I had the same thinking as you. When we built our new house here at the farm in 2016, we did a very large attached garage on the south end. Our house is a walk-out ranch with an 8 foot covered front porch and back deck along with a 36 foot house depth for a 54 foot roof span. So we just extended the same roof profile and moved the outer walls out from 36' to 54' wide for the garage and built it 36' deep. Keeping the same roof profile with no valleys or corners simplified building and made it more less likely to have roof issues. So 54x36 for 1944 square feet. Two 18' wide by 10' high insulated garage doors, 12' ceiling, fully sheet rocked and insulated (R30 attic, R21 cellulose in 6" walls). Stays 50+ during the winter with no heat in mid-Missouri execpt when it gets really cold and then it might drop to 45. I put a walk door between the two garage doors and then offset everything to put 8 foot of "shop" space for shelves, workbenches, tool boxes, welder, compressor, etc. on one side.
I park 4 vehicles, 6x10 box trailer, riding mower, two ATV's, snowblower and a bunch of other stuff in there. Even my new to me Allis 8030 fits in there (by a few inches!). I could easily park 8 vehicles in there if it was empty. 36' deep will handily park almost any car/minivan/mid-size suv back to back. It won't park a couple extended cab pickups. I do park my Expedition and 5'x10' box trailer back to back with room to spare. I also wired it with it's own 100 amp breaker panel straight from the meter pole.
I so need another big machine shed to fit everything in. I built a 18'x31' carport this spring for more space and it's full with two tractors and other grain truck. I have my oldest son starting college next fall so not sure when I'll be able to afford the shed I want anytime soon. But at least I can bring equipment in my garage to work on it. Just had the Chevy C65 grain truck in this past Sunday working on the parking brake.
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