Just submitted this to Planning Dept on Friday. Goal is to get through the red tape from Planning & Building Dept in 2018 and save enough money to break ground in spring/summer 2019.
For us, the In Law is really the priority and urgent goal, but since it "goes with" the garage underneath I guess I will benefit and make the best of it.
Here's the basics of the lower level / garage:
36x30 footprint
12 foot ceiling height
1 2-post lift
2 12x10 garage doors
I welcome any feedback on what we have so far. I don't have much for specialty tools - or skills - just basic hand tools. The plan is to move the Fox and Nova in there and then add the Camaro whenever that gets done and comes home. That frees up the 2 car attached garage for my wife's SUV and a free bay for kids stuff and whatnot.
It's been kind of fun in the design process working with the architect and my civil engineer buddy who did the grading/site plan - we gotta excavate and remove a ton of dirt.