A garage these days is a highly prized asset, likely to add as much as 10%～15% to the value of a house, especially if it"s in a crowded suburb where street parking is difficult. It is (1)_____ one of the most expensive additions you can make. A brick double (2)_____ with an internal floor (3)_____ of 350 square feet might cost ￡8-9,000, though you could (4)_____ that by between a quarter and a half (5)_____ you used direct labour or built it yourself. For the same (6)_____ you (7)_____ have 2 extra bedrooms and. a bathroom. (8)_____ the prewar days when suburban gardens were (9)_____ than a handkerchief, the garage was (10)_____ as the "motor house". It usually stood at the (11)_____ of the garden as far away from the (12)_____ as possible. Nowadays, and not just for (13)_____ of space, we (14)_____ the garage to be (15)_____ to the house or sometimes even inside (16)_____ Normally, it (17)_____ to be big (18)_____ for two cars parked side by (19)_____ though some builders still cheat and provide a nose-to-tail unit which saves on space but is a nuisance to (20)_____.