Yep! I’m a real estate agent in California. Y’all can’t imagine what I’ve seen and what I know. I have a lawsuit pending now because what I reported got my brake lines cut
@@Economivision Yup. “The company provided us a statement that do not condone the issue and they’re looking to resolve.” An example of a response a news station will get when the complainant gets their calls and emails ignored.
This issue is going to be the tip of the iceberg of problems they will have! If the builders are this sloppy with something like that, imagine what you can't see!
@Nunya Biz Not necessarily. I have install garage doors in new houses where the architecture is well thought out, but the execution part of the building of house (builder’s side) is lacking. And the innards of the garage were missing very important framing to support the garage door.
I want to warn everyone thinking of moving into these fast built “cookicutter” home: DONT. They are cheaply and lazily built. They are just fast money for the bank and will put holes in your pocket in the long run! Take that 300k and buy a midsized house that comes with land!!
HOA: "Here's a fine for the wrong garage door color shade, $800" Homeowner: "I just bought this house and this is the original color" HOA: "NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"
I’ve always wondered how US HOA’s do stuff like that? Here, HOA’s are voluntary unless specifically set up from the beginning, and when they are set up like that, the HOA is required (by law) to provide a clearance and inspection certificate to indicate the property is in good standing with HOA before the sale can conclude.
I have always said hoa's are a rip off. Why pay 80 to 240 a month to be told what you can and can not do to your house. We got fined 100 dollars for 1 3 inch tall weed that grew in our yard while we were on vacation.
@@deanvanluven6813 If I was going to live in an HOA area and saw the fees, I would really tell them to go jump in the lake (using nice language of course)
@@alicegauteng2358 They didn't save much by placing the heaters there, it seems to me it's purely laziness or someone needs to be reminded how many inches are in a foot.
It’s the code and standards that are forced on architects by builders. If codes did not allow equipment of any kind on the minimum size layout for two car garages this would not be an issue. My house from the 1980’s has minimum size garage. The car on the left side has to be driven slightly to the right to allow discharge. It’s tight.
The college degree architect looks like a dumb a?? After spent all that money on college if he put the wrong dimension in the blue prints with his seal I bet the construction worker on site caught it and the shut him up
@D , that's a healthy attitude. Not all can get there. I know, because I can't always get there. I can get there eventually, but not always upon first experience of a terrible issue.
Just take control at that point. Your money. You're paying them. Take control. This is why I provide factual measurements and display what I did and what I will be doing. (I work in automotive.) A common scenario for me is: client says, why do I need new brakes and rotors? They only squeal occasionally. I say, your pads measure 1mm thick and your rotor on this side is xxmm and the other yymm which is below min spec of zzmm. - Always have your data on paper able to show to the client rather than here and there or, worse, just in your head.
That's when you reply, "That's great that THEY know what they're doing. Maybe we need to examine why the contractor I'm PAYING to do the work can't explain it to me"
My house was advertised as having a two car garage. We never got to see the garage when we looked at the house. It was "locked" and the owner had "lost the keys to it." No big deal, you've seen one garage, you've seen them all. After closing, we finally get to see inside the garage.... the previous owner had extended the master bedroom by taking roughly half the length of the garage. It's wide enough to fit two cars side by side.... but only deep enough for about half a car.
Same here, they are doing the same in Charlotte, NC building a bunch of cookie cutter houses. I talked to some of the guys that builds them and they say "run"
Same everywhere! Houses are packed in so close together, you could pass a plate back and forth. Some of these developments look like high end projects.
I laughed so hard just hearing *his laugh* when the suggestion to downsize to ‘smaller cars’ or a ‘smart car’ was said! His laugh had me laughing so hard I was crying!😂😂
I opted out of buying a new Dan Ryan home, after seeing a demo. Junk. Then I opted out of ALL new homes after see how badly they are built. I bought a 20 year old home. Much more solid.
That's scary. My house is 24 years old and it was crap from day one. If you're saying the 20 year old ones are more solid, I can't imagine what the new ones look like.
@@connorbasileI agree too - I have owned 11 homes, the newest built in 2002, the oldest in 1906, and every single one of them has had issues of poor design, build quality, or modifications/ renovations by a previous owner. I would not expect _any_ home to be without issues, no matter its age.
They're all probably in homeowners association neighborhoods anyways (or a very high chance of it if it's a new development) so that's another BIG negative if true.
@@NikoBellaKhouf2 not sure of the builder, but its perfect. The only thing that the driveway and garage floor has a few cracks where its settled over the years. It has also been mildly updated, which is a plus. Even my handrails are still tight.
Garages on new construction tend to be extremely small in my experience. Cars have been getting bigger for a long time, but garages have also been getting smaller. It's a really peculiar situation.
Here is the issue. Technically the builder is correct. You can fit very small cars. We just went and looked at a home built in 1964. They advertised a two-car garage. I measured the garage when I saw it because I knew our vehicles would not fit. As the real estate agent told us two sub compacts would fit. It does not mean all vehicles will fit. Great example a Toyota Sequoia or a Ford Excursion would never fit in any two car garage. People think they should though.
So what are you saying, that Dan Ryan can’t build homes correctly, that Dan Ryan should not be your next builder, that Dan Ryan is only in it for the money?
If Im understanding correctly, Knight Homes built the house but since then, Dan Ryan homes bought them. This would be the fault of Knight, not Ryan but it is now Ryan's responsibility to deal with it.
@@hawkeye2k164 Who knows? But I assume that if you absorb an entity, you absorb its problems and responsibilities. That’s the cost of blindly buying companies.
Honestly, most homes that have 2 car garages with a single wide door do not fit 2 mid size vehicles. It's very tight. The cars may fit but it is hard to get in and out of them because you cannot open the doors all the way. Many people have at least one SUV these days so that standard width two car garage does not cut it.
@@Name-jw4sj if you pay for a two car garage, you should get one. it doesn't matter if it's a first world problem or not dude. you should get what you pay for.
@@JakeStuckAtHome They GOT a 2 car garage. Unless the contract specifies what brand and model needs to fit they got what they asked for. Also don't you need to have a plan for the building/garage to be attached to said contract? I don't know how it works in america but where I come from youd have a detailed plan including maesurements for everything which would have led to them knowing exactly how much space to expect - then if the built space/garage differs from the plans you can ask for changes and/or if the builder won't do anything about it sue.
Bingo, the whole housing development will experience depressed home values soon when the property bubble bursts in the next 2 years. Neighborhood of crappily built homes, people run for the exits quick when the going gets tough. I feel for this man's wealth, too many kids, cars, and things, he'll be a debtor for life.
Why are the toilets now small and round in the new homes? You know that toilet isn't going to "contain" that big man, or big woman. I guess these new toilets are only for number 1 OR number 2, but not for both.
I rented a studio apartment in NYC with a bathroom added on under the stairs! Anyone over 4’6” had to sit hunched over on the tiny toilet, with the sink over your left leg and your feet in the shower stall! But it could make for great efficiency on those hurried mornings. You could pee, wash your hands and face, brush your teeth, and wash your feet all at the same time! If you were male, you could pee in the shower being sure to aim between your feet, take a dump in the toilet, wash hands, face, brush teeth and shave. No excuse for being late to work!
It needs to big enough to fit two large vehicles, with room enough to walk all the way around them. Otherwise how will the passengers exit when you pull into the garage when it's raining?
