This is the garage of the owner of a black Interstate in the Dallas area. If it is not my favorite that I've seen thus far, it's darned close. Wow.
INTERBLOG - any mention of the house? What house? Who cares about the house? Forget the house. Wife & I will be perfectly happy to 'live' in that garage.
Yup. It’s built for what is important. And I’m thinking a “Norm Sized” workshop area behind at least one of the rollup doors....the mind boggles. Would love a sketch of the actual layout...
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
INTERBLOG - any mention of the house? What house? Who cares about the house? Forget the house. Wife & I will be perfectly happy to 'live' in that garage.
Well, THEY care about the house, obviously. Not everybody uses IG, so I scraped a pic of his/her/their entire property. Read it and weep - this falls into "died and went to Heaven" territory.
Of course, I'd never have a house that big. But I'm intentionally never going to have THAT much money, either. It would be too much work to get it. I'd prefer to have a smaller house, and less work.
If this person ever shows up on this forum, we're all going to be like, "Hey, we already know who you are!!"
hat tip to the golfer whose real identity has me curious, not that it's any of my business.
No mystery here...I live in South Shore Harbour and just drive through that area occasionally and noticed the sign. My father recently bought a 2015 Interstate, which is why I joined this forum (to help him). I own a 1996 Foretravel, and we store both units at Americas Storage on FM 646, but would like to have a place of our own to keep them.
No mystery here...I live in South Shore Harbour and just drive through that area occasionally and noticed the sign. My father recently bought a 2015 Interstate, which is why I joined this forum (to help him). I own a 1996 Foretravel, and we store both units at Americas Storage on FM 646, but would like to have a place of our own to keep them.
We are just west of you on FM 646 in the storage business adjacent south of the gun range. We jokingly refer to the place as Fallujah.
2106 Lawrence Road is still on the market at its original ask. As before, I say, "Good luck with that, bubbas."
Tip for anyone who will be either building or "making over" a garage, especially if you are like me and **HATE** to see valuable materials landfilled. This is one of my biggest pet peeves ever. It's why I built these Interstate ramps using wood pieces that I picked from a construction waste pile, because throwing away this kind of stuff is just WRONG:
My advice on the garage task is look for salvage shops, BUT, be prepared to put some serious work into it. Good salvage shops are not going to be talked about on the internet for the obvious reason, because everyone wants to preserve the source of their own excellent financial deals. That information is not going to get spread around, and the shops themselves will be communicated by word of mouth, so they don't need to spend money on advertising.
Furthermore, don't expect that one salvage shop will necessarily resemble the next, even if they appear related.
The best example I can give in my area is Habitat for Humanity ReStore shops. We have one in Houston which appears to take mainstream Habitat surplus stock and sell it to the public as new merchandise. And they take builder donations of new merchandise and sell it as new merchandise. All of their prices are on par with Home Depot - there's no financial point in shopping there, although it might be nice to support a worthy nonprofit.
But we have a different ReStore in another part of Houston which mostly takes used items and sells them at rock bottom prices the way the Salvation Army did decades ago (a roommate and I outfitted our grad school apartment via Salvation Army, then donated the furniture back when we were finished), except ReStore is mostly building materials rather than household goods. Much of their new stock is one-offs, an extra window or door that a builder could not use, or the wrong item got delivered to a job site and rather than paying freight to return it, they just donate it.
I got three brand new Pella double-paned Energy Star windows, still with labels attached, for about 20 cents on the dollar compared to retail. The smallest window has one pane of glass that is cracked that I will have to replace, but for that price, I will do the work.
Anyway, a lesson there for anyone who might get into a garage project, or a vacation shack build-out to augment their Interstate.
INTERBLOG - Nice ramps. Many decades ago, before I had any money to buy automotive tools, a craftsman friend built me ramps made from his scrap hardwood cuttings. It is not as hefty as yours, made for my small car, but is definitely very wise use of resources.
Yep. Very nice ramps. I used your post from long ago and built a set for my AI. I had to make one pair wide enough for my duals in back. Hefty hefty hefty...
It won't be funny if someone gets hurt, but it also IS funny on another level because it's so absurd. Do you see the big storage facility adjacent to where the newscaster draws the red circle on his monitor? That's where we garage our Interstate. LB_3 and I have always referred to the place by the nickname we gave it - "Fallujah". When the hobbyists start firing their Armalites and those other bazooka-like contraptions, holy crap it's loud out there! It's like something out of a war movie.
