The garage is too large a location to claim entirely for washing clothes. The average size of a laundry room in the U.S. is 35 square feet (7½ feet by 7½ feet), while the average size of a two ...

"My parents turning their garage into a studio apartment gave me the one thing first-time founders never have enough of — runway," Lyman said. "Skipping roughly $1,500 in monthly rent for almost two ...

She and her husband converted their garage into a studio apartment where he could live rent-free. Their son focused on his startup while he lived there, and the Starmers can now rent out the space.