My 2-car garage doesn't provide enough room to park the cars and let passengers exit and walk around and I live in an area where we have had rain for 23 out of the last 24 days. You simply have the passenger put on his/her big boy/girl pants and get out of the car before pulling into the garage. They might get a few drops of rain or a few flakes of snow on them as they walk the 10' into the garage but trust me, they won't melt. It's rather easy to deal with. These people are dealing with a totally different situation.
For as much as these homes probably cost, the 2 garage better damn well fit 2 big SUVs. Love the guy's reaction when they asked if he'd consider a Smart car 😂
This happens with townhomes ALL THE TIME. We used to live in a townhome. Street parking was out of the question. Four cars per household minimum, meant that street parking was a nightmare. So we were told to park in the garage. Problem was, it wasn’t even close to being a two car. We were told “oh yeah two cars will fit in there”. But nope. It was a one car and maybe a motorcycle. And it had nothing to do with anything else being in there (like storage). The garage was billed as a two car, but built narrower.
I'm glad the home I purchased built in 1914 has a 1 1/2 car garage that actually fits a 2012 Ram 2500 and. 2001 GMC Yukon XL it's tight but they fit with enough room to get myself out. Today measurements are like lumber a 2x4 is not 2" x 4" they haven't been in many decades .
I see them cutting a hole in the garage door so the nose of the car sticks out. I totally agree with them. After dropping all that money on a home, that setup is not acceptable.
We have a similar issue where we live. A lot of the new and recent construction advertises their garages as "two car", but the garage is not wide enough and building inspectors are requiring the builders to widen driveways because of it (because now you need an extra off-street parking spot since the garage can only legally have one vehicle in it). But realtors are still advertising them as "two-car" even though if you look at the permitting's office website it clearly states that it is not.
The code for most one car ( off street ) is 9’ width . 20’ was FHA min requirement . Plus, a “Ballard “ ; concrete filled steel pipe is required in front of any essential mech ; Hot Water tank or furnace
@@VietboyGamerUSA Car sizes didn't get bigger from the time they started construction until the end. And they had a sedan, not exactly a Suburban! To me, a garage should be able to hold a full sized SUV AND I should be able to get out and walk all around it too. I get it. If your house is 60 years old, they may not have accounted for you parking two huge cars. But there's no excuse for brand new construction. Unless, of course, the builder was trying to maximize every inch of space and wasn't actually interested in building the most functional house.
Builders don’t build like they used to. Now it’s about how fast they can finish to get the money. I’ve seen air ducts put n jacked up, leveling wrong to cause flooding, cracked foundations, leaking pipes dripping through 2nd floor, rain water soaking through the wall from outside, drawers not able to open or close unless another drawer is open or closed, air conditioners not sized properly to sq ft, garage doors not operating properly, etc
It's Dan Ryan... They're the absolute worst. NEVER buy one. All they care about is cosmetics. However, they don't care that your toilets will flood, ur house shakes, u have drafts, the molding falls off, the walls only have half the insulation.
Never fall for these hideous cardboard houses. Within 20 years, if that long, they'll be falling apart. There is nothing unique about them, and it will give you more problems than a 70 year old house. Not to mention they go out of style in like 10 years and if their is a storm, you WILL get leaks, even as a new build.
@@leeb9342 I hear that. I've owned new and old and can verify that older homes were not only built better but they were built without shortcuts. My current 35 yr old home has 5 step mud coat on all walls, including the garage. To anyone that has dealt with house issues, it's a source of confidence that the entire house was built with the same level of detail.
I’ve seen this before, garage can also be extended placing over head door further out, typical adjustment 24”. just a matter of which solution is preferable.
I guess it comes down to how the industry defines what a two-car garage is. There's no question that cars, on average, have gotten bigger in the last 30 years. A Honda Accord from 2002/04 is about 187" long; a 2022 is 196". I don't blame them for being annoyed about it, but you've gotta read the fine print and probably the actual plans for the house to see what's going to be built. A Toyota Sequoia probably isn't what the industry had in mind for a long time with regard to the size necessary for a two-car garage.
@@woxyroxme I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not, it’s advertises as a two car garage, it should fit all their cars, they shouldn’t be expected to get new cars
In Europe we would understand but this, this is America brother!! Garage standards out here should be based off the wingspan of 5x4 bald eagles, can I get an amen!
Or just park it on the other side of the garage. And highly unlikely that they wouldn't be using one side for their stuff anyway. They will have a lawnmower, bicycles and who knows what else. @@woxyroxme
Well, as someone else said, they will have a lot of OTHER problems along the way but there's an easy fix for the water heater. Just replace those water heaters with tankless heaters. They're much smaller and can be mounted easily on the wall. Then all they'd have to do is tear down that "closet" that was holding the old water heaters.
That’s why for new home builds, be involved in the pre-construction. Check in. That way you can ensure your request are honored prior to the final walk through. If there is anything wrong on the final walk through the builder takes note and must fix. You the buyer can determine if anything should be complete before closing. For them to move in, might mean they had signed off as complete beforehand. I had an issue before my closing that I saw on my final walk through with builder. I made them sign a document stating they will acknowledge my claim and will resolve it in a certain amount of time in order for me to close on the home which they abided. I hope their issue was resolved.
You were smart to have it in writing that the issues would be resolved in a certain amount of time. There were issues with my new built home and the builder also signed off that they would fix the issues, but I was too dumb to ask for it to be done by a certain date. It took 10 months for my builder to fix my backyard deck because they were too busy building other new homes in the neighborhood during the increased demand after Covid.
I have the same issue. My one car garage will not fit a car because the previous owner built an addition into it. When I came to view the property, the agent said he forgot the garage keys. 🙄 Lesson learned.
Yikes! I didn't even check how my car would fit in my two car garage. Luckily it'll fit two F150s no problem, but it's definitely something I'll be checking on my next purchase.
I have a similar story. I went to go look at a home with a 2 car garage. However, they had the water heater, washer, and dryer in the garage that stuck out so much that only one car could fit. They tried to convince me to make renovations to move them. 😂
I can relate. My grandfather’s lakefront house is beautiful and everything is perfect… except the two car garage, which will NOT accommodate a E-Class without a ramp He has built that pushes the car almost to the wall. My X5M stays outside in the driveway.
A standard 2 car garage used to measure 22'x22', that's 264" in either durection. These 2 are both under 200", a difference if approximately 5'. What happened?
@ Will C. It doesn’t depend. The confidence of a professional you can trust does not need to hide behind dismissive language. If they needed to use words at all, those words should have been informative, clarifying, and reassuring.
@@ohwga The phrase, "trust me," uttered from the lips of a professional is not a blanket indicator of deceptive behavior. It *depends* on the context in which the phrase is used.
@@lateral1385 I'm really struggling to find an example of a case where my confusion as a consumer shouldn't be met with clarification and an explanation from the professional I'm paying. 'Trust me' feels like the thing you say when you no longer want to deal with me at which point we need to terminate our relationship.
@@anebasammy You have a good point. If, for example, you ask an important and reasonable question about the service they're providing, and they use "trust me" to avoid directly answering the question, then that's an example of deceptive or patronizing language in that scenario. Hearing "Trust me" from someone who hasn't already earned your trust, can be concerning. Especially when they want your money, too. But let's say, for example, I'm having trouble braking when driving. I bring the car to my mechanic and, after looking at it, he recommends replacing the brake line. If I ask him why, and he responds, "Trust me, this'll fix your braking problems. You have a brake fluid leak.," then I will choose to trust him, because we have an established business relationship. If it turns out he was being untruthful and taking advantage of me, then he will have lost my trust and my business at that point.
