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Enclosed single-car metal garage with a roll-up door on a residential lot
Single-bay garage · from
$5,370
One Car Garages

One bay, four walls, and a door that locks.

A carport keeps the sun and the rain off. A one-car garage does everything a carport can't: it locks. Four solid steel walls and a roll-up door turn an open slab into a space you can walk away from — no wind-driven rain on the seats, no hail from the side, no wondering whether the tools will still be there in the morning.

At 12 to 16 feet wide it's the smallest enclosed building we make, and for a lot of people it's the most useful. It's a motorcycle shop, a woodworking bench, a locked home for the classic car, or simply the daily driver kept out of the weather behind a door only you can open. Bolted, braced, galvanized steel — engineered to your county's wind and snow loads, not a shed that folds in the first storm.

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Price-beat guarantee
Free delivery & install · 40 states
20-year rust warranty
Factory-direct — no middleman
The single-bay lineup

Single-car garages, yours to spec.

Each is a starting point — set the door size, raise the eave for a truck, add a walk door or windows, then pick your colors. Or design a footprint to the inch.

Want a different size or door?

These are our most-ordered single-bay garages, but every one is built to spec. Design a custom footprint, size the roll-up door to your vehicle, or talk it through with a building specialist.

One bay, a dozen jobs

What people actually do with a single bay.

A one-car garage is rarely just parking. It's the cheapest lockable, weather-tight square footage you can add — and buyers put it to work in ways an open carport never could.

01
Motorcycle shop & build bay

Bike, lift, and a full tool wall behind a locked door — the classic single-bay build space, dry and secure year-round.

02
Woodworking or hobby workshop

A saw, a bench, and a wall of cabinets. Four walls mean you can leave a project out and dust stays in.

03
The classic car, cocooned

Out of the UV, out of sight, out of the weather. A locked steel bay is the cheapest good garage a restoration will ever sit in.

04
Daily driver, kept like new

Raise the eave to 9–10 ft for an SUV or truck. No frost scraping, no hail dents, no faded paint — and it locks.

05
Home gym or man-cave

Insulate the walls, add a window, and a 14×24 becomes a private room the house doesn't have space for.

06
Locked equipment & storage

Mowers, e-bikes, the second fridge, seasonal gear — a garage secures what a carport leaves in the open.

Size it right

The two numbers that make or break a single bay.

Width gets the attention, but for a one-car garage it's length and door height that decide whether it actually works. Get these right and the bay feels twice its size.

01

12 ft wide — the true single

Enough to park and open a door with walk-around room on one side. Right for a compact, a motorcycle build, or a tight lot.

02

14 ft wide — the comfort size

The sweet spot: room to open a car door AND walk the far wall for shelving or a bench. The size most buyers wish they'd started at.

03

20–24 ft long

20 ft parks the vehicle; 24 ft leaves a full workbench wall behind it. Length is the cheapest square footage you can add, so size up here.

04

Door & eave height

A 9–10 ft eave with an 8-ft roll-up fits cars and small SUVs; go to a 12 ft eave and a 10-ft door to clear a full-size or lifted truck.

Sizes & prices

How big is a one-car garage?

A single-car garage runs 12 to 16 feet wide— enough for one vehicle plus room to move around it. Unlike an open carport, it's fully enclosed: walls, a lockable roll-up door, and whatever walk door or windows you add.

The choice that matters most is length and door height. Search or scroll the single-bay sizes below and hover any one to see the vehicle it fits, its SKU, and its price.

Most buyers who go back wish they'd added length up front. Financed, a longer bay is a few dollars a month.

12′x26′ one-car garageSKU: SC82

12′x26′

Starting at
$5,370
  • One vehicle plus a full workbench wall behind it
  • Tractor and implement garage with a separate workbench bay
  • Also great for boat storage.
Two ways to pay

Own it sooner, pay it monthly.

A one-car garage is one of the easiest buildings we finance. Put a little down and take delivery long before it's paid off — or skip the credit check entirely with Rent-to-Own.

Single-car metal garage delivered and installed on a concrete pad
Delivery & installation, included

We build it on your slab; you get the only key.

Our crew erects the whole thing on your prepared, level site — most single-bay garages go up in a single visit, anchored to your concrete, asphalt, or ground. Because it's enclosed, a poured slab is strongly recommended; it makes the door seal and lets us use the strongest concrete anchors.

  • Anchors for concrete, asphalt, or ground — included
  • Certified builds: engineer-stamped for your county's wind & snow loads
  • 12- or 14-gauge galvanized steel — carries our 20-year rust warranty
  • Factory-direct pricing with no middleman markup
Free install · 40 states
Reviews

Owners say it best.

Real, verified Google reviews from owners who bought their building from us, straight from our business profile.

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We are building a barndominium and they delivered the shell on schedule. Our contractor said the framing was straighter than most stick-built shells he sees.
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Priya & Dave L.
Bend, OR
Loafing shed for the horses showed up exactly when they said it would. The crew leveled and anchored on uneven ground and didn't try to charge extra.
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Greg H.
Bowling Green, KY
Hurricane-rated anchors and engineer-stamped drawings were ready when our county asked. Permit went through the first time.
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Tonya W.
Lakeland, FL
One-car garage FAQ

Answers before you buy.

Still sizing it out? A specialist can spec and price your single-car garage over the phone in a few minutes.

Get your one-car garage priced today.

Tell us your size and door and we'll send back a real, same-day number.

(833) 647-8335
(833) 647-8335