Calif to SC or GA woodshop?

[nospambob]

Currently looking for home/shop in Greenville or Augusta area as a native Californian. Currently sharing 2 car garage with wood storage outside as humidity on So Calif coast isn't a problem. Hoping to get shop with enough space inside for storage and wondering if sharing a 3 car garage is viable. Would opening door for car cause too big a problem with humidity? Expecting a dehumidifier will be required in most cases but will opening the door overwhelm it? Californians aren't typically faced with this schtuff. Observations welcomed!

[mike hide]

You moved to South Carolina !!! just keep your passport handy at all times.....

[Teamcasa]

Did they kick you out of California? Why would anyone in the right mind voluntarily move to Greenville? Rent a house for a year - you'll be back!

Dave

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[nospambob]

No, not kicked out of Calif but 2 kids and grandkids are in SC and GA and time marches on! I retired 11 years ago and wife joined the happy throng 1.5 years ago. Looked for 2 weeks almost and have a couple of "possibles" but nothing firm yet. Testing the waters so to speak. After 22+ years of travel from Calif to Boston/Virginia/Wash DC year round I'm too familiar with humidity but reality prevails.

[David Merrill]

There is a pretty active woodworker's guild in Greenville (no personal experience)

There is a hardwood dealer on Rt 101 just to the east of GSP airport. I live an hour north in Fletcher, NC where it is about ten degrees cooler but has occasional snow and ice storms and no woodworking stores closer than Greenville (Woodcraft, also a Harbor Freight and a Tool Shed, Klingspors in Hickory and Charlotte). But I have two retired brothers living in Greenville. Suggest you try looking in the Taylors (semi-urban) and Greer (semi-urban to rural) areas, and there are some very pretty rural areas just to the north of them.

David Merrill

[nospambob]

Thanks David for the info, it is appreciated. Guild looks impressive and will look at more as time allows.

[remove]

I live in Aiken, SC. (just across the water from Augusta, GA.) and unless a garage in this area is unusually sealed, humidity will be a problem. Do some real estate research and find a house with a basement (rare but not unheard of) that has climate control or build a separate shop building. If you own a home in California, you can purchase an equivalent home and have enough money left over for a VERY nice shop :-)

HTH Bill

[nospambob]

Thanks Bill, seems as though your observations are right on. After two weeks looking we've decided to tread water and ponder a couple of candidates. "The moving finger having written moves on and all of your piety and wit ..." still prevails.