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You’re all set to build that new garage you always wanted. No more parking the family car out in the street, worrying about alternate day street parking restrictions or burglaries. You know the number of cars you want to put in your garage, how big you want to make it. But here comes the part. How are you going to get a plan that will fit the architectural style of your adjacent home? How do you avoid having your garage, quite adequate to all your other needs, stick out like a sore architectural thumb? Will you need to hire your own architect, at a big price, to come up with something uniquely suited just to your home’s style?

Unless you’ve got a home that was designed by an eccentric, probably not. If you look over our many garage plans here at Archway Press, you’ll be sure to find something that will match your home, without paying an exorbitant price.

We’ve got every architectural style you can possibly want. We have styles ranging from Craftsman, Dutch Gambrel, Victorian, Cape Cod, and of course, Colonial. We even have Olde English carriage house plans with that “fairy tale” look. If you’re looking for even more flexibility, we have many of these styles with gable, hip and gambrel roofs so that you can more exactly match your new garage with your existing home.

We’ve got the garage plan that’s right for you, that will fit right next to your home. Check out our garage plans and contact us with the choice that you feel is right for you.

Your in-laws are wonderful to have around, and you don’t want them in some retirement village far away. However, you also don’t want them right on top of you, and neither do they. Why not look at our plan GR 244? It’s perfect for an in law suite: in fact, you can even put an additional boarder to whom you rent, or a cousin, or your teenage daughter, or bachelor uncle or aunt, on the ground floor!

This ‘carriage house’ plan is attractive outside, and very roomy inside.

On the ground floor, there is

• a large 2-car garage in front and a
• well-equipped, self-contained one-bedroom apartment in the rear with 602 square feet of living space.

The upstairs in this custom garage plan offers

• 2 roomy bedrooms,
• one-and-a-half baths and
• an open-planned living-dining-kitchen

With a total of 1,344 square feet of living space, this might be the solution you and your family have been looking for.

So call us at Archway, at our toll free number, 800-374-4766 or email us at info@archwaypress.com.

Maybe you’re tired of parking your car out in the street, or you want to increase the resale value on your home, or you want to create a new apartment so your kids or your parents have more space, or you just bought a boat or even an airplane, in addition to your other, more terrestrial vehicles.

Whatever the reason, you’ve decided to build a new garage for your home.

Which garage plan is right for you? That depends upon several factors:

• How much land do you have, and how much of it do you want to provide for your new garage?
• Would you like to put in a loft apartment above your garage? How much space will your teenager, in-laws, or boarders need? One bedroom—or two?
• How many and how big are the vehicles you need to store?
• Do you want to put a storage area, a workroom, in your garage as well?
• What style of architecture would you like to have for your garage? This may depend upon what style your house is.

We at Archway have a good number of plans already made to choose from. We have plans for garages with or without apartments, plans in a Victorian style, or Cape Cod, Chalet, Palladian, Tyrolean, Country Cottage, Craftsman, or Carriage House.  Our garages can accommodate as many as ten cars, a boat, even an airplane in our hanger garage, a workroom for the amateur car collector-repairer, or a playroom. And if these don’t suit you, we can make one right just for you.

Call or write us today for a garage plan all your own:

Phone: 800-374-4766 E-mail: info@archwaypress.com

Rely on the Experts at Archway Press for the Blueprint to a Great New Garage!

Why should you build a new garage?

• Your quaint old home has ample space around it: but no garage. So right now, you park your cars out on the street.
•  Your old garage was converted into a workshop long ago—and there is enough space on the lot for a new garage.
• You have just a two-car garage now. Your teenagers are learning how to drive. They anxiously await the day they can park their very own new car next to yours.
• Not only do you want a new garage; you want to build a loft apartment over it for your kids, or in-laws, or to rent out to boarders.
• You want to sell your home. It might linger on the market for a long time because you have no garage to appeal to buyers.
• You have more than just cars you want to store in your garage: such as a boat.

The experts at Archway Press have the blueprints you need to build a garage that’s just right for your needs. The great thing about Archway Press garage apartment plans are the varied layouts meant to suit different-sized garages and varying budgets.

Browse through our catalogue of Garage Blueprints. If you don’t find one that is just right for you, we’ll alter an existing design to fit your specific needs! We’ll take your specifications, and come up with a plan for building your garage that will suit your needs. Call us at 800-374-4766, or email us at info@archwaypress.com.

Does One Garage Plan Fit All? No: But Our Customized Plan Will Fit Your Needs!

As you can see from our web site, we have lots and lots of garage plans from which to choose to build your dream garage. So you may be asking yourself, can Archway help me get exactly what I need? Or am I just getting a “cookie cutter” plan made for the lowest common denominator?

The answers to these questions are ‘yes’ to the first and ‘no’ to the second.  We offer you something really special at Archway: a custom garage design service that is specific to your needs, and local requirements.

We offer you the option of customizing any of our garage plans.

We work with leading residential architects and designers to give you top value for your building dollar in terms of the most practical use of space within a framework that combines beauty and good living. But…

To actually give you a plan that will work for you we know we must satisfy your very individual and specific needs and preferences, national building codes as well as local area conditions and garage building standards. 

We take all such modifications seriously—especially your own preferences—in customizing your garage plan.  Contact Us Today!