In a week's time the solution will be to pay the builder to build a few extra feet onto the garage and remove the door and put it back up after the extension is built at full price 😂
True. I don’t drive to seizure control meds but if I did my daily Toyota Corolla 2023 and Backup/Weekend car a nice Silver Audi A4 2022 i I wouldn’t risk either car to that garage its risky the space between that water heater and the car just wouldn’t work
Had a similar experience when i bought my home in sinking springs, a small town in Reading Pa. My home was built with an attached 2 car carage. I can roll the doors down with 2 inches to spare, but i cant exit one of the vehicles easily, due to the placement of the 2 support columns inside the garage. It prevents the drivers side door from opening more than 6 inches. Not enough space to exit the car. So i have to climb over the center console to get out…😢 dad always said…”they sure don’t build ‘em like they used to”…
The reason it is like that is because the builder and contractors not only measured things wrong.... dimensions ...but they scam you on sizing the rooms for cutting cost. I bet there are cheaply added items to the house too. Go check
@@kcin2der18 I'm not sure where you live (presumably somewhere where basements are usual), but I'll guarantee that that home is built on a slab, meaning that it sits _on_ grade, and there is _nowhere_ in that home lower than the garage floor, nor anywhere _higher_ either; the whole home is built on a single slab of concrete poured at the start of the construction process. That method of construction is the default design these days for mass-built homes in the South East US.
@@pulaski1 yeah if your home is on a slab you either put that in the garage, or lose some interior space for a mechanical closet. That house will not have a basement (aka, downstairs).
@You still looking. Builders and contractors build according to architect's plans, they can't start randomly chopping inches off dimensions as the whole home has to sit precisely on the foundation.
20'x20' clear is Code in California , .....solution in this video ...find the code at the local planning dept....and.litigat if doesnt comply to replace the tank water heaters with tankless that can be wall mounted out of the way
My house has a 2 car garage, we’ve never tried fitting 2 cars in it because it would be really tight. We use most of it for stage and to keep the family RAV4 in it. We had a house with a 2 and a half car garage where we stored both family minivans and other miscellaneous storage
I used to build houses with my dad. There was this other builder who didn't know shit. He had asked an architect and structure engineering company to elevate the ceiling from the original blue print; so they did. But what he didn't notice was that, because of this elevation throughout two floors, the great room length needed to be extended, and subsequently, the entire house needed to be elongated. So he builds the house, comes to installing the staircase, he realizes the landing is going to hit the wall/windows, lol. He had to make a landing and twist the stairs at the end to come to kitchen/living room area, effectively separating the path between half the house with this ugly 3-4 steps and a landing in the middle of three rooms. It looked so awkward.
It’s about time people started talking about this. I bought eight years ago and had the same issue. Don’t open the doors too wide or store a lawnmower, bicycles or grill in there either. This is some 🐄 💩!
In my townhome neighborhood, you're not allowed to store ANYTHING in the garage other than your car! The garages are clustered together, not attached to the house. So, the HOA is able to perk inside our garages to make sure nothing other than vehicles are in. No bikes, no boxes, nothing!
Whether buying new or buying old, when buying a home there is no such thing as: A; too many questions! B; Not needing to measuring for your self. C; Not needing to get any disagreement in official documentation.
Cars are getting larger and garages are getting smaller. Drive through some of these newer plans and see how many people are parking in their driveways and not the garages
$10 says there are other hidden problems with this new home. If the builder is this careless with simple installation of water heater, imagine what other mistakes the builder has made.
@@richier.1585 Exactly; my new house story. Building inspectors aren't worth much. Builders even worth less. We'll all see how the Surfside, Florida, building inspector and builder fares when all the investigations are completed on the Champlain Towers South collapse.
I remember writing contingency’s on my offers if I couldn’t fit two cars in the garage I could back out of the deal, my agent thought it was just for fun until my friends trans am wouldn’t fit due to the water heater.
The doors are also usually much too narrow if there are two of them. Mirrors stick out far. Where my sister lives in CO, F150s are either on the driveways or in the garage with their rear sticking out.
Correct me if I’m wrong but you have to sign some contract that says something like “they actual house can differ slightly from the floor plans” it’s because they don’t actually “build” the house. It’s built somewhere else and assembled on site.
As soon as they would have said 'They know what they're doing' I would have said 'Do they know how long a mid sized sedan is? ..Then got out my measuring tape and proved that they didn't know shit.
Good advice. But a mid sized sedan like a honda civic would fit. Since they are 184 inches. The full sized accord won’t being 196 inches. It would have been easy to prove to them. Good point to speak up sometimes.
@@joaquinjr2570 Camry /Accord is not midsize according to the EPA and rental car companies. They have grown large over the years. Camry/ Accord is now considered Full Size. Even the Civic and IS250 are growing.
@@jeretso Camry/Accord may be considered full size by rental companies (which have always exaggerated vehicle size) and the EPA (who ignores length, width and weight to instead classify by interior volume), but they are still midsize according to the IIHS (who use length and weight). It really doesn't matter though because only 22% of new vehicle sales are cars. The rest are trucks, SUVs and CUVs and they tend to be bigger than the Camry/Accord.
Yes they are downsizing garages. When mine was built I told the contractor to make it 4 feet wider and 8 feet deeper. did not cost that much more got plenty of room .
I had a house built almost 20 years ago, we had had the house plan settled. I told the builder 26x26 garage. He said 24x24 is standard. I told him I've seen that and it's cramped. I want 26x26. It took him 8 tries to try and sneek a smaller garage in. I finally told him do what I want or hit the road. I found out later they don't make as much on garage space, it's too cheap. Contractors need to listen, they rarely do. Stay on your toes people.
The builder for a home I had actually put my water heater under steps, and had the gall to seal it up behind 2 sheets of drywall. A water heater is a high pressure piece of equipment and should ALWAYS be accessible.
When I talk about houses I want to buy when the time is right, I still get weirdos that say "no one really stores their car in their garage anyways." I do. Some people do.
My family, my friends, my friends family, my neighbors, and my wife's family all use their garages... (So basically everyone I know 🤣) It has saved us all from hail damage so many times haha
I'd bet a lot of people that don't store their cars in the garage don't do it because the car won't fit. They really need to make more garages capable of storing a full size pickup truck with room to walk around it. If it can fit one of those it'll comfortably fit just about anything
My parents have a house in the suburbs with a 2 car garage. You indeed can "fit" 2 cars in there. However, nothing else and you have to pull a dukes of Hazzard by crawling out the windows. The garage is so small
My wife and I struggle to fit her Infiniti and my Silverado in the garage but we manager. She has to pull her car in on the left side and has enough room to get out and then I need to pull my truck in tight to the right to have enough room to get out but we manage.
@@rhoonah5849 Just one of many examples, HVAC systems are installed correctly in homes because of government regulations. It looks like we need a regulation on the minimum size of a 2-car garage. Otherwise, every individual homeowner has to spend $50k fixing the problem or taking the builder to court, which is a government system by the way. So we are back full circle to government intervention whether you like it or not.
Here in canada, when it says "garage" for your townhouse or house, what it actually means is: passanger gets out, outside, drive in the car as close as you can to the passanger side wall, then peel yourself out with the 1ft of space on the drivers side 1 car garage! Dont need space for entry!
I just moved into a new construction townhome a few months ago and the garage is barely wide enough to fit 2 cars. 1 backs in and the other pulls in forward to even have enough room to open each drivers door.
