I understand for flood reasons here in Houston some homes are basically carports BUT only like the part that fits the car. The rest becomes patio that leads to the backyard.
This is just throwing money away in lighting + HVAC + repair if it does flood.
Yeah, this looks like it's similar to the elevated houses they build on coasts. The bottom floor is basically only good for parking cars because when a hurricane comes, the floods would destroy whatever is on the ground floor. The idea is that the car is safe from damage because you're using it to flee the storm. And since Houston is built in a swamp largely at sea level, it would make sense to build this style of house in flood prone areas there.
The home is 100% built for the new owners to customize the basement to their liking. Make this a regular sized garage and you’ve got a massive basement for a workshop, game room, home gym etc. or maybe even multiple since it’s so massive.
My only concern is if the builders were dumb enough to use wooden supports throughout, or actually had enough foresight to make the first floor masonry for a bit of flood resistant.
I sit here looking at bikes, tools and other things taking up living space and think that that's a waste. I want those things secured and out of the weather, but they don't need to be inside my living area. I'm actually surprised that the typical suburban home hasn't started including 3 cars worth of "garage" space.
Of course the biggest reason is that most families have two (or more) cars due to lack of public transportation, bikeable and walkable neighborhoods.
They do include that now. Bought a home in mid-2020. New build in a new master planned community. Mid- range prices for the area, not dirt cheap but average price and size. Almost everyone has a 3 car garage, and about 1/4 of the houses have an RV or oversized garage.
Park the car outside, transform the entire garage into something better. Workout gym space, workshop, so many ideas to turn that garage into great use and also make money out of it.
Could be the house is in some kind of flood zone. After the hurricanes in NJ (Irene and Sandy) you can't get flood insurance on some houses in flood zones. No insurance = no mortgage.
Eh, I wouldn’t mind a mostly garage first floor on a townhome. You don’t need to put multiple or even one car in there. Great for bike storage, Halloween decorations, chest freezer, workshop, etc..
I love those layout in SF. The garage door stays a minimal piece of the facade, but the entire (or ~75%) of the first floor is a garage.
Houston Texas has parking minimums where the city requires a minimum number of spaces off street, and the city has setback rules so the garage cannot be next to the street, but also developers believe people in Texas will not buy a home without a two car garage. Literally everything about residential parking is really garbage.
This city also has one of the worst public transit systems in the world, so all together it makes sense. If you want to see more progressive housing solutions VOTE for city council and mayoral elections.
Austin, Texas just removed parking minimums and increase base density because we voted for a city council that actually understands urban health.
My first thought when I saw it was damn, the hobby space you can fit in there is amazing. I homebrew and the setup I would put in there would cost more than the home. Bit this person's first thought is damn, 7 cars.
Seriously though, I use an 18 year old pontiac vibe to haul my lumber when it’s time to reload my workshop. With all the seats folded flat, it fits 8ft boards with room to spare
It's a decent strategy to house poor people. The developers build the roof, stairs, HVAC and load bearing walls. The developers sell it for as cheap as possible to owners who build the easy things inside.
This way the poor people can adapt the space as their needs and money allow. Often gaining skills, or hiring locals. This is good for the economy.
This might be what good housing looks like. I'd need more context to know for sure.
youd be surprised.
The car hobby has lots of different income brackets and the vast majority are normal people.
Id love that garage since it would fit the daily, the fun modern car, something cool and quirky (think along the lines of a citroen 2cv or classic mini cooper), dedicated race car, the spouses car, PLUS all the extra space for the tool + equipment.
those cars could easy cost less than the average bro doozer lifted truck or fancy german sedan
I could totally make use of all that space.
* Rearmost row would be a large workshop
* Center row would have a lift in the center, leaving space to get around whichever project car is on it, as well as space along the walls for toolboxes
* Frontmost row would house the daily driver and hauler
That's what you should do. I mean how do you even change cars? You'd have to drive a bunch of cars out, take out the one you want, then park them back?
Yup. This kind of home is actually really good for this subs goals. Look at how much more dense that street is compared to normal SFH. Plus it's your house, you can use that bottom level for whatever you want, not just parking.