But the heck of it is, we are not downrange. It's the houses that are downrange. To my knowledge, there hasn't been a single stray bullet hit our storage complex, only the houses (I wouldn't keep our Interstate there if I were seeing shrapnel). I've never heard a complaint by any of the other garage tenants.
In case anyone is wondering, the whole conflict hinges on the gun range having been there first. It's grandfathered. The developers installed the subdivision around it. The city has no legal grounds for ousting the range as a result. That, and the fact that the man who owns it is the former Mayor's papa.
INTERBLOG - these types of properties have been going up in LV for the past decade. We looked at one during the holidays, as we have been thinking of giving up the traditional house and going this route. But huge warehouse, garage, storage, and office/live-space in 1st floor (usually about 3,600-4,00 sq. ft. on 1st floor). And dedicated live-space in 2nd floor. The drawbacks in LV are they are zoned as Live-Work areas, so pricing is very steep (at least for me) and we have to give up suburban living environment and live in the heart of the city. And the units are not just personal/hobbyist-owned garages, they are also businesses. So it's a mixed-use setup, which doesn't appeal to me as much as the one you posted.
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$100,000 for an unfinished 750 sq ft shell. Whew does that seen high to others....
Of course it's high - the developers are early in their project, so they are reaching.
That geographic area has an existing precedent for paradigm-breaking suburban development - Polly Ranch, which is a subdivision that was developed with an airstrip running through the middle of it. We have looked at maybe buying a run-down property there and developing it for our Interstate, which would be well-tolerated among the collection of resident Cessna and Piper aircraft. However - two big problems with that idea, even if we could find something we could afford:
(1) We would still be co-owners of an airfield that we were paying for but not using = bad math
(2) It would be too tempting to LB_3 (who is a pilot) - he would want get a small plane. Hear me now loud and clear: I *DO NOT* want a plane.
Of course it's high - the developers are early in their project, so they are reaching.
That geographic area has an existing precedent for paradigm-breaking suburban development - Polly Ranch, which is a subdivision that was developed with an airstrip running through the middle of it. We have looked at maybe buying a run-down property there and developing it for our Interstate, which would be well-tolerated among the collection of resident Cessna and Piper aircraft. However - two big problems with that idea, even if we could find something we could afford:
(1) We would still be co-owners of an airfield that we were paying for but not using = bad math
(2) It would be too tempting to LB_3 (who is a pilot) - he would want get a small plane. Hear me now loud and clear: I *DO NOT* want a plane.
INTERBLOG - I know that place. It's a beautiful concept. Yeah, can't imagine how expensive it would be living in an airfield (or even golf course) since I not a pilot, no plane (or play golf). But I sure LB3 would be in heaven literally & figuratively
(2) It would be too tempting to LB_3 (who is a pilot) - he would want get a small plane. Hear me now loud and clear: I *DO NOT* want a plane.
Put foot down now!
The only thing more expensive to maintain past an Airstream product or kin are BOATS (Bring Over Another Thousand, Skipper) which are a hole in the water lined with wood, fiberglass or metal, into which you pour money.
An airplane is a device that spends most of it's life parked in the grass, a hangar, or on the tarmac, simply inhaling money even faster than a boat.
True Story: We built a house in Huntsville Alabama that had a full basement. Wife laid out most of it, but I designed the basement. There was an 'extra' door in the back part of the basement into the garage. Wife wanted to know what it was for... I replied, "It's so when I build my airplane I can get the wing outta the basement in a straight line." She insisted, and got a wall that enclosed the utility area that prevented moving anything the size of a wing straight out of my basement woodshop/mancave/construction hangar into the garage...sigh.
But there was two sets of double doors in the FRONT of the basement that were lined up just right (evil laughter)!
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Rich, KE4GNK/AE, Overkill Engineering Dept.
'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
No mystery here...I live in South Shore Harbour and just drive through that area occasionally and noticed the sign. My father recently bought a 2015 Interstate, which is why I joined this forum (to help him). I own a 1996 Foretravel, and we store both units at Americas Storage on FM 646, but would like to have a place of our own to keep them.
Just FYI, that property we were discussing was de-listed. It did not sell (we did not expect it to); it was taken off the market. I don't know why.
The only thing more expensive to maintain past an Airstream product or kin are BOATS (Bring Over Another Thousand, Skipper) which are a hole in the water lined with wood, fiberglass or metal, into which you pour money.
An airplane is a device that spends most of it's life parked in the grass, a hangar, or on the tarmac, simply inhaling money even faster than a boat.
I’m a very patient man (or maybe just a hopeless dreamer.)
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Rich, KE4GNK/AE, Overkill Engineering Dept.
'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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