Yes. My daughter had a 2 car heated garage but only 1 car. She had set up a sort of play area on the one side for the kids ( she had 3 toddlers) when they were little so they could play if it rained or snowed. She would leave the door to the garage into the house open so the kids went in and out. They were no permanent structures just an area rug and a small kid sized table for them to color at etc. and some toys. She could also just go in and out and she had a monitor set up so she could keep an eye on them while doing the laundry or cooking etc. She and the kids spent a lot of time out there playing and just having a good time. so basically it was just a big playroom for them.
The other side of the garage only had the car parked. They had an outbuilding shed for lawnmowers, snow blowers, etc.
The HOA required an annual garage inspection because apparently some people would use the garage as an extra bedroom or something. So when they did their inspection and saw the play area she was told to remove it because the garage was not to be for anything other than storage.
She removed it let them inspect it and put it back when inspection time rolled around she would put everything in boxes in the garage let them inspect and put it back out. She did this for just a couple of years until the youngest started kindergarten.
As teenagers now her kids use it for a hangout. She does have a TV out there but they just claim it’s being stored so they can’t really do to much about it. The rest of the furniture she has out there is patio furniture so she can store it. Although she does have a second car now but it only had to be in the garage after 10pm so she can leave it parked on the drive until then.
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