What do you use your garage for? Do you really need it?

Or perhaps a better question is: What else could you do with your garage?

No kids? Convert it into a standalone granny flat and rent your house.
Kids? See above.
Building new? Take it off the plans, spend your money on better thermal insulation and reduce your energy use/cost.
Building new? Take it off the plans, reduce your mortgage!
Creative? Sell your vehicle, fit out the garage with the money and spend time making! You could create a shared studio and rent it out to a local creative who doesn't have the space.
In a student flat? Move your laundry into the garage, add some trestle tables and start a weekly pop-up clothing store for your fashion-school friends. Don't have fashion-school friends? Make some!

I could go on...

Do you need a garage?

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