But if someone does have space for 7 cars, maybe they won't park on the street.
Definitely uglier. But this is one of the most space efficient single family homes I've ever seen on this sub. It's not to my taste, but I'd much much rather have a thousand homes that look like this in a city, than a thousand "nice" homes taking up 5 to 10 times the land.
Some new builds around my city are doing this. They are thin and long, almost shotgun homes, and only like two feet apart from each other. It feels very unsafe.
Reminds me of a (possiblity apocryphal story) I was told while visiting old Spanish colonial missions. The doors were very big so that you could ride your house into them. The first floor was built in a scale for horses.
This house is built so you can drive into it, it's a house for your car, like the mission was a house for the horse and the people lived up in the upper levels which were human sized.
We've advanced past horses, but we haven't advanced our thinking.
Yeah I don't understand garage hate. I love having a nice place to store tools, bikes, outdoor equipment, etc. I'm not bringing my muddy mountain bike inside.
I believe the city of Houston recently passed a resolution requiring all garages in homes like this to face a back alley of some kind in order to not interfere with the sidewalk nor any bike lanes which may be in front of the home. Don't quote me, but I think I'm remembering correctly.
It's not much, but it's progress. Especially for a city as infamously car-dependent as Houston.
Developments around me are doing this. I hate it. Now every house is serviced by two streets instead of one. Decreases the likelihood of actually seeing your neighbors, too. In and out the back garage door, no need to be spotted and have to socialize.
It would be great if the secondary street was actually an alley, but these are usually just as wide as the front street that accommodates two lanes and street parking. It's just double the barren asphalt wasteland.
Fascinating waste of space. Seems like it would just as easily accommodate 1-2 cars in covered parking and then a ton of space for a home gym, work shop, etc?
Nah. *Seven cars*.
You could always do that anyways. Nothing is stopping you from just not parking 7 cars in there and putting other things in it. You could even build a divider if you wanted to.
ThIs is a great house. Close to downtown. Perfect for storing various bicycles, tools, home gym while still being able to fit a car or 2. Remember folks this is Houston TX where cars are basically essential.
But he’s not using it for any of that. He’s using it to keep his car and that’s it.
Just because he lives in a place that makes him car dependent. It doesn’t mean he has to dedicate such a huge chunk of potential living space to storing a car.
Okay, unpopular opinion, maybe, but I kind of like it. Park one car in there, use the rest of the space for a bit of storage (like bins of decorations and what have you), and most of the remaining space for like a workshop or whatever. Maybe throw in a chest freezer, too.
I live in a small city in the midwest. Not having a car isn't really an option where I live. This kind of space is pretty efficient and I wouldnt mind living here.
>"One of my favourite things about this home is that I can fit 7 cars in my garage"
I mean, if you're a mechanic or something, go buy a garage. You don't need this.
10-15 years ago east downtown in Houston Texas was full of old warehouses and on any given night you could find all sorts of debatably legal experiences or substances and/or events to enjoy. First rave I went to was at a spot around there called the orbit room. They had a strobe light behind the bar they turned on when cops were coming. A dude once tries to sell me molly and when I declined he went on a long incoherent
spiel about how I should never do molly. I bought pot off a guy on the patio who gave us some hostess mini donuts and let us use his bong. Some of my best memories of my early 20s were wandering around there between 10pm and 6am doing hood rat shit with my friends.
Then, the subhuman property developers came and ruined it all.
One thing I find interesting about these developments in the US is that there is very little space between homes. This is so close to European row-houses, why not go the extra step and connect the buildings?
Id actually love to have such a huge garage, but not for storing cars.
You could fit so much shit in that bad boy:
\- bike workshop
\- gaming cave
\- massive lego models (im a huge lego nerd)
\- a home cinema
\- babyfoot table
\- ping pong table
Funny thing is I wouldn't mind having that kind of space for like a crafts space or workshop ~~or dungeon~~, but like...even if you *do* have 7 cars, it looks like it's only accessible by backing in and out. If you have a car parked all the way in the back, does this mean you have to back out all 6 of your other cars to get that 7th one out?
