My first house buying experience was similar to yours. Houses all had garages under the house. I didn't care for it much, but there was a nice flat concrete driveway for me to push my project outside to work on. I was lucky, the previous owner was a car dude. He had it all piped up for a compressor, fire extinguisher system, etc.
The deal was sealed when we went back to look one last time, and the guy next door fired up his big block Corvette. Four houses later, he and I are still great friends. I figured that a good neighbor or two was just as important.
Good luck. And as I told my son when picking a wife or a house: Choose Wisely.
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Jim
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