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Measure the Garage Before you Buy

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Home Inspector with Home Inspection Carolina

charlotte garage inspection

Charlotte home inspector Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina in Charlotte NC was performing a home inspection in Waxhax NC when he noticed that he couldn't even walk around the cars while inspecting the garage. From the looks of this car where they fold the mirror back the people who live here have trouble too. Most spaces for a car is '10 x '20. This means that a 2 car garage would be '20 x '20 and a 3 car garage is '30 x '20. When Preston inspected this house he noticed this 2 car garage is less than '20 x '20 and then there is a set of stairs that come down into that so it cuts it down even more. This makes it extremely tight and these owners only have medium size cars. Imagine if they had big SUV's. The moral of this story is when buying a home or inspecting a home measure your garage and measure your cars and make sure you will have room to move around them.

Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina in Charlotte NC has been on HGTV My First Sale.He has also been interviewed by Fox News and is a regular on “Your Real Estate Today” on WBT radio program.He has also taught home inspection continuing education classes for realtors.He has been performing, teaching and consulting home inspections for over 15 years. Home Inspection Carolina has over 10 home inspectors and over a 100 years of combined experience in home inspection and construction. They perform home inspections, termite inspections, Radon testing, and infrared scanning in Charlotte, Gastonia, Waxhaw, Monroe, Matthews, Concord, Huntersville, Denver and many surrounding areas.Call Home Inspection Carolina and let them put their experience to work for you

Edward & Celia Maddox
The Celtic Connection Realty - Queen Creek, AZ
EXPERIENCE & INTEGRITY - WE TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

Photo show a good reason to measure the garage before buying.

Jul 15, 2012 11:26 PM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

Preston, builders get just plain silly with garages at times.

Jul 15, 2012 11:28 PM
Janis Borgueta
Newburgh, NY
Retired RE Salesperson

I listed a home a while ago that had only 1.5 garages due to a mistake on the foundation when the builder did a modular. Hmmmm who would have thought that would ever sell.. but it did.. a biker and a small car on the other side of that  "two car" home.

Jul 18, 2012 09:44 PM