Minimum garage size?

[KJR2008]

FHA assignment, is there a guideline for minimum garage length, portion has been converted to utility room. Thanks

 

[Digger88]

i knew from way back depth is 20ft. dont know if that still applicable and as far as width im seeing 18' wide 2 car garage in townhouse advertised and a 2 car gar.

 

[Mike Kennedy]

FHA assignment, is there a guideline for minimum garage length, portion has been converted to utility room. Thanks

https://www.HUD.gov/program_offices/housing/sfh/handbook_4000-1

 

[Jerry Bone Jr]

FHA assignment, is there a guideline for minimum garage length, portion has been converted to utility room. Thanks

No

 

[J Grant]

If the remainder is in your opinion still sufficient to park and store an average size car/vehicle. If it can't accommodate that it is not a functional garage. Smallest to accommodate a car ? I dunno, look up auto lengths - seems at least 18 foot long at the min would be needed to park, exit car and close the door ...most garages are 19 -20 feet long.

 

[Mike Kennedy]

Disabilities Act 10x14

 

[glenn walker]

FHA assignment, is there a guideline for minimum garage length, portion has been converted to utility room. Thanks

No-There is not - Technically a one car should hold one Car- A two car should hold two 2 cars etc. In Cases where the owner of a garage takes a portion for a shop, utility room etc where it will no longer hold one or two cars, I still call it what it was original built for, and then in my comments explain what he did and that its can easily be reconverted with a cost to cure of say $1,000.00 or less. Then I include a photo and state in the report that I observed has no health & safety issues and then I am done.

If its a more costly type of conversion-I will take the Cost to Cure $ amount and make that adjustment in a lower grid- Labeled Gar-Conversion Less $3,000 etc. If you do the cost appraoch then also insert say the $3,000 in your functional obsolescence box and be done.

Also garage sizes over the years have changed, So I go by the garage door -Example homes in the fifties mostly had 17' to 18' Wide by 18' to 20' deep-By the seventies most two car where 20' X 20" or 22' X 24' deep, Now we have 3 car garages of all different sizes. The truth is the older two car garages will not hold today's long bed pickups or the larger SUVs but I still call them 2 car garages, As long as I can get to Toyota corollas in the bad boy. The same with old 1-car garages today some won't hold one full sized vehicle but I still call them a 1 car garage. In the 1900 to 1915 homes, they are often built for a carriage and never would hold a car. Anyway I try to use comparables that are similar in age and design and that will kinda keep your garage sizes in the same range. Seems like every 1950-1960 house I do has a 17' or !8' wide X 20' two car garage or a 10' X 20" one car garage.

Good Luck

Subject two car garage:
Lower Grid-G-Conv-$2,000
Comp-1-- 2 Car garage -$2,000
Comp-2 --2 Car Garage-$2,000
Comp-3- -2 car Garage-2000

 

[CANative]

It's a space that can be used for more than car storage. Why adjust for conversions or partitions?

 

[glenn walker]

It's a space that can be used for more than car storage. Why adjust for conversions or partitions?

I don't only adjust if the Cost to Cure is say more than a $2,000 bucks-As far as size of garages like I previously stated garage sizes have changed over the years, seems like every two decades , So Builder sold as two car and Realtor list and see a 1950 house with a 17'-18" wide X 20 deep as a two car garage, My house a 1975 model has a 21" X 22 deep garage , some Brand new homes with so called Tandem garages the two car side really only holds one large car, but so to keep conformity I use what is in the neighborhood. a 1950-1960 hood in LA typical 18 X 20 detached garages and the same comps- the smaller 1 car garages were typically 10' X 20 deep and we call them one car garages.

The truth is no older or even new typical two car garage will hold two full size cars, and most won't hold a full sized pick up truck or SUV --the three cars won't hold 3 full size cars. So I don't try and micro manage garage sizes if it has a single size door its a one car-a double size door its a 2 car and if on double and one single its a three car garage , and since these people are into green I know, they- can get there 2 tiny hybrids in garage and thats how I determine garage size - Yep one Hybrid and one mini cooper its a twofer LOL