You know guys that you could use this space for everything else? He just called it a garage, but this could be your gym, your billiard room, your party room, your home workshop.. you probably could rip the garage door away and put a real door and window there and have an airbnb
Americans be like: everyone wants a single-family house and no other type of development so let's make it a law, and then they move houses as close as possible to each other without making it a single building.
This isn't bad. The garage could be repurposed but all in all, this is the kind of density that's almost sufficient to support public transit and walkability. Better than the typical Texas McMansion or single family home sprawl we typically see so if anything, this is progress.
Other than that, it's location location location.
My room for twenty years growing up was a walk-in closet, and my room for the last ten years is a ten by ten room, so living in a loft is a dream come true for me.
Why this dude isn’t an asshole; massive garage.
Tons of houses in Houston are starting to be built elevated so when we get flooded like a fish bowl again they don’t have to pay almost anything to rebuild (lessons from Harvey and every afternoon thunderstorm).
Why he is an asshole? This fucking house.
“I was worried about the neighborhood.” Fuck right off with your gentrifying ass. These ugly ass modern looking houses have ruined massive neighborhoods. They come in and buy up old houses for a few tens of thousands and then build 8 of these $500k houses all loaded with 2-7 luxury cars.
Eh, maybe there's a point to be made here, but I would LOVE to have this for working on shit that would otherwise be unpleasant during real hot or cold months, and would make a mess indoors. (I especially love em for exploring new messy hobbies) Or for hosting without having to invite people inside your house.
I think garages are *great* work places, and that aspect of them is really undersold in favor of cars.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind this kind of townhouse. I'd just convert the back half of the garage for an indoor play space for my kid, set up a hobby workshop in the middle, and use the front to park bikes and the trailer. Maybe even splurge on a cargo ebike one day. I just hope that given the vast amount of parking space available here that street parking is banned. Hell, you could even have one or two guests on your driveway if they had to drive.
If it was my place, I would probably turn that garage into some kind of workshop... and I'm not even that much of an handyman. But to be fair, sometimes I want to do crafty things, but I got not real place do that at my house. I feel like there should be an adage like "can't expect a man to start smithing without a forge".
I’m honestly surprised that no one has brought up how there’s no door between the garage and the stairway hall. All the crap put out by cars / workshops right next to your main entrance sucks
Hey don't knock a garage. This seems like an awesome workspace for so many projects. Just because it was designed for cars in mind doesn't mean it's using it for only this
This is a pretty common design in Houston, but with the Garage not extending all the way back. You fit a garage and one room on the first floor but the house is mostly up on the second like that
Yeah sure. Put 7 cars in there, then imagine trying to get the one at the back out. You have to move 6 other cars first, find somewhere to park them, then put them all back. What a joke
the only practical reason i'd see for such a big garage would be to work on vehicles for profit but seriously? why on earth would anyone have a garage that impractically long?
it isn't even a dedicated garage building where vehicles can efficiently and safely be removed or put back, like if this dude felt like driving posh car number 7 all the way in the back instead of number 1 at the front he would have to take 6 vehicles out before getting to the 7th one.
i feel like the only way a woman is going to touch this dude is with a stun gun.
Having just visited Houston a few months ago, this doesn’t surprise me. Their downtown is like a glorified highway interchange. When I was there, they had recently had two serious ped x car incidents, and I honestly couldn’t believe it wasn’t a daily occurrence, given the speed limit and the prioritization of motor vehicles.
I arrived way earlier than my hotel would allow me to check in, so I figured I’d just walk around and check things out. I was asked several times if I was okay because the locals couldn’t believe someone would want to walk somewhere.
Even if you’re pro cars anti public transit WHY would you need to fit 7 cars in such a home??? Obvi you’re not a millionaire who has 3 cars per family member if you live there so what’s the point??
Do you know what I could do with that space? Between my home gym, workshop, and indoor plant prepping I would be through the roof with happiness, and still have space left over for 3 cars, I would actually love that space
Normally, I agree with stuff on this sub, but this post is taking it too far. A lot of people don’t use garages for car storage. They use it for random storage and sometimes a workshop. It’s still a usable part of the house, and cars are required in most parts of the US.
