I have seen other threads where people have instantly say no to a garage but please read it all before you respond with your thought/comments.

I live in South Florida, Miami specifically, and the worst cold we get is usually once a year. It's usually a cold front that MIGHT drop is in to the 40s at night. Obviously at the other end of the spectrum it can get hot at times, nearing 95 degrees (garage is obviously in shade so I dont know if its that bad), but most of times its nice. Its 78 degrees outside as I write this at 12:30 PM.

I am going to be moving in to a townhouse with a room mate or two and I wont really have a spare room dedicated to just snakes and racks but it comes with a garage. When I say garage its fully finished with drywall ect and on one wall is my neighbors living room. So its basically like a regular room with a garage door. (I have attached a stock picture of the type of house im talking about. Its probably 16x10 feet and will not be used for any cars. Just bicycles and extra boxes of stuff in storage. It is not air conditioned so Im wondering how easy or hard you all think it will be to keep appropriate temps for my ball pythons.

Since Its finished I could probably buy a space heater for the few weeks out of the year it will be below the 70s. My main concern is keeping it cool during the summer. There are no windows so I could buy one of the freestanding AC units but I know they needed to be vented somewhere. Im not sure if there is anywhere I could vent it unless the drying machine is there and I use that exhaust exit. Do those units also drain water?

What kind of solutions or things can you guys see me using to make a room like this work?



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