lol... thanks guys. Gary, it’s not that bad actually. Lifts can be had for under $2k (Chinese special), to $5-$6k. Depends on what you want. Then install it yourself. Do you have the space?

Understood... it was ideal for me to do it during the build process. Couldn’t have been more perfect. I’ve been planning this “dream” for almost a decade. Am thrilled to have my dream house, or should I say dream garage, aka my Garaj Mahal.

This is all sorts of awesome Burton. Congrats on your dream home. I’d love a lift in my garage. Perhaps in the next house.

Thanks Marty! Yeah, some folks think a lift won’t fit in their 2 or 3 car garages with a 10-11’ ceiling. It actually does - google it even... I have two buddies locally with that setup. Granted, they can’t fit an SUV on top of an SUV, but they can fit a car under a car. It just increases the # of cars that can be stored in the garage.

Ok... some new updates. Meant to post this sooner but too busy.

Mounted my older 50” Panny TV from bedroom (since we replaced it with a new 4K 60”er) on a full motion tilt swivel wall mount, in the Garaj Mahal. Gonna use it via over the air antenna HD but also via the Roku Streaming Stick +. Last pic of the TV shows it fully extended and turned to right:






Then here’s a pic of Wruby parked in her stable (lift is not raised to max at moment so can’t fit her under... Marilyn is under at moment) along with the rest of the family. Can fit 6, but comfortable with 5.

Next mods for Garaj = 2nd TV above Fridge, and Big A$$ ceiling fan between 2 stall and 3rd!

Thanks guys!!! Yeah I still have to figure out this Roku stuck streaming thing. I haven’t opened the box yet lol. I think the 50” is a good size for now. I might go bigger down the road. I agree though Marty - the 4K TVs are amazing.

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Over a year of living here and I still find myself in awe of this Garaj. I often just spend time in there just because... lol. It’s too hot lately, but still. Today I had to change the wife’s oil, so I loaded Portia on the lift and went to town. Even had my son helping. He did the easy part of pushing a button haha!

I did my impersonation of musical cars, and got everything rearranged, out of the 100 degree sun, while I changed Portia’s oil. Hindsight I should have put an A/C in!!! Ugh.

Thanks so much guys. Long time designing and planning. Neighbor of mine built a 4 car wide garage, but didn’t do the depth. So he can barely fit 4 vehicles in there, then throw in garage items like bikes, mowers, snowblowers, etc... he’s screwed. I think the issue is most people think of garages as for vehicles only. They forgot the other things like storage, or a fridge, or electrical outlets, etc I could go on and on. They don’t realize that for a small increase in investment, they can actually UTILIZE their garages and not have to do the limbo to just walk around in it.

Example, even my two stall portion, I built extra deep. I can have Wruby parked comfortably with the Garaj door CLOSED, open her trunk fully, AND have so much room between the front of it and the steps to the house door, more so the wall.




Also update: I’m looking into my next “mod” for the Garaj... ceiling fan. I designed it to accommodate a 72” ceiling fan. I was thinking about this one. What do y’all think? It comes with 4” length downrod, which is great because I don’t want to lose too much ceiling height. My ceiling is at 12’.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Westingh...3900/301808469

I think that’s the one I want, but my wife said to cool the spending jets for a bit. Lol. Maybe for Father’s Day!? Lol.

What worries me about moving that air - dust. Whenever I turn it on, I’ll probably throw a thick layer of dust on my detailed vehicles

And what’s wrong with the 4” drop, Shane? I want to maximize the ceiling height.