In America, you have to call the local news to fight for what’s rightfully yours. Smh
I’m America, you can call the local news to fight for what’s rightfully yours.
You can also take legal action. Are you suggesting these kind of shortcuts do not happen in other places?
Yep! I’m a real estate agent in California. Y’all can’t imagine what I’ve seen and what I know. I have a lawsuit pending now because what I reported got my brake lines cut
@@Economivision Yup. “The company provided us a statement that do not condone the issue and they’re looking to resolve.” An example of a response a news station will get when the complainant gets their calls and emails ignored.
328 Million people in the US so I guess you are wrong otherwise there would be no room for anything else on the tv.
This issue is going to be the tip of the iceberg of problems they will have! If the builders are this sloppy with something like that, imagine what you can't see!
@Nunya Biz
Not necessarily. I have install garage doors in new houses where the architecture is well thought out, but the execution part of the building of house (builder’s side) is lacking. And the innards of the garage were missing very important framing to support the garage door.
Hell the builder left half of the kitchen out and the person I know told their husband and he let the builder get away with it
Probaly going to have plumbing problems too
Yup!
I was thinking the same thing.
I want to warn everyone thinking of moving into these fast built “cookicutter” home: DONT. They are cheaply and lazily built. They are just fast money for the bank and will put holes in your pocket in the long run! Take that 300k and buy a midsized house that comes with land!!
Not everyone wants a house with land.
@@SW-nx4jz okay. But don’t buy a house that’s shitty for 300k but looks new and you don’t even get your own backyard 💀
Where do you guys get 300k houses?
@@aero33888 purchased a $225,000 three bedroom two bath Ranch in the suburbs of Chicago. There are deals out there but they are tricky to find
@@aero33888 if you live in Pennsylvania look around Chester county. They have 1000 cookie cutter row houses that are 250-300k
HOA: "Here's a fine for the wrong garage door color shade, $800"
Homeowner: "I just bought this house and this is the original color"
HOA: "NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve always wondered how US HOA’s do stuff like that? Here, HOA’s are voluntary unless specifically set up from the beginning, and when they are set up like that, the HOA is required (by law) to provide a clearance and inspection certificate to indicate the property is in good standing with HOA before the sale can conclude.
I have always said hoa's are a rip off. Why pay 80 to 240 a month to be told what you can and can not do to your house. We got fined 100 dollars for 1 3 inch tall weed that grew in our yard while we were on vacation.
@@deanvanluven6813 If I was going to live in an HOA area and saw the fees, I would really tell them to go jump in the lake (using nice language of course)
@@ANotSoHotRodGarage Did you sign a contract binding you to their nonsense?
His car doesn't fit. He proved it. They shouldn't argue with him and fix their mistake.
Its not a mistake. It was deliberately done by the builder to cut cost
@@alicegauteng2358 They didn't save much by placing the heaters there, it seems to me it's purely laziness or someone needs to be reminded how many inches are in a foot.
So whose mistake is it and who should pay for it?
If your house doesnt come with brick work... its not worth 400,000 sorry
@@jameseason5999 These folks buy houses where the only way you can differentiate your house from all of your neighbors' is by the street number.
Just wait until HOA starts coming around saying garage door must be closed all the way and say you cant park in the driveway lol
They are ass wipes!
It would be more likely that the HOA would want them to leave the garage door open...
Yeah waiting for it.
Glad that we don't have such annoying neighborhood police
@@0annonymous First that's nutty, second, your boi god ain't never put a stop to shit, not gonna start now lmao
@@hypnotoad28 nice double negative you moron. So that means he did do something
This is what happens when your Architects got their degree on zoom
It’s the code and standards that are forced on architects by builders. If codes did not allow equipment of any kind on the minimum size layout for two car garages this would not be an issue. My house from the 1980’s has minimum size garage. The car on the left side has to be driven slightly to the right to allow discharge. It’s tight.
Always that one numbnut that makes a quip about things they know nothing about...
The college degree architect looks like a dumb a?? After spent all that money on college if he put the wrong dimension in the blue prints with his seal I bet the construction worker on site caught it and the shut him up
When something looks wrong and they say "I've been doing this for 30 years" that just means they've been doing it wrong for 30 years
I love the husbands sense of humor. He was able to at least laugh. 😂🤣
His laugh was the best part of this video!
I’m glad he could laugh. If it were me, I may have been too mad and frustrated. Good for him!
What a great man. Why stress out? Just laugh it off. That man will live a long happy life.
I thought the same thing. These are decent people.
@D , that's a healthy attitude. Not all can get there. I know, because I can't always get there. I can get there eventually, but not always upon first experience of a terrible issue.
When someone says, “They know what they are doing” start worrying.
My thoughts exactly
That’s the universal language of oh sh** we got caught.
Take a meter tape and measure for yourself or buy a smaller car or park it outside.
Just take control at that point. Your money. You're paying them. Take control. This is why I provide factual measurements and display what I did and what I will be doing. (I work in automotive.) A common scenario for me is: client says, why do I need new brakes and rotors? They only squeal occasionally. I say, your pads measure 1mm thick and your rotor on this side is xxmm and the other yymm which is below min spec of zzmm. - Always have your data on paper able to show to the client rather than here and there or, worse, just in your head.
That's when you reply, "That's great that THEY know what they're doing. Maybe we need to examine why the contractor I'm PAYING to do the work can't explain it to me"
My house was advertised as having a two car garage. We never got to see the garage when we looked at the house. It was "locked" and the owner had "lost the keys to it." No big deal, you've seen one garage, you've seen them all. After closing, we finally get to see inside the garage.... the previous owner had extended the master bedroom by taking roughly half the length of the garage. It's wide enough to fit two cars side by side.... but only deep enough for about half a car.
“Listen, they know what they’re doing”
That’s a sentence one should always be *very* skeptical of 😂
No shit! Big red flag 🚩
The equivalent of "Trust me, bro"
I just love their laughter when asked if they’d considered getting small or “smart” cars. That put a big smile on my face!
Same! It's nice that they have a sense of humor about it.
I would say, "NO".
Or maybe a bigger garage
They're selfish and living large on tax dollars.
@@NicholasLittlejohn why do you say that? New home, fully mortgageed, or paid off. Just because they are black, doesn't mean they aren't good people
They are throwing these houses together in Atlanta so fast I wouldn't trust anything they say.
Same here, they are doing the same in Charlotte, NC building a bunch of cookie cutter houses. I talked to some of the guys that builds them and they say "run"
They are doing the same thing in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It is actually scary. I hope no one buys and gets hurt in a quickly built home.
Same thing in Charleston SC. These houses are going up so fast.
Same everywhere! Houses are packed in so close together, you could pass a plate back and forth. Some of these developments look like high end projects.
Same here in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area (MD, DC, VA).
I laughed so hard just hearing *his laugh* when the suggestion to downsize to ‘smaller cars’ or a ‘smart car’ was said! His laugh had me laughing so hard I was crying!😂😂
Suddenly feel very lucky to have a garage comfortably fitting two cars.
I opted out of buying a new Dan Ryan home, after seeing a demo. Junk. Then I opted out of ALL new homes after see how badly they are built. I bought a 20 year old home. Much more solid.
That's scary. My house is 24 years old and it was crap from day one. If you're saying the 20 year old ones are more solid, I can't imagine what the new ones look like.
