Some places are now requiring garages to NOT have garage doors directly facing the street. It does look nicer, but it’s actually a way to enforce “big income zoning” because to do that, you have to either have an alley… which no builder wants to “waste” when that area could be used to boost yard sizes, or the lots have to be wide enough to accept a driveway with a turn… and deep enough to allow the house to fit in there too.
I live out ‘in the county’ where the garages and pole barns are bigger then the houses. Driving by homes, garage doors open on 3 car garages and no. room. for. cars. Garages stuffed with ‘stuff’ and the cars (2-3 at least) sitting outside. And the lawns look like putting greens.
You could write a pretty good science fiction novel about a country where a machine, call it a “car”, became very popular, everybody wanted to have one or two or three, and these “cars” were actually an alien virus that caused the people of the country to design their cities to accommodate the “cars” and pave over the land that could have grown food and provided a home for nature, and to replace front porches with huge, ugly automated doors to allow the “cars” to enter and leave their private quarters, while isolating the people from their neighbors, and the “cars” spewed out toxic fumes that slowly changed the climate and . . . Did I say fiction?
Those plastic looking garage doors in front of a house just ruin whatever architecture the builder was trying to embrace. Downright ugly. At least paint them something other than stark white.
Garages facing front are a helluva lot more convenient than side or back entry. And snow shoveling in the winter is easier too because the driveway is going to be shorter. The side and back entry garages tend to look nicer when they are attached to the home.
But, that said…. for me, I would much prefer a return to homes that were separate from the garage. My own home has the garage attached (built into the design, not a breezeway connection)…. but that was not my preferred choice (nothing of that sort was on the market when and where I was looking). But, I tend to feel a separate garage from the house is a better choice and I wish new home builders would start that sort of design trend again. I think it is a safer design in terms of keeping automotive fumes out of the home.
Side- or backwards facing garages are not really practical on most lots, but having the garage appear to be 9/10ths of the house because it’s RIGHT THERE is a trend that has to stop.
onespiceybbw over 4 years ago
Allegedly . . . .
Concretionist over 4 years ago
Some places are now requiring garages to NOT have garage doors directly facing the street. It does look nicer, but it’s actually a way to enforce “big income zoning” because to do that, you have to either have an alley… which no builder wants to “waste” when that area could be used to boost yard sizes, or the lots have to be wide enough to accept a driveway with a turn… and deep enough to allow the house to fit in there too.
Bilan over 4 years ago
And we have yet another clothing change.
Dobby53 Premium Member over 4 years ago
I live out ‘in the county’ where the garages and pole barns are bigger then the houses. Driving by homes, garage doors open on 3 car garages and no. room. for. cars. Garages stuffed with ‘stuff’ and the cars (2-3 at least) sitting outside. And the lawns look like putting greens.
Markov Da Robot over 4 years ago
She’s just coming to Frazz every day to give him updates.
sandpiper over 4 years ago
At that age, families often are embarrassing. And vice versa
Whatcouldgowrong over 4 years ago
You could write a pretty good science fiction novel about a country where a machine, call it a “car”, became very popular, everybody wanted to have one or two or three, and these “cars” were actually an alien virus that caused the people of the country to design their cities to accommodate the “cars” and pave over the land that could have grown food and provided a home for nature, and to replace front porches with huge, ugly automated doors to allow the “cars” to enter and leave their private quarters, while isolating the people from their neighbors, and the “cars” spewed out toxic fumes that slowly changed the climate and . . . Did I say fiction?
rlaker22j over 4 years ago
I like the garage doors in front it keeps away all the pesky solicitors
Herb L 1954 over 4 years ago
I miss having a garage ;(
jessegooddog over 4 years ago
Those plastic looking garage doors in front of a house just ruin whatever architecture the builder was trying to embrace. Downright ugly. At least paint them something other than stark white.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 4 years ago
Pffft. When MY family did it, Mom sung dirty and the little brother got wine.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 4 years ago
Garages facing front are a helluva lot more convenient than side or back entry. And snow shoveling in the winter is easier too because the driveway is going to be shorter. The side and back entry garages tend to look nicer when they are attached to the home.
But, that said…. for me, I would much prefer a return to homes that were separate from the garage. My own home has the garage attached (built into the design, not a breezeway connection)…. but that was not my preferred choice (nothing of that sort was on the market when and where I was looking). But, I tend to feel a separate garage from the house is a better choice and I wish new home builders would start that sort of design trend again. I think it is a safer design in terms of keeping automotive fumes out of the home.
onespiceybbw over 4 years ago
Side- or backwards facing garages are not really practical on most lots, but having the garage appear to be 9/10ths of the house because it’s RIGHT THERE is a trend that has to stop.