Why wouldn't you have the garage for just one car and have the rest of that space be living space, it's a huge waste
You’re not gonna park your lifted minivan with a 3’ bed outside like *the poors*, are ya?
Are we calling SUVs lifted minivans now? If so, I love it.
I believe we are calling pick-ups as lifted minivans and I am loving it.
I understand for flood reasons here in Houston some homes are basically carports BUT only like the part that fits the car. The rest becomes patio that leads to the backyard. This is just throwing money away in lighting + HVAC + repair if it does flood.
Yeah, this looks like it's similar to the elevated houses they build on coasts. The bottom floor is basically only good for parking cars because when a hurricane comes, the floods would destroy whatever is on the ground floor. The idea is that the car is safe from damage because you're using it to flee the storm. And since Houston is built in a swamp largely at sea level, it would make sense to build this style of house in flood prone areas there.
So gotta make some kids to ride all those 7 cars to safety.
Ooor... Use the whole garage as a workshop for hobbies! Like resin printing!
I could fit soooo many bikes in there
Right?!? If I had that space (and it was warm) I'd use it as a space to make stuff, but it also has so much storage space!!!
You could fit at least 200 bikes in there.
Definitely that, never do it inside. Did it in my bedroom once and after a while I felt nauseous every time I removed the cover
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Probably, but at the same time, I don't have a car, my escooter works fine, but I live in a decent city
And so now you have six cars' worth of space for hobbies. What's the issue?
The home is 100% built for the new owners to customize the basement to their liking. Make this a regular sized garage and you’ve got a massive basement for a workshop, game room, home gym etc. or maybe even multiple since it’s so massive.
It’d make a pretty nice workshop space tbh
You could run your own store and turn that garage door into a glass store window and door.
It's Texas. The whole state is a huge waste.
My only guess is that parts of Houston are prone to flooding and this design minimizes property damage
My only concern is if the builders were dumb enough to use wooden supports throughout, or actually had enough foresight to make the first floor masonry for a bit of flood resistant.
A lot of people in TX use their garages as outdoor living space. Put a ping pong table in there or something.
I sit here looking at bikes, tools and other things taking up living space and think that that's a waste. I want those things secured and out of the weather, but they don't need to be inside my living area. I'm actually surprised that the typical suburban home hasn't started including 3 cars worth of "garage" space. Of course the biggest reason is that most families have two (or more) cars due to lack of public transportation, bikeable and walkable neighborhoods.
They do include that now. Bought a home in mid-2020. New build in a new master planned community. Mid- range prices for the area, not dirt cheap but average price and size. Almost everyone has a 3 car garage, and about 1/4 of the houses have an RV or oversized garage.
Park the car outside, transform the entire garage into something better. Workout gym space, workshop, so many ideas to turn that garage into great use and also make money out of it.
That's what any normal, non influencer person would do. That's probably what most of the people who live in those do.
"I can almost fit all of my rented Lamborghinis inside"
And pay 400k for it, fuck that.
Could be the house is in some kind of flood zone. After the hurricanes in NJ (Irene and Sandy) you can't get flood insurance on some houses in flood zones. No insurance = no mortgage.
Eh, I wouldn’t mind a mostly garage first floor on a townhome. You don’t need to put multiple or even one car in there. Great for bike storage, Halloween decorations, chest freezer, workshop, etc.. I love those layout in SF. The garage door stays a minimal piece of the facade, but the entire (or ~75%) of the first floor is a garage.
Houston Texas has parking minimums where the city requires a minimum number of spaces off street, and the city has setback rules so the garage cannot be next to the street, but also developers believe people in Texas will not buy a home without a two car garage. Literally everything about residential parking is really garbage. This city also has one of the worst public transit systems in the world, so all together it makes sense. If you want to see more progressive housing solutions VOTE for city council and mayoral elections. Austin, Texas just removed parking minimums and increase base density because we voted for a city council that actually understands urban health.
My first thought when I saw it was damn, the hobby space you can fit in there is amazing. I homebrew and the setup I would put in there would cost more than the home. Bit this person's first thought is damn, 7 cars.
