If you are in the market to own an offsite remote structure to house and hold your passion for cars, motorcycles, wine, art collections, or any specific passion, you may want to understand your options. Not all garages are created equal.
Most for sale garages are built with the lowest first cost in mind. What does this mean to a buyer? Most garage units are sold as a “shell” which means they are raw and simply ready to receive finishes. Most garages come with gypsum walls that are taped but not finished or painted. Additionally, the buyer receives their garage with a stubbed out water line and sewer for the buyer to connect to. The units are sold without paint, no bathroom, no sink, no shower or bath, no running water, no closet, minimal zone based lighting and electrical, a wood stair and temporary wood handrail on the mezzanine level, no water heater, and no distribution ductwork from the air conditioning source. It is a very minimal and raw garage unit.
To meet the basic needs of a passion driven buyer, an owner usually wants a bathroom with a shower and a kitchen or kitchenette. This means you would have to hire an architect and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers to design the additions, create design and construction drawings, hire a contractor, submit and receive a permit for construction, and then build the addition. This effort would take 9 to 12 months to complete. Besides the headache and loss of time, this is also costly.
Another realization for buyers is that many garage developments do not allow someone to actually create a unique living opportunity to enjoy the possibility of living with cars or whatever your passion may be.
At Texas AutoHaus, we offer a unique approach to garage living.
We believe an owner should be able to live with their cars, motorcycles, wine, or art as they wish. Each unit comes with a fully designed, permitted, and constructed bathroom with a large shower, a full kitchen with cabinets and the same appliances found in a normal home, a hot water heater, steel stairs with metal handrails, and an upgrade for sufficient electrical capacity.
Additionally, our team of Dream Outfitters is available to each owner to dream about the possibilities and to design and curate their garage into much more than a storage environment, but an escape that elevates their life dimensionally.
Our Dream Outfitters are available to personalize the space with a vast array of materials and options including brick or stone walls, a variety of flooring options from synthetics to hardwoods, golf simulators, specialty audio and visual capabilities, super graphic murals and paintings, specialty lighting, wine rooms, humidors, car lifts and car turntables, tools and automotive service components, and so much more.
Texas AutoHaus is also your residence, your loft, your apartment, or your home away from home. Dream Outfitters will help you create an extraordinary and uniquely yours destination that can be very car oriented or an experience your friends will not stop talking about, and a space that brings a smile to your face each time your 18×14 foot garage door opens.
Never settle for second best.
Live and experience life in a way that reflects your passion.
This story was originally published in Good Life Park Cities and Preston Hollow Neighbors.
