Maybe a new home. 9 car gagage plus workshop.

[Lynn]

"huge shop out in the country somewhere"

That is exactly what we were thinking. Looked for 4 years for an old farm place with a large barn that could be converted to a workshop. Nothing available close to town for less than $1.5 million as it is all falling to developers. Then we started thinking about alternatives. What about a warehouse? Old office space? Churches? Investigated an out of use community center (using the gym for a shop!). The little city would not sell. We even considered buying a railroad station.

Everything had issues. Either wayyyyy too much work to get it where we wanted, or it there was no character, or it was just too far from town.

Just stumbled on this place, which wasn't even on the market, but the owners were ready to downsize, and fortunately for us, they were not in a hurry to get gone. They have since found a place and are ready to go.

A few folks have asked about the living space. I keep saying: "Living space? Didn't you hear me? It has a nine car garage." But, the living space is all nicely done. We have very little to do to make it ready. Here are pics of the game room, a little sitting area that is part of the master suite and the family room. Eventually, we plan to replace the dropped ceiling in the game room with period correct tin.
Sherri fell in love with the place. Have I ever told you guys I am the luckiest man on earth to have her?

The building is in really good shape considering it was built in 1893. It is downtown Guthrie OK. From our new home we can see the grocery store, the post office, the state historical museum (next door) and our bank. It is walking distance to an O'Reilly's auto parts and an Ace Hardware. The historical museum is never open nights or holidays, so when we have company, there is a ready to go concrete parking lot. We also have 7 parking spaces on the street (no meters) in front of our property.