A utility easement protects roughly ten acres of pond, wetland and wooded hillside behind the suites, so the view out the back is permanent.

Every suite comes with an 18-foot precast concrete mezzanine rated at 120 pounds per square foot — a second floor, not a storage loft.

At The Hide Out the slab and the plumbing under it go down after you own the suite, so the drains, the pitch and the lift anchors are yours to place.

Sunday September 20, 1 to 5, at The Hide Out in St. Michael. Cars, trucks and bikes, new and old. Free to attend, and the vaults are open.

A membership is an expense. A suite is a deed. What actually happens at The Hide Out on a Saturday, and the two ways to come see it this fall.

Most developments in this market will not tell you what their building is made of. Ours is reinforced concrete masonry, floor to roof, and here is what that changes day to day.

Cars gather from 1PM, kids come through from about 5PM. Sunday October 18 at The Hide Out in St. Michael. Free, no registration, kids welcome.

Almost nobody in this category publishes what you get before you add anything. Here is the Hide Out base shell in plain text, line by line, and the only price comparison that means anything.

Square footage is not what limits a garage condo. Overhead is. There is a triple-height lift with three trucks on it in one of the smaller suites at The Hide Out right now.