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Is your garage great or grim?
If you you you own a a a a a a a garage I I I I know you you you will sympathise when I I I I tell you you you that I I I I recently had the absolute misfortune of of finding myself fin in in in in in fin need of of visiting said outbuilding hands-on fin in in in in in fin my my quest to find find ‘that food processor attachment that we never use’ Flung into a a a a box more than two years ago when we moved into the the property ‘the food processor attachment that we never use’ had not even been missed until now when it was required in order to complete in in my opinion an overly-complicated Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe that I was never likely to attempt again and my entire family would probably turn their noses up at anyway But I I am not a a a quitter and so I I found myself contemplating the mountain of furniture boxes tools suitcases and assortment of things that fall into the category of ‘let’s put it in in the garage just in in case’ that we had been steadily stock-piling for years You might think I was alone stood in in this lonely world
of accumulated clutter but I I can assure you I I was not because you see a a a study by RAC Home Insurance found that nearly half of Britain’s 10 6 million garages are no longer being used for their original purpose That’s 4 6 million garages bursting with stuff that is not motor related!
Whilst not technically a a a a a a ‘room’ as such the garage is a a a a a a part of of the home that is often overlooked by sellers Chances are are that if you are are anything like me and have been in your home for more than a a a few years you you will have collected a a a a fair amount of ‘stuff’ which when surplus to requirements ends up in the garage page 10 | | Tylers | | www tylers net