@@connorbasile I agree. That's exactly the kind of house we bought. It seemed fine at first, but all the issues were hidden
@@connorbasileI agree too - I have owned 11 homes, the newest built in 2002, the oldest in 1906, and every single one of them has had issues of poor design, build quality, or modifications/ renovations by a previous owner. I would not expect _any_ home to be without issues, no matter its age.
They're all probably in homeowners association neighborhoods anyways (or a very high chance of it if it's a new development) so that's another BIG negative if true.
@@NikoBellaKhouf2 not sure of the builder, but its perfect. The only thing that the driveway and garage floor has a few cracks where its settled over the years. It has also been mildly updated, which is a plus. Even my handrails are still tight.
As someone who draws residential and commercial plans, this makes me cringe…this is what cutting corners looks like 🤦♂️
Probably cutting blueprints, too
More like chopping of, not cutting. 😂😂😂😂
Shorten a foot here, and a foot here… all of a sudden no room for the door to open correctly or in this case, to park in your own garage.
I wonder what other corners were cut building this home ?
@@jimmyyking Yep. Well said!! use an old plan and just copy it.
Emagine fitting two full-size Cadillacs in to that one.😢😂😅
“It looks kind of small.” “They know what they’re doing, selling you on a lie”
Even if those water heaters weren’t there it’d still BARELY fit. You’d have to squeeze along the wall. What a sloppy job by those cheap builders.
You know that they just execute the plans provided to them, right?
The lot might have been smaller too.
Garages on new construction tend to be extremely small in my experience. Cars have been getting bigger for a long time, but garages have also been getting smaller. It's a really peculiar situation.
Here is the issue. Technically the builder is correct. You can fit very small cars. We just went and looked at a home built in 1964. They advertised a two-car garage. I measured the garage when I saw it because I knew our vehicles would not fit. As the real estate agent told us two sub compacts would fit. It does not mean all vehicles will fit.
Great example a Toyota Sequoia or a Ford Excursion would never fit in any two car garage. People think they should though.
@@vanderwielcompany1252 yeah, execute them poorly
So what are you saying, that Dan Ryan can’t build homes correctly, that Dan Ryan should not be your next builder, that Dan Ryan is only in it for the money?
If Im understanding correctly, Knight Homes built the house but since then, Dan Ryan homes bought them. This would be the fault of Knight, not Ryan but it is now Ryan's responsibility to deal with it.
Yes Yes to your questions.
@@hawkeye2k164 Who knows? But I assume that if you absorb an entity, you absorb its problems and responsibilities. That’s the cost of blindly buying companies.
Bubble bubble toil and trouble….stir that pot Ken! No one said anything of the sort….except you!
@@Boblib1970 I did not know that. Dan Ryan Builders should get their sign off the video thumbnail. They don’t need this kind of publicity.
"Look at this house a few doors down with the water heater postioned on the sidewall." And the garage door still open because their SUV won't fit...
Honestly, most homes that have 2 car garages with a single wide door do not fit 2 mid size vehicles. It's very tight. The cars may fit but it is hard to get in and out of them because you cannot open the doors all the way. Many people have at least one SUV these days so that standard width two car garage does not cut it.
Even without the heater, that’s a very small 2 car garage.
It seems to be about the same size as my garage.
Cry me a fking river. 1st world problems to complain that a two car garage only allows to fit one car.
@@Name-jw4sj Seems you are the only one crying, m8.
@@Name-jw4sj if you pay for a two car garage, you should get one. it doesn't matter if it's a first world problem or not dude. you should get what you pay for.
@@JakeStuckAtHome They GOT a 2 car garage. Unless the contract specifies what brand and model needs to fit they got what they asked for. Also don't you need to have a plan for the building/garage to be attached to said contract? I don't know how it works in america but where I come from youd have a detailed plan including maesurements for everything which would have led to them knowing exactly how much space to expect - then if the built space/garage differs from the plans you can ask for changes and/or if the builder won't do anything about it sue.
Makes me wonder if their are other issues, like things not up to code.
Bingo, the whole housing development will experience depressed home values soon when the property bubble bursts in the next 2 years. Neighborhood of crappily built homes, people run for the exits quick when the going gets tough.
I feel for this man's wealth, too many kids, cars, and things, he'll be a debtor for life.
In Atlanta that is very possible
@@GoodVibesNewlevel2023 everywhere
@@falisha1979 this
Ryan homes go up extremely quick and are overpriced garbage. Nothing is EVER square or plumb and shit like this is very very VERY COMMON
Forget going to court, you'll get faster results by going to the media. The court of popular opinion is VERY powerful!
This is why you should always inspect your new home before taking delivery check everything windows doors floors they will cut corners
Developer was trying to optimize every square inch. I bet you’d have to stick 1 leg in the bathtub just to sit on the toilet.
I stayed in a "luxury " hotel on vacation where I literally had to do that.🤔 Some luxury. Can wash my feet and sh!+ at the same time😂
Why are the toilets now small and round in the new homes? You know that toilet isn't going to "contain" that big man, or big woman. I guess these new toilets are only for number 1 OR number 2, but not for both.
@@chesucat youre supposed to pee in the bathtub while pooping in the toilet. Great for when you wake up "excited" in the morning!
@@user-cs3zs6jn1d rofl. Now that’s luxury
I rented a studio apartment in NYC with a bathroom added on under the stairs! Anyone over 4’6” had to sit hunched over on the tiny toilet, with the sink over your left leg and your feet in the shower stall! But it could make for great efficiency on those hurried mornings. You could pee, wash your hands and face, brush your teeth, and wash your feet all at the same time! If you were male, you could pee in the shower being sure to aim between your feet, take a dump in the toilet, wash hands, face, brush teeth and shave. No excuse for being late to work!
It needs to big enough to fit two large vehicles, with room enough to walk all the way around them. Otherwise how will the passengers exit when you pull into the garage when it's raining?
Well, you can make sure to have a car with a sunroof to climb out of .... *🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣*
And have room to open trunk or hatchback to unload groceries or add luggage. Ugh 🤦🏾♀️
My 2-car garage doesn't provide enough room to park the cars and let passengers exit and walk around and I live in an area where we have had rain for 23 out of the last 24 days. You simply have the passenger put on his/her big boy/girl pants and get out of the car before pulling into the garage. They might get a few drops of rain or a few flakes of snow on them as they walk the 10' into the garage but trust me, they won't melt. It's rather easy to deal with. These people are dealing with a totally different situation.
@@rhoonah5849 what about the people that are allergic to precipitation
@@BIKEMAN21 You mean like the aliens from Signs? I guess they should invade Atlantis.
They built them with the intention that after you park... you're not going to get out😂
We just bought a winter home in FL and let me tell you, getting builders to warranty anything is like pulling teeth.
Your home is as good as your garage...that said, what other home issues could be lurking behind closed doors.
I have a list so does every one in my community of 48 Homes it’s sad I’m lost for words I feel sick when I hear the name Knight Homes.
That's why nobody should buy a fixer upper that looks like it was finished in a month. If it's too good to be true, it probably is
What about a shower that is 6 ft tall.
I'm going to guess major plumbing issues
😬🤔hmmm
For as much as these homes probably cost, the 2 garage better damn well fit 2 big SUVs. Love the guy's reaction when they asked if he'd consider a Smart car 😂
Starting at $320,000 for a house that cant fit 2 midsize family cars?
@@GalaxieMarauder is that all it costs??
