Go for the one car garage
I built my slow build kit RV-8 in a shop that was 10' wide by 25' long. Wings, fuse, tail. The narrow shop was not really a problem.
Noise when riveting is very loud. I would not recommend it in the apartment. As to squeezing rivets, yes, it's silent, but the only place you can do that is on the edges of panels. In the grand scheme of things, I'd say squeezing constituted 5% of all the riveting...and in a slow build 8, there's a ton of riveting, which is my favorite part.
I'd vote on the garage and plan on insulating the door and other parts for courtesy to the tenants. Compressors are loud.
I'd use the spare room for parts staging/storing. ONce you get past the tail, the kit parts are big, so they need room, and you have to get really creative on how to keep storing and moving all the finished parts without damaging them.
It's all part of the game, which is fun. Go for it. I've been at mine on and off for 6 years (two house moves in there too) and I"m a few days away from heading to the airport.
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Rv-8 fastback post paint
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