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Updated almost 6 years ago, 01/03/2019
Keep or Demolish Garage? Opinions Please!
This is my first post/question so I hope you all on BP can give me some help with your opinions!
My husband and I recently purchased a single family rental home that we are fixing up a little prior to renting. The home has a garage that is not entirely desirable-- it needs a new roof and some foundation work- plus there is no way to actually park a car in it. There is really not a lot of room to park more than one car anywhere on the property, but 2 cars will fit in the driveway next to the house, it's just a little awkward.
My husband would like to demolish the garage and just have a concrete pad for parking where the garage was-- with reasons being that the garage is not usable for a car, the concrete pad would provide better parking than the driveway and renters like to fill garages with junk and then when they leave it's a mess to clean up .
I would like to keep the garage -- with reasons being that the renter will need to store some things like a lawnmower or tools in it, it is more marketable with a garage both for rent and sale, and taking something like a garage away would devalue the property.
So BP-- what do you all think? Keep or remove? The cost to fix up or demolish is the same-- about $3000.
Thanks!