@@dwilliams2414 its a track home, economy of scale
@@GalaxieMarauder fuck around here a 1bedroom costs 1mil no joke
@@dashausgarage1ahhh15 you live in the wrong state brotha
This happens with townhomes ALL THE TIME. We used to live in a townhome. Street parking was out of the question. Four cars per household minimum, meant that street parking was a nightmare. So we were told to park in the garage. Problem was, it wasn’t even close to being a two car. We were told “oh yeah two cars will fit in there”. But nope. It was a one car and maybe a motorcycle. And it had nothing to do with anything else being in there (like storage). The garage was billed as a two car, but built narrower.
I'm glad the home I purchased built in 1914 has a 1 1/2 car garage that actually fits a 2012 Ram 2500 and. 2001 GMC Yukon XL it's tight but they fit with enough room to get myself out. Today measurements are like lumber a 2x4 is not 2" x 4" they haven't been in many decades .
Even if they could've backed the car in, they will never be able to enter the door to get into the house without climbing over the car.
Install a catwalk crawlspace along the ceiling so you can crawl along the ceiling like a gerbil to get to the door.
Eh. Minor inconvenience. It won't bother the home owners after a few times. (Says the builders)
@@lateral1385 You shoulda been an engineer. Lol
@@lateral1385 😂😂💯💯
@@lateral1385 lol! Right
I see them cutting a hole in the garage door so the nose of the car sticks out. I totally agree with them. After dropping all that money on a home, that setup is not acceptable.
especially when they asked about it. that's why everything should be recorded nowadays when dealing with people you're giving your money to.
🤣🤣
Plenty of garages built in the 1920s/30s had half-height extensions to fit the nose of a "longer-lower-wider" 1950s/60s car.
There is another way to do it add on an extension to the garage and possibly extend the sidewalk from the garage to the front door
We have a similar issue where we live. A lot of the new and recent construction advertises their garages as "two car", but the garage is not wide enough and building inspectors are requiring the builders to widen driveways because of it (because now you need an extra off-street parking spot since the garage can only legally have one vehicle in it). But realtors are still advertising them as "two-car" even though if you look at the permitting's office website it clearly states that it is not.
The code for most one car ( off street ) is 9’ width . 20’ was FHA min requirement .
Plus, a “Ballard “ ; concrete filled steel pipe is required in front of any essential mech ; Hot Water tank or furnace
No, they DON'T build 'em like they used to. Talk about cutting corners.... Dear God, help us!
or cars getting bigger
@@VietboyGamerUSA both cars are getting bigger and developers are cutting corners to save money.
@@VietboyGamerUSA
Car sizes didn't get bigger from the time they started construction until the end. And they had a sedan, not exactly a Suburban! To me, a garage should be able to hold a full sized SUV AND I should be able to get out and walk all around it too. I get it. If your house is 60 years old, they may not have accounted for you parking two huge cars. But there's no excuse for brand new construction. Unless, of course, the builder was trying to maximize every inch of space and wasn't actually interested in building the most functional house.
Every inch cut counts i guess! Here in the PNW it’s nearly impossible to find a home with a 3 car garage.
I lived in a home from the 40's and the garage barely fit our small s u v. Our modern garage is much bigger
A shame such a beautiful home is ruined by a bad builder decision. It looks like the water heaters were an afterthought.
Builders don’t build like they used to. Now it’s about how fast they can finish to get the money.
I’ve seen air ducts put n jacked up, leveling wrong to cause flooding, cracked foundations, leaking pipes dripping through 2nd floor, rain water soaking through the wall from outside, drawers not able to open or close unless another drawer is open or closed, air conditioners not sized properly to sq ft, garage doors not operating properly, etc
It's Dan Ryan... They're the absolute worst. NEVER buy one. All they care about is cosmetics. However, they don't care that your toilets will flood, ur house shakes, u have drafts, the molding falls off, the walls only have half the insulation.
It's not an afterthought, it was intentional to ensure higher profits.
Never fall for these hideous cardboard houses. Within 20 years, if that long, they'll be falling apart. There is nothing unique about them, and it will give you more problems than a 70 year old house. Not to mention they go out of style in like 10 years and if their is a storm, you WILL get leaks, even as a new build.
@@leeb9342 I hear that. I've owned new and old and can verify that older homes were not only built better but they were built without shortcuts. My current 35 yr old home has 5 step mud coat on all walls, including the garage. To anyone that has dealt with house issues, it's a source of confidence that the entire house was built with the same level of detail.
I’ve seen this before, garage can also be extended placing over head door further out, typical adjustment 24”. just a matter of which solution is preferable.
I feel their pain. I had a house built in 2018 and my short bed truck wouldn’t fit and I didn’t even have water heaters in my way.
did you approve the plans before construction?
“Listen, they know what they’re doing.” Lmao, every time someone told me this, it got done wrong.
How about the, "We build to Code?" Yikes! I tell clients that means they are just on the edge of illegal. Fun.
yep. pull up a chair and watch it get done wrong. haha
"Trust me"
@@jonlee5642 naw
If they can’t build a garage right I wouldn’t trust them building a two story home,the top floor might fall off 😅
That doesn’t make sense
@@AnguishedMan God I hope your profile is satire. Talk about cringe.
@@Bocaj. is cringe the best insult you got? Lmfao
@@AnguishedMan your pfp makes me lose hope in humanity. You're not helping 😃
Nah, it should be fine. They know what they are doing...
Is there a follow up to this story? I'm interested to see how the builder resolved this, if they ever did.
I guess it comes down to how the industry defines what a two-car garage is. There's no question that cars, on average, have gotten bigger in the last 30 years. A Honda Accord from 2002/04 is about 187" long; a 2022 is 196". I don't blame them for being annoyed about it, but you've gotta read the fine print and probably the actual plans for the house to see what's going to be built. A Toyota Sequoia probably isn't what the industry had in mind for a long time with regard to the size necessary for a two-car garage.
I love that the homeowners laughed when asked if they've considered smaller cars. 🤣🤣 Fun folks.
Same here, lol. I loved their reaction 👍
Why not, trade the accord for a civic, problem solved.
@@woxyroxme I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not, it’s advertises as a two car garage, it should fit all their cars, they shouldn’t be expected to get new cars
In Europe we would understand but this, this is America brother!! Garage standards out here should be based off the wingspan of 5x4 bald eagles, can I get an amen!
Or just park it on the other side of the garage. And highly unlikely that they wouldn't be using one side for their stuff anyway. They will have a lawnmower, bicycles and who knows what else. @@woxyroxme
Imagine telling your wife “This is far as it goes man” 😂
Imagine calling your wife "man".
Pro tip: don’t short stroke your wife man.
Chill
Just the tip huh?
@@smokehouse1369 💀🤣 y’all new to stop 🤣🤣🤣
Well, as someone else said, they will have a lot of OTHER problems along the way but there's an easy fix for the water heater. Just replace those water heaters with tankless heaters. They're much smaller and can be mounted easily on the wall. Then all they'd have to do is tear down that "closet" that was holding the old water heaters.
That’s why for new home builds, be involved in the pre-construction. Check in. That way you can ensure your request are honored prior to the final walk through. If there is anything wrong on the final walk through the builder takes note and must fix. You the buyer can determine if anything should be complete before closing. For them to move in, might mean they had signed off as complete beforehand. I had an issue before my closing that I saw on my final walk through with builder. I made them sign a document stating they will acknowledge my claim and will resolve it in a certain amount of time in order for me to close on the home which they abided. I hope their issue was resolved.
