The Garage
A garage built to the collection.
Car galleries, lift bays, hangars and boathouses, planned around what you own and how you use it. An asset may be applied toward the work, including a car from the collection itself.
Built for collectors
The details are decided before the slab is poured.
A collector’s garage is a structure, a mechanical system and a gallery at once. The lift locations set the slab. The collection sets the clearances. The way you use the space sets the light, the air and the rooms around it.
Ben Hoadley reads those requirements the way an engineer would and builds them in from the first drawing, so nothing is retrofitted after the cars arrive.
Structure
- A thickened, lift-rated slab at every four-post and two-post location, laid out from the lift manufacturer’s anchor requirements before the pour, not cut in after.
- Ceiling height and door openings sized for stacked lifts and tall vehicles, with clear spans and no center columns in the way.
- Turntables and car lifts to a lower level, where the site and the collection call for them.
Surfaces
- Polished concrete or a polyaspartic floor, sloped to trench drains at the wash and detail bay.
- Diamond-plate wainscot, slatwall and steel cabinetry, with display walls for automobilia and memorabilia.
- Gallery lighting with high color rendering, so paint reads true under the lights.
Systems
- Conditioning and dehumidification sized for the space itself, not borrowed from the house.
- A battery-tender circuit at every bay, Level 2 charging and compressed-air drops where the work happens.
- Security, cameras and fire protection matched to the value of what is parked inside.
Rooms around the collection
- A lounge or bar behind a glass wall, overlooking the floor.
- A racing-simulator room, a wine cellar, a watch room.
- A detailing bay, parts storage and a proper workbench.
Beyond the garage
- Hangars with bi-fold or hydraulic doors and a slab designed for the aircraft.
- Boathouses and lifts, docks and seawalls on the water.
On the water
Planned for the flood map from the start.
On waterfront property, enclosed space below the base flood elevation is limited in how it can be used and finished. Garages, lift bays and storage are planned around those rules from the first drawing, so the space you want is the space you can permit.
The garage is often where the conversation starts. When the project is the house, an office or the next investment property, the same principal builds that too.
Hoadley Construction, LLC · Florida Certified General Contractor · CGC 1518691
Photography of the collection: Rylan Kealey, via Unsplash.