if you need 9' - 10' clearance how does the hinged false header help....are you going to have someone push it up and down when needed?..I guess it would work if they accepted it...home associations are usually strict and seam iron clad..are you sure they will even let you add a 3rd garage...

What is a hoop-house? I linked to a place that sells such things. I'm looking to buy a place. When things are done well and properly, then the property appreciates, as yours will, with 9 foot doors... The only plans I've seen with 9' or 10' doors are designed to accommodate RVs. Those plans are typically more square footage than I can likely fit on this property. Still looking for a plan that 1) looks like a garage or barn, 2) with 9' doors, that isn't enormous. The current favorite is the one I linked to in my original post. Might be able to just modify the plan to be a foot higher, I suppose, and get a 9' door that way. --Steve Here is a link that might be useful: FarmTek Garage & Storage Buildings

LOL - I'm not sure what you are representing there. I think everything gets squashed up when you try to represent area. All I'm thinking about is the bedroom in question and the doorways. How about this. There is a rectangle which is roughly 13 feet by 10.5 feet. The Top wall is a 5 foot portion and an 8 foot portion of the nook. The Left wall is 8 feet and has a bathroom entry at the bottom. The Bottom wall is 13 feet and has the doorway at the far left side. The Right wall is 10.5 feet and has a window on it. At this point where do you put the closet? Let's say the closet is 5' x 2' - which is a nice size. -- If you put it on the Left wall it makes the doorways somewhat tunnel like. -- If you put it on the 5 foot portion of the Top wall it narrows one part of the room further to 6 feet but doesn't create a tunnel. Maybe this is better in that it creates a 5 x 6 nook with closet and two doorways, and then an 8 x 10.5 area. If you draw this out, does it make sense? And is this better than either the 8 x 13 room? or the 10 x 10 and move plumbing room? which you first wrote about. Rachel

Depending on layout and available space, one may need to opt for one or other option. I remember always wanting a home with side entry garages but due to lack of space on the left, ended up building front entry snout garages in our home in NJ. Subsequently I initially designed our next home in PNW with side garages but so glad I did not entirely pursue that dream. Main two double garages with two 18' glass/aluminium doors will flank front left with an additional side entrance double garage with 40' of hard standing, for my hobbies etc. Coming home late in the evening on a dark rainy night in the PNW, the last thing one would want is try to negotiate a 90degree turn in a large suv; sure I would do it but probably drive my DW mad.