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I'd like to get my car off the main road for a multitude of reasons but it only just fits in our garage (golf club). I'd also like the garage space to be a bit more of a workshop rather than just bike storage and a dumping ground. It recently occurred to me that if i were to shorten my garage it would be a more manageable space and would then allow me to park on a newly formed driveway. Looking at the garage door it should be a relatively straightforward job to recess the door back into the garage to trial it.
If that's successful i'd like to do away with the old gates/posts and having a more open from entrance. Even though my car is old and relatively compact it would still be a squeeze so this would make life much easier. Worth noting the car is only for very occasional use so would act as a barrier in lieu of the gates. Only downside is that bikes would need to be wheeled back through the house which exactly how we used to do it anyway (and i want to demolish the awful entrance at a later date).
In terms of resale value etc i don't think the garage would even fit a modern car but a driveway could be a nice add on to increase value? Add to that a nice dry workshop it seems like a worthwhile effort. Worst case the door could be moved back to it's original location and at least the front would be a bit tidier than it is currently.
It seems like this could work but have i missed anything obvious that makes this a bad idea?
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