote author="irvine_home_owner" date=1244765572]I've been living in a place with a tandem-garage and it's not that bad.



Although my preference is a 3-car wide garage (mainly for the extra driveway space)... having that front area to store stuff and put the garage-fridge (I think that's a cultural thing) is really convenient.



I could probably live with a 2-car garage as long as it was a little wider and a little deeper to provide storage.



I think it either West Irvine or Harvard Square that had models where the garage was like a 2.5 or 2.25... there was extra side space for storage or a workbench, does anyone else remember this?</blockquote>


This <a href="http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/12-Riverside-92602/home/5772594">home </a>in NP has a <a href="http://floorplans.irvinerealtorsite.com/Northpark/Brentwood/BrentwoodC3029.JPG">double tandem 4 car garage</a>. You can put a lot of stuff in the rear of that garage. Though no wide driveway.
 
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