You were smart to have it in writing that the issues would be resolved in a certain amount of time. There were issues with my new built home and the builder also signed off that they would fix the issues, but I was too dumb to ask for it to be done by a certain date. It took 10 months for my builder to fix my backyard deck because they were too busy building other new homes in the neighborhood during the increased demand after Covid.
I have the same issue. My one car garage will not fit a car because the previous owner built an addition into it. When I came to view the property, the agent said he forgot the garage keys. 🙄 Lesson learned.
Wow!! That's jacked up 😖👎
That's called the "okie dokie."
That's called fraud and misrepresentation.
Yikes! I didn't even check how my car would fit in my two car garage. Luckily it'll fit two F150s no problem, but it's definitely something I'll be checking on my next purchase.
As overinflated as new home prices are, you’d think a builder would make the garage big enough for a car to fit in.
Don’t matter, supply and demand. People will pay any money for a cardboard box. If you don’t want that garage, someone else will.
@@tiberianexcalibur what are they supposed to do lol rent’s more expensive than a mortgage nowadays
No such a thing as an overinflated home. A home is worth what people are whiling to pay for it.
*A* car can fit in (on the non-water heater side), but two cannot.
@@kabascoolr Housing prices are 10 times what they should be.
As someone who's worked in construction for 6 years, if you want to build a house.... DON'T GO WITH A SPEC BUILDER!
Most of them are trash
the dad when he asked is they’d consider a smaller car lmao
You didn't know garages are not for parking cars anymore???
They are supposed to store you household junk now.
My dad turned our garage into a bedroom 20 years ago 😂 biggest room in the house but now we have nowhere to put random crap like our bikes
Bikes are outside toys. They belong outside.
@@scootersonlyrepair6773 I enjoy not having to worry about huge ass spiders being inside my bike cover :)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂 hoarder's paradise
Stand out in front of the subdivision with a sign so no one else will buy a new home from them. I bet they fix it quickly after that.
Great suggestion
In my city, the builders build houses with garages that look like they can fit two cars, but it ends up not being wide enough
I have a similar story. I went to go look at a home with a 2 car garage. However, they had the water heater, washer, and dryer in the garage that stuck out so much that only one car could fit. They tried to convince me to make renovations to move them. 😂
They're a Nice Couple, The Smaller Cars question got me laughing because of their contagious smile & laugh
“Have you considered replacing your cars with bicycles or scooters?” I bet the tax assessment evaluation will include “two-car” garage though. Smh.
How about a fortwo electric?
Lucky they don't have a Suburban and a pickup truck.
I can relate. My grandfather’s lakefront house is beautiful and everything is perfect… except the two car garage, which will NOT accommodate a E-Class without a ramp He has built that pushes the car almost to the wall. My X5M stays outside in the driveway.
A standard 2 car garage used to measure 22'x22', that's 264" in either durection. These 2 are both under 200", a difference if approximately 5'. What happened?
When professionals say “trust me “, don’t
It depends on the professional.
@ Will C. It doesn’t depend. The confidence of a professional you can trust does not need to hide behind dismissive language. If they needed to use words at all, those words should have been informative, clarifying, and reassuring.
@@ohwga The phrase, "trust me," uttered from the lips of a professional is not a blanket indicator of deceptive behavior. It *depends* on the context in which the phrase is used.
@@lateral1385 I'm really struggling to find an example of a case where my confusion as a consumer shouldn't be met with clarification and an explanation from the professional I'm paying. 'Trust me' feels like the thing you say when you no longer want to deal with me at which point we need to terminate our relationship.
@@anebasammy You have a good point. If, for example, you ask an important and reasonable question about the service they're providing, and they use "trust me" to avoid directly answering the question, then that's an example of deceptive or patronizing language in that scenario. Hearing "Trust me" from someone who hasn't already earned your trust, can be concerning. Especially when they want your money, too.
But let's say, for example, I'm having trouble braking when driving. I bring the car to my mechanic and, after looking at it, he recommends replacing the brake line. If I ask him why, and he responds, "Trust me, this'll fix your braking problems. You have a brake fluid leak.," then I will choose to trust him, because we have an established business relationship. If it turns out he was being untruthful and taking advantage of me, then he will have lost my trust and my business at that point.
Oh that is terrible!! I hope the builders do the right thing.
A RAV4 and 4Runner will fit in those garages. Why should the builder have to do anything?
@@user-tb7rn1il3q You’re an idiot. Just watch the video.
@K lake You’re a weirdo kid! If you don’t see anything wrong with this than something is really wrong with you.
@K lake did you not see the Accord not fit?? The Accord!???
In a week's time the solution will be to pay the builder to build a few extra feet onto the garage and remove the door and put it back up after the extension is built at full price 😂
They seem like an extremely nice and understanding couple. The kind that clearly deserves the 2-car garage that they paid for.
True. I don’t drive to seizure control meds but if I did my daily Toyota Corolla 2023 and Backup/Weekend car a nice Silver Audi A4 2022 i I wouldn’t risk either car to that garage its risky the space between that water heater and the car just wouldn’t work
They shouldn't be backing their gas tanks up against that water heater - I would think that would be dangerous.
It would make a big mess. It’s not boiling water. It’s water you shower with.
Especially if the water tanks are gas heated...yikes!!
@@richness2791 These water heaters are clearly electric, so what's your point?
Why?
The exhaust of the vehicle is much hotter that a water heater and it runs right next to the fuel tank.
Logic fail.
@@johnh8705 electric spark hits gas fumes or flame of a gas heater... BOOM
I’ve worked in construction all my life and new homes are Garbage! Never buy one
Spec homes such as these are garbage! There are still many good homes being built.
Good to know... thanks.
Truuuuth! They put them up way too fast. I prefer brick homes.
@@KOLAkola that doesn't make sense? Brick homes?
@@leeg578 siding?? instead of brick? that's what doesn't make sense lol
It's been that way for about 30 years now. My car fits but my kids cars don't. That's why they're so damn many cars on our streets
Had a similar experience when i bought my home in sinking springs, a small town in Reading Pa. My home was built with an attached 2 car carage. I can roll the doors down with 2 inches to spare, but i cant exit one of the vehicles easily, due to the placement of the 2 support columns inside the garage. It prevents the drivers side door from opening more than 6 inches. Not enough space to exit the car. So i have to climb over the center console to get out…😢 dad always said…”they sure don’t build ‘em like they used to”…
The reason it is like that is because the builder and contractors not only measured things wrong.... dimensions ...but they scam you on sizing the rooms for cutting cost.
I bet there are cheaply added items to the house too. Go check
or maybe, that is where the architect showed to put the water heaters
@@rancher12121 why the hell wouldnt the water heater be down stairs like every home I’ve ever seen
@@kcin2der18 I'm not sure where you live (presumably somewhere where basements are usual), but I'll guarantee that that home is built on a slab, meaning that it sits _on_ grade, and there is _nowhere_ in that home lower than the garage floor, nor anywhere _higher_ either; the whole home is built on a single slab of concrete poured at the start of the construction process. That method of construction is the default design these days for mass-built homes in the South East US.
@@pulaski1 yeah if your home is on a slab you either put that in the garage, or lose some interior space for a mechanical closet. That house will not have a basement (aka, downstairs).
@You still looking. Builders and contractors build according to architect's plans, they can't start randomly chopping inches off dimensions as the whole home has to sit precisely on the foundation.
That's a building inspector failure.
Somebody got paid to be like Ray Charles.