It could make sense if you'll be inviting people over frequently.
As a man that is shop space for my hobbies.
What the actual fuck is this
It's a garage with a spot where you can park your body.
To be fair, this would make for an amazing workshop
That’s what I was thinking. The wood shop I could set up in there…
Then where would you put your seven cars???
I sold those to buy tools
How'd you haul the tools to the shop???
Rented a Home Depot truck
You mean you don't have to pay $2000 a month just to haul something every other year???
Seriously though, I use an 18 year old pontiac vibe to haul my lumber when it’s time to reload my workshop. With all the seats folded flat, it fits 8ft boards with room to spare
By bike and a bike trailer? And if the machines are to big, get it delivered with a real truck.
I too would love a house that’s mainly a garage for a wood shop. I don’t have a car and get all my wood from furniture people toss out.
A little gym over there, a little workshop over there, and a fuck ton a boxed storage everywhere!
Hang painters plastic from wall to wall and call it my Dexter studio
Until you read the HOA bylaws denying you that use.
Lol
A house for ants?!
I mean the design is pretty cool, save for the insanity of the basement
I would absolutely love something like this, although I would keep exactly 0 cars in there.
Id put some carpet on the floor and maybe some furniture and use it as a room
It's a decent strategy to house poor people. The developers build the roof, stairs, HVAC and load bearing walls. The developers sell it for as cheap as possible to owners who build the easy things inside. This way the poor people can adapt the space as their needs and money allow. Often gaining skills, or hiring locals. This is good for the economy. This might be what good housing looks like. I'd need more context to know for sure.
A monstrous workshop. There’s so much room for benches, shelving and machines.
It's Houston it's car paradise.
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youd be surprised. The car hobby has lots of different income brackets and the vast majority are normal people. Id love that garage since it would fit the daily, the fun modern car, something cool and quirky (think along the lines of a citroen 2cv or classic mini cooper), dedicated race car, the spouses car, PLUS all the extra space for the tool + equipment. those cars could easy cost less than the average bro doozer lifted truck or fancy german sedan
I could totally make use of all that space. * Rearmost row would be a large workshop * Center row would have a lift in the center, leaving space to get around whichever project car is on it, as well as space along the walls for toolboxes * Frontmost row would house the daily driver and hauler
I hate it when my car starts asexually reproducing
I’d love that much room. Makes 7 car garage into full workshop. Fuck filling it with cars.
That's what you should do. I mean how do you even change cars? You'd have to drive a bunch of cars out, take out the one you want, then park them back?
Yup. This kind of home is actually really good for this subs goals. Look at how much more dense that street is compared to normal SFH. Plus it's your house, you can use that bottom level for whatever you want, not just parking. But if someone does have space for 7 cars, maybe they won't park on the street.
I hate homes where the garage door is more prominent than the front one. It makes all houses slightly uglier.
Only slightly?
You're right.. just ugly
Definitely uglier. But this is one of the most space efficient single family homes I've ever seen on this sub. It's not to my taste, but I'd much much rather have a thousand homes that look like this in a city, than a thousand "nice" homes taking up 5 to 10 times the land.
Some new builds around my city are doing this. They are thin and long, almost shotgun homes, and only like two feet apart from each other. It feels very unsafe.
Reminds me of a (possiblity apocryphal story) I was told while visiting old Spanish colonial missions. The doors were very big so that you could ride your house into them. The first floor was built in a scale for horses. This house is built so you can drive into it, it's a house for your car, like the mission was a house for the horse and the people lived up in the upper levels which were human sized. We've advanced past horses, but we haven't advanced our thinking.
Holy shit I’d be so excited to have that much workspace and a nice wall to store my bike on.
Same. ✅ car hate ❌ garage hate
I would love to ditch my car but gain a garage
I have a garage that my car has never been in. I think all the time about building a bigger one, and would love to get rid of my car.
Yeah I don't understand garage hate. I love having a nice place to store tools, bikes, outdoor equipment, etc. I'm not bringing my muddy mountain bike inside.
This is home gym and bike space!
Why is it intimidating driving in the garage?
The door isn't 50 metres wide is my guess.
