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[user not found] wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:50 am Hot dang do I have some garage envy.

Nice work.

Detroit wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:58 am Quick shot of the outside, painting was finished on Friday...

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:11 am Thanks dudes!

I borrowed my dad's 12' ladder to get up into the attic storage space and finally got that organized yesterday.

When the electricians installed the overhead garage door lights, they did so opposite of eachother, that's today's project to swap them. Also working on adding soffit downlighting using some of my leftover 12v landscape lights.

wap wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:58 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:11 am Thanks dudes!

I borrowed my dad's 12' ladder to get up into the attic storage space and finally got that organized yesterday.

When the electricians installed the overhead garage door lights, they did so opposite of eachother, that's today's project to swap them. Also working on adding soffit downlighting using some of my leftover 12v landscape lights.

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:24 am

wap wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:58 am

I've got jack shaft openers on each of the doors...and they come with a wirelessly controlled overhead light (required by code, but also handy). There was no indication which light was tied to which opener, so the electricians (honestly going above and beyond) just put a light up over each bay. Unfortunately, they got mixed up, so when you open the right door, the light over the left bay turns on, and vice versa. Will be an easy fix to swap them...but has been low on my priority list. My list has been getting shorter, so the lights are near the top now.

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:24 am

wap wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:58 am

I've got jack shaft openers on each of the doors...and they come with a wirelessly controlled overhead light (required by code, but also handy). There was no indication which light was tied to which opener, so the electricians (honestly going above and beyond) just put a light up over each bay. Unfortunately, they got mixed up, so when you open the right door, the light over the left bay turns on, and vice versa. Will be an easy fix to swap them...but has been low on my priority list. My list has been getting shorter, so the lights are near the top now.

Apex wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:45 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:24 am
I've got jack shaft openers on each of the doors...and they come with a wirelessly controlled overhead light (required by code, but also handy). There was no indication which light was tied to which opener, so the electricians (honestly going above and beyond) just put a light up over each bay. Unfortunately, they got mixed up, so when you open the right door, the light over the left bay turns on, and vice versa. Will be an easy fix to swap them...but has been low on my priority list. My list has been getting shorter, so the lights are near the top now.

The mental picture of this amuses me wayyyyy more than it should.

Apex wrote:

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:24 am I've got jack shaft openers on each of the doors...and they come with a wirelessly controlled overhead light (required by code, but also handy). There was no indication which light was tied to which opener, so the electricians (honestly going above and beyond) just put a light up over each bay. Unfortunately, they got mixed up, so when you open the right door, the light over the left bay turns on, and vice versa. Will be an easy fix to swap them...but has been low on my priority list. My list has been getting shorter, so the lights are near the top now.

The mental picture of this amuses me wayyyyy more than it should.

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:41 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 6:52 pm
Listing photos? Inspection when we bought it? Who knows. I'm fighting it with data tho.

The big thing here, in my opinion, is that if it's not livable square footage then they have no basis to increase your assessment. unless they can prove similar properties with upgraded garages consistently sell for more. The simple fact of the matter is garage is not considered living space, and they have a pretty thin case if you challenge it unless it can be considered living space.

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:12 pm

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:41 pm

The big thing here, in my opinion, is that if it's not livable square footage then they have no basis to increase your assessment. unless they can prove similar properties with upgraded garages consistently sell for more. The simple fact of the matter is garage is not considered living space, and they have a pretty thin case if you challenge it unless it can be considered living space.

The City calls Desertbreh as their expert witness to testify as to how a house with a baller garage makes any given property worth an additional $50K.

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:24 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:12 pm

The City calls Desertbreh as their expert witness to testify as to how a house with a baller garage makes any given property worth an additional $50K.

or only for like the 0.5% of us car guys

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:29 pm

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:24 pm



or only for like the 0.5% of us car guys

I think it might add more value to non-car peaopl than you'd think.

We dug up a bunch of ground cover and the wife posted it for free on our neighborhood FB page to get rid of it instead of bagging it all. This lady came over and was in love with our garage. DGAF about the car aspect, but loved how the high walls provided space to store stuff. She saw the kayaks and bikes and ladders and etc mounted on the walls and said "that's such a smart use of space, why aren't all garages that tall?" Then she saw the "attic" storage space we keep seasonal shit and was completely over the moon.

She's honestly I underestimated how much I'd appreciate the utility of extra vertical space. Being able to turn the 2-car into a 4-car is just an added bonus at this point.

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:24 pm

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:12 pm

The City calls Desertbreh as their expert witness to testify as to how a house with a baller garage makes any given property worth an additional $50K.

or only for like the 0.5% of us car guys

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:33 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:29 pm
I think it might add more value to non-car peaopl than you'd think.

We dug up a bunch of ground cover and the wife posted it for free on our neighborhood FB page to get rid of it instead of bagging it all. This lady came over and was in love with our garage. DGAF about the car aspect, but loved how the high walls provided space to store stuff. She saw the kayaks and bikes and ladders and etc mounted on the walls and said "that's such a smart use of space, why aren't all garages that tall?" Then she saw the "attic" storage space we keep seasonal shit and was completely over the moon.

She's honestly I underestimated how much I'd appreciate the utility of extra vertical space. Being able to turn the 2-car into a 4-car is just an added bonus at this point.

So she'd build a 70K garage and then fill it with shit and park the cars outside?

wap wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:58 pm Arborvitaes don't drop needles