The original part of my garage was built in 1981. It started out as a 24' x 30' and the Garage/Mancave 30' x 30' addition was started in the fall of 2009 and completed in the summer of 2010. The frame up and outside work was done by a contractor and the inside was completed by myself with a little help from friends and family. One humorous side note. When I installed the lift, I realized the I could not raise my car up without hitting the garage door opener. Since the openers were installed by a contractor I had not thought about that issue at all. I called Raynor Door, who installed the openers, after initially laughing at my situation, they told me to just move the opener to the side and it would work fine. I did and it does so all is well.