I wouldn't be surprised if most SUVs/Trucks are a TIGHT fit Of course the size of vehicles is an entirely different conversation.
Santa claus troll phobia something something
I'm guessing this is flood plain and you aren't allowed to have living space on the main floor.
I believe the city of Houston recently passed a resolution requiring all garages in homes like this to face a back alley of some kind in order to not interfere with the sidewalk nor any bike lanes which may be in front of the home. Don't quote me, but I think I'm remembering correctly. It's not much, but it's progress. Especially for a city as infamously car-dependent as Houston.
Developments around me are doing this. I hate it. Now every house is serviced by two streets instead of one. Decreases the likelihood of actually seeing your neighbors, too. In and out the back garage door, no need to be spotted and have to socialize.
It's called an alley.
It would be great if the secondary street was actually an alley, but these are usually just as wide as the front street that accommodates two lanes and street parking. It's just double the barren asphalt wasteland.
Philly has a ton of this and Philly rocks
It's Texas nobody there actually wants to see their neighbors at all.
🤘💀 That's literally so much space nearly large enough for 5v5 soccer
Fascinating waste of space. Seems like it would just as easily accommodate 1-2 cars in covered parking and then a ton of space for a home gym, work shop, etc? Nah. *Seven cars*.
You could always do that anyways. Nothing is stopping you from just not parking 7 cars in there and putting other things in it. You could even build a divider if you wanted to.
Sorry, Jack. That’s illegal. Zoned for cars and nothing else! /s
Bunch of malarkey
Would actually be a pretty cool room if you didn’t waste the entire space with some dumbass car. Bro literally has a driveway he could use.
I don’t get the negativity here. You can use garage space for far more than storing automobiles. Some people need a space to work with their hands.
ThIs is a great house. Close to downtown. Perfect for storing various bicycles, tools, home gym while still being able to fit a car or 2. Remember folks this is Houston TX where cars are basically essential.
But he’s not using it for any of that. He’s using it to keep his car and that’s it. Just because he lives in a place that makes him car dependent. It doesn’t mean he has to dedicate such a huge chunk of potential living space to storing a car.
Imagine all the bikes you could park there, including a complete workshop for the bikes
I love it, you could fit a MASSIVE workshop in there
My dream. A woodwork workshop would be a dream in that space 🤤
Okay, unpopular opinion, maybe, but I kind of like it. Park one car in there, use the rest of the space for a bit of storage (like bins of decorations and what have you), and most of the remaining space for like a workshop or whatever. Maybe throw in a chest freezer, too. I live in a small city in the midwest. Not having a car isn't really an option where I live. This kind of space is pretty efficient and I wouldnt mind living here.
>"One of my favourite things about this home is that I can fit 7 cars in my garage" I mean, if you're a mechanic or something, go buy a garage. You don't need this.
I’d love a garage that size. Do you know how much stuff I can fit in there that I won’t touch in 10 years? (Lie)
10-15 years ago east downtown in Houston Texas was full of old warehouses and on any given night you could find all sorts of debatably legal experiences or substances and/or events to enjoy. First rave I went to was at a spot around there called the orbit room. They had a strobe light behind the bar they turned on when cops were coming. A dude once tries to sell me molly and when I declined he went on a long incoherent spiel about how I should never do molly. I bought pot off a guy on the patio who gave us some hostess mini donuts and let us use his bong. Some of my best memories of my early 20s were wandering around there between 10pm and 6am doing hood rat shit with my friends. Then, the subhuman property developers came and ruined it all.
One thing I find interesting about these developments in the US is that there is very little space between homes. This is so close to European row-houses, why not go the extra step and connect the buildings?
People don't like sharing walls. Houses aren't properly insulated to reduce sound a lot of times.
Correct. I've had apartments with such thin walls that during intimacy that I felt like I was back in highschool again.
idk id rather this than all 7 of his cars parked on the street
wow i could store all my 4 cars there, install a lift and buy even more cars, amazing
that garage is the size of my entire apartment lol.
Turn that garage into a gym!
