Real Estate in Barrington & The Northwest Suburbs: Tips-Buying Barrington Illinois Homes with 3 Car Garages-Make Sure the SUV will Fit

Tips-Buying Barrington Illinois Homes with 3 Car Garages-Make Sure the SUV will Fit

Every now again we all do something and wonder afterwards why we never even thought of it. So yes this blog is born of experience a few years ago. It's no secret that I love driving big SUV's. I have had my Tahoe now for nearly 4 years and with all it's gadgets it'll be hard to give it up. Now my Tahoe is wide and fits very nicely in the single stall of our 3 car garage, as long as you drive in and out slowly, I don't even have to retract the wing mirrors even though I can do that at the touch of a button. It comes close to the top of the opening and about an inch away from the electric door track, but it fits. So I use the single stall and the other SUV and a car goes in the 2 car stall. Perfect.

Yet that was not always the case. In fact we got stuck on a previous home purchase. We never thought to measure the width of the garage stall opening. After closing on the property we found out that the larger of our SUV's at that time would not, just could not even without wing mirrors get through the opening. So we ended up having to park 2 big SUV's side be side in the 2 stall garage which also had the steps into the house. To say it was a squeeze was an understatement.

So if you are buying a home and need a 3 car or other odd number garage, and you have a large SUV that you need to get inside you might just want to get a tape measure out to see if it will fit. I assumed all garage doors were the same size and so if my SUV fit in the old garage it would fit in the new garage. Apparently not. From experience as a buyers agent in Barrington Illinois, I can tell you that most garages only get a cursory glance from the inside.

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