I've see a lot worse things (safety issues) get passed by Inspectors
20'x20' clear is Code in California , .....solution in this video ...find the code at the local planning dept....and.litigat if doesnt comply to replace the tank water heaters with tankless that can be wall mounted out of the way
My house has a 2 car garage, we’ve never tried fitting 2 cars in it because it would be really tight. We use most of it for stage and to keep the family RAV4 in it. We had a house with a 2 and a half car garage where we stored both family minivans and other miscellaneous storage
Developer should buy them a smart car 🚗 😂
😂Developer should buy himself a smart brain!
punish them more?
@@d-rockpain4250 😂 nice
That was going to be my suggestion: Free car that actually fits in the garage and match the decor. #1 selling point
I used to build houses with my dad. There was this other builder who didn't know shit. He had asked an architect and structure engineering company to elevate the ceiling from the original blue print; so they did. But what he didn't notice was that, because of this elevation throughout two floors, the great room length needed to be extended, and subsequently, the entire house needed to be elongated. So he builds the house, comes to installing the staircase, he realizes the landing is going to hit the wall/windows, lol. He had to make a landing and twist the stairs at the end to come to kitchen/living room area, effectively separating the path between half the house with this ugly 3-4 steps and a landing in the middle of three rooms. It looked so awkward.
Love these kind of stories. Way to go Better call Harry.
1st mistake was talking to the plumber
It’s about time people started talking about this. I bought eight years ago and had the same issue. Don’t open the doors too wide or store a lawnmower, bicycles or grill in there either. This is some 🐄 💩!
In my townhome neighborhood, you're not allowed to store ANYTHING in the garage other than your car!
The garages are clustered together, not attached to the house.
So, the HOA is able to perk inside our garages to make sure nothing other than vehicles are in. No bikes, no boxes, nothing!
Whether buying new or buying old, when buying a home there is no such thing as: A; too many questions!
B; Not needing to measuring for your self.
C; Not needing to get any disagreement in official documentation.
Cars are getting larger and garages are getting smaller. Drive through some of these newer plans and see how many people are parking in their driveways and not the garages
$10 says there are other hidden problems with this new home. If the builder is this careless with simple installation of water heater, imagine what other mistakes the builder has made.
There’s actually building code about this.
But the inspectors sometimes they just show up to get their cut and leave, nothing gets inspected.
Correct. Sue the inspector.
@@richier.1585 yes! Like the air ducts in the roof being put in completely wrong and being missed by inspection
@@richier.1585 Exactly; my new house story. Building inspectors aren't worth much. Builders even worth less. We'll all see how the Surfside, Florida, building inspector and builder fares when all the investigations are completed on the Champlain Towers South collapse.
Garage sizing is not something specified in the building code. The building code only covers items of health and safety.
I remember writing contingency’s on my offers if I couldn’t fit two cars in the garage I could back out of the deal, my agent thought it was just for fun until my friends trans am wouldn’t fit due to the water heater.
The doors are also usually much too narrow if there are two of them. Mirrors stick out far. Where my sister lives in CO, F150s are either on the driveways or in the garage with their rear sticking out.
Correct me if I’m wrong but you have to sign some contract that says something like “they actual house can differ slightly from the floor plans” it’s because they don’t actually “build” the house. It’s built somewhere else and assembled on site.
As soon as they would have said 'They know what they're doing' I would have said 'Do they know how long a mid sized sedan is? ..Then got out my measuring tape and proved that they didn't know shit.
Good advice. But a mid sized sedan like a honda civic would fit. Since they are 184 inches. The full sized accord won’t being 196 inches. It would have been easy to prove to them. Good point to speak up sometimes.
@@42luke93 Speak up always
Especially with this amount of money changing hands
@@joaquinjr2570 Camry /Accord is not midsize according to the EPA and rental car companies. They have grown large over the years. Camry/ Accord is now considered Full Size. Even the Civic and IS250 are growing.
@@jeretso Camry/Accord may be considered full size by rental companies (which have always exaggerated vehicle size) and the EPA (who ignores length, width and weight to instead classify by interior volume), but they are still midsize according to the IIHS (who use length and weight). It really doesn't matter though because only 22% of new vehicle sales are cars. The rest are trucks, SUVs and CUVs and they tend to be bigger than the Camry/Accord.
Yes they are downsizing garages. When mine was built I told the contractor to make it 4 feet wider and 8 feet deeper. did not cost that much more got plenty of room .
I had a house built almost 20 years ago, we had had the house plan settled. I told the builder 26x26 garage. He said 24x24 is standard. I told him I've seen that and it's cramped. I want 26x26. It took him 8 tries to try and sneek a smaller garage in. I finally told him do what I want or hit the road. I found out later they don't make as much on garage space, it's too cheap. Contractors need to listen, they rarely do. Stay on your toes people.
The builder for a home I had actually put my water heater under steps, and had the gall to seal it up behind 2 sheets of drywall. A water heater is a high pressure piece of equipment and should ALWAYS be accessible.
When I talk about houses I want to buy when the time is right, I still get weirdos that say "no one really stores their car in their garage anyways."
I do. Some people do.
My family, my friends, my friends family, my neighbors, and my wife's family all use their garages... (So basically everyone I know 🤣) It has saved us all from hail damage so many times haha
I'd bet a lot of people that don't store their cars in the garage don't do it because the car won't fit. They really need to make more garages capable of storing a full size pickup truck with room to walk around it. If it can fit one of those it'll comfortably fit just about anything
They must like cleaning snow and scraping ice off their cars. I built a carport for this reason
@Mike M not true. Not all cars were massive. But you could fit a couple VWs in it.
It doesnt even matter what people store in their garage: i might even leave it empty snd park on the street but it still better damn fit 2 suv’s.
My parents have a house in the suburbs with a 2 car garage. You indeed can "fit" 2 cars in there. However, nothing else and you have to pull a dukes of Hazzard by crawling out the windows. The garage is so small
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My wife and I struggle to fit her Infiniti and my Silverado in the garage but we manager. She has to pull her car in on the left side and has enough room to get out and then I need to pull my truck in tight to the right to have enough room to get out but we manage.
This why government is next necessary: to make laws and regulations, because people will not act right on the honor system alone.
@@jakemccoy I don't care what the question is but the answer is NEVER government regulation. Come on.
@@rhoonah5849 Just one of many examples, HVAC systems are installed correctly in homes because of government regulations. It looks like we need a regulation on the minimum size of a 2-car garage. Otherwise, every individual homeowner has to spend $50k fixing the problem or taking the builder to court, which is a government system by the way. So we are back full circle to government intervention whether you like it or not.
Most modern cookie-cutter homes have the bare minimum in garage size. There doesn’t seem to be any regulation for size in order to call it garage
Hell they mean two smart cars not Honda cars 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
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Here in canada, when it says "garage" for your townhouse or house, what it actually means is: passanger gets out, outside, drive in the car as close as you can to the passanger side wall, then peel yourself out with the 1ft of space on the drivers side
1 car garage! Dont need space for entry!
People are so lame. DON'T BUY. Builders will figure it out fairly quick
When they said what the builder said....Always follow up with email. If it isn't in writing, it didn't happen
And have your own lawyer review everything and come to the closing with you as well.
I'm glad yous are helping out.other than that if yous wouldn't step in, nothing will have been done
I just moved into a new construction townhome a few months ago and the garage is barely wide enough to fit 2 cars. 1 backs in and the other pulls in forward to even have enough room to open each drivers door.