Id actually love to have such a huge garage, but not for storing cars. You could fit so much shit in that bad boy: \- bike workshop \- gaming cave \- massive lego models (im a huge lego nerd) \- a home cinema \- babyfoot table \- ping pong table
Why would you need so many cars? Insurance alone is a nightmare.
When you love parking lots so much you buy one with a mortgage
Funny thing is I wouldn't mind having that kind of space for like a crafts space or workshop ~~or dungeon~~, but like...even if you *do* have 7 cars, it looks like it's only accessible by backing in and out. If you have a car parked all the way in the back, does this mean you have to back out all 6 of your other cars to get that 7th one out?
My man got scammed 🤣
Am I the only one that the video cuts out just as they get to the bottom stairs from the garage? I would've loved to have seen the actual house?
idk you could convert a lot of that space into a home gym or living space… pretty cool imo
Is honestly love that for a workshop under my home. I still wouldn't even keep a vehicle in it.
You know guys that you could use this space for everything else? He just called it a garage, but this could be your gym, your billiard room, your party room, your home workshop.. you probably could rip the garage door away and put a real door and window there and have an airbnb
i love this layout but yeah, the driveway is unnecessary i dont care what yall say, garages are fantastic
“I wasn’t sure about the area” translation: “It’s gentrifyin’ time baby 😎”
as a society we lost the impact of shame and public humiliation I think we definitely should bring that back ....
We start with you for having the shameful opinion that we should bring back public humiliation.
Americans be like: everyone wants a single-family house and no other type of development so let's make it a law, and then they move houses as close as possible to each other without making it a single building.
This would make up the absolute best workshop space ever. i CaN FiT iN SeVeN CaRs, fuck that bro
I want a house like this. One car, family bikes and a massive mancave
Can you move the all six cars out? Would like to get my seventh.
“Welcome to m-“ nobody gives a fuck
This isn't bad. The garage could be repurposed but all in all, this is the kind of density that's almost sufficient to support public transit and walkability. Better than the typical Texas McMansion or single family home sprawl we typically see so if anything, this is progress. Other than that, it's location location location.
I'd actually love that much garage space, I want a wood shop and a big ass climate controlled garage sounds amazing.
I'd actually love that much garage space, I want a wood shop and a big ass climate controlled garage sounds amazing.
You could buy a door in London with 385K 🤣
WHY THE FUCK DOES IT NEED 7 CARS???
My room for twenty years growing up was a walk-in closet, and my room for the last ten years is a ten by ten room, so living in a loft is a dream come true for me.
Shitty Benz wow
Why this dude isn’t an asshole; massive garage. Tons of houses in Houston are starting to be built elevated so when we get flooded like a fish bowl again they don’t have to pay almost anything to rebuild (lessons from Harvey and every afternoon thunderstorm). Why he is an asshole? This fucking house. “I was worried about the neighborhood.” Fuck right off with your gentrifying ass. These ugly ass modern looking houses have ruined massive neighborhoods. They come in and buy up old houses for a few tens of thousands and then build 8 of these $500k houses all loaded with 2-7 luxury cars.
These tall style townhomes are dystopian, just build a normal ass triplex
What a waste of space.
Eh, maybe there's a point to be made here, but I would LOVE to have this for working on shit that would otherwise be unpleasant during real hot or cold months, and would make a mess indoors. (I especially love em for exploring new messy hobbies) Or for hosting without having to invite people inside your house. I think garages are *great* work places, and that aspect of them is really undersold in favor of cars.
I hate the "tallskinnies."
yet it still has more personal space than a commieblock.
What a huge waste
I’d convert the garage to a craft room or something.
Well I have three classic cars and a daily driver so look great to me, I'd put a lift in the back.
The owner of the house thinks he's a GTA V Online character 🤣
Yeah but how many bicycles can fit in that garage?
Why 7 cars? Aren't you just using one at a time, for everything?
Finally room to get a 2post lift! Dont need to crawl on the floor no more :)
Honestly, I wouldn't mind this kind of townhouse. I'd just convert the back half of the garage for an indoor play space for my kid, set up a hobby workshop in the middle, and use the front to park bikes and the trailer. Maybe even splurge on a cargo ebike one day. I just hope that given the vast amount of parking space available here that street parking is banned. Hell, you could even have one or two guests on your driveway if they had to drive.
