Local Business Serves the Emerging Garage Apartment Market

The Celebration News - August 2003

Most people looking to rent a garage apartment in Celebration visit the bulletin board in Town Hall in order to find an available garage apartment for rent. But now there is an innovative and free service, only a few keystrokes away, that will allow homeowners and potential renters to connect - without having to get up from their desk.

GarageApartments.com is a small local business that is providing for the information gap on the Internet about garage apartment rentals. The service is free, effective and provides a straightforward no-nonsense approach to listing and searching for garage apartments.

A home-based business started by resident Adam Parish, GarageApartments.com was inspired by Adam's personal experiences while researching and locating a garage to rent in Celebration. "The idea of GarageApartments.com was simply to help solve a need for information," said Adam. It provides a service both for the apartment owner looking for a tenant, and a tenant seeking a solution to his or her housing need.

Here is how the service works. Garage apartment owners register for the service at the business website (www.garageapartments.com), and they can then post their garage apartment for free. Individuals looking for a garage apartments to rent can search by state to find garage apartment listings. Potential renters are not required to register.

A garage apartment listing will stay on the site indefinitely, and garage apartment owners can simply change the status of their apartment from either available or not available. If the garage apartment is available, the owner's contact information will be displayed.  Otherwise the contact information will be hidden. This reduces the time-consuming process required to post the apartment over and over again.

"I feel that garage apartments add value to the community by providing additional income for homeowners, opportunities for renters to live in a real community as a opposed to a typical apartment complex, and housing diversity," said Adam.

The business currently has two listings in Celebration, and is looking forward to serving more of the community.

If you would like to find our more information about GarageApartments.com or to register fore the free service, visit www.garageapartments.com.

Date published: August 2003