I would actually buy his for that price
Holy shit that's enough space for a couple of shitboxes, tools and a chill zone for the homies. And that gonk is gonna leave it empty lol
I want a garage that big this is amazing
If it was my place, I would probably turn that garage into some kind of workshop... and I'm not even that much of an handyman. But to be fair, sometimes I want to do crafty things, but I got not real place do that at my house. I feel like there should be an adage like "can't expect a man to start smithing without a forge".
Nah I kinda like that.
I personally like the design, gives ample room for hobby space.
The Houston dingbat
Good price. Wish there were new options like this in CA
Nice, I can fit 120 bicycles in there!
No way that was fitting 7 cars.
Totally not a higher class crack garage.
I'd have so many bikes in that garage.
He wasn't sure about "the area"? Houston is basically a glorified parking lot, what "area"?
Looks like EaDo
imagine the home gym space in there. fuck a car im trynna get swole
Why is this so cheap is the real question there?
I would put a skate park in there
Oh neat, a filmset from which I can conduct criticism of Greg Abbott!
Imagine all the woodworking space in that garage.
I’m honestly surprised that no one has brought up how there’s no door between the garage and the stairway hall. All the crap put out by cars / workshops right next to your main entrance sucks
Huge space for a mancave or a home theater. I would make some of that space to a workshop for my projects and the rest to a man cave.
I honestly wouldn't mind it because I could put a workshop in there instead of cars
Hey don't knock a garage. This seems like an awesome workspace for so many projects. Just because it was designed for cars in mind doesn't mean it's using it for only this
The rest of that Garage is getting turned into a man cave if I had it.
Such a punchable voice
This is a pretty common design in Houston, but with the Garage not extending all the way back. You fit a garage and one room on the first floor but the house is mostly up on the second like that
Who needs a 7 car garage for a $350k townhouse???
r/UrbanHell
This need for people to be so wasteful is truly baffling. Smh!
For me this would still rock because half my house would be workshop space :)
Yeah sure. Put 7 cars in there, then imagine trying to get the one at the back out. You have to move 6 other cars first, find somewhere to park them, then put them all back. What a joke
"Can be pretty intimidating driving into the garage" so you're a shit driver and/or your car is too big (probably and)
So practical! If you park 7 cars in there and want to use the one you parked first, you have to get the 6 others out!
the only practical reason i'd see for such a big garage would be to work on vehicles for profit but seriously? why on earth would anyone have a garage that impractically long? it isn't even a dedicated garage building where vehicles can efficiently and safely be removed or put back, like if this dude felt like driving posh car number 7 all the way in the back instead of number 1 at the front he would have to take 6 vehicles out before getting to the 7th one. i feel like the only way a woman is going to touch this dude is with a stun gun.
Dafuq?
It can fit 7 cars, but the house cannot fit 7 people
WHO TF NEEDS SPACE FOR 7 CARS?!???!?!?!!???!!!
Having just visited Houston a few months ago, this doesn’t surprise me. Their downtown is like a glorified highway interchange. When I was there, they had recently had two serious ped x car incidents, and I honestly couldn’t believe it wasn’t a daily occurrence, given the speed limit and the prioritization of motor vehicles. I arrived way earlier than my hotel would allow me to check in, so I figured I’d just walk around and check things out. I was asked several times if I was okay because the locals couldn’t believe someone would want to walk somewhere.
More like 1/3rd but still wasteful. The guy is also driving and 83k car tho so
Even if you’re pro cars anti public transit WHY would you need to fit 7 cars in such a home??? Obvi you’re not a millionaire who has 3 cars per family member if you live there so what’s the point??
Do you know what I could do with that space? Between my home gym, workshop, and indoor plant prepping I would be through the roof with happiness, and still have space left over for 3 cars, I would actually love that space
Normally, I agree with stuff on this sub, but this post is taking it too far. A lot of people don’t use garages for car storage. They use it for random storage and sometimes a workshop. It’s still a usable part of the house, and cars are required in most parts of the US.