What would you spec in your 'ideal' home ?
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Genuinely interested.
What would you be specifying if you were building, or having built, you're ideal home. Don't mean such as 'triple garage full of lambo's', more things that could be incorporated into any/most homes regardless of size, such as multi room audio, steam rooms, dog wash areas, air conditioning, etc, etc
What would you be specifying if you were building, or having built, you're ideal home. Don't mean such as 'triple garage full of lambo's', more things that could be incorporated into any/most homes regardless of size, such as multi room audio, steam rooms, dog wash areas, air conditioning, etc, etc
Ideal home? As in self build on a reasonable budget?
mud/boot room and dog wash area (possibly two ends of the same room)
utility/laundry room
walk in wardrobe / dressing room
sauna (proper high powered Finnish style - they have one in every reasonable sized home)
library
sun room
veranda/balcony
double to triple garage
guest suite (on top of ordinary family bedrooms and master suite)
decent kitchen big enough for a range and dining table
gardens / land
underfloor heating and air con - ideally full climate control as I don't like it hot
lots of skylights - I need light
family room as well as ordinary living room
soundproofing - e.g. concrete floors upstairs
... sheesh, face it, I need a mansion ...
mud/boot room and dog wash area (possibly two ends of the same room)
utility/laundry room
walk in wardrobe / dressing room
sauna (proper high powered Finnish style - they have one in every reasonable sized home)
library
sun room
veranda/balcony
double to triple garage
guest suite (on top of ordinary family bedrooms and master suite)
decent kitchen big enough for a range and dining table
gardens / land
underfloor heating and air con - ideally full climate control as I don't like it hot
lots of skylights - I need light
family room as well as ordinary living room
soundproofing - e.g. concrete floors upstairs
... sheesh, face it, I need a mansion ...
Edited by oldbanger on Sunday 5th July 20:21
Just doing my place up. The budget has bast*rd rocketed since I started. Having the AV stuff all over the house, will get a touch screen thingy to control it all when it's done. A body jet shower with a megaflow system is a must, apparently, plus solid wood floors and designer furniture.
All b
ks of course, and I didn't intend to have any of this stuff when I started but you just sort of get sucked into it as you go along.
And I found a place on t'internet that sells effing great 1 meter size clocks like you used to see on station platforms, having that in the front room when it's finished.
All b
ks of course, and I didn't intend to have any of this stuff when I started but you just sort of get sucked into it as you go along.And I found a place on t'internet that sells effing great 1 meter size clocks like you used to see on station platforms, having that in the front room when it's finished.
Secret passageway hidden behind the bookcase in the library that leads to my plotting-lair. And the batcave. Along with behind all the other rooms in the house through hidden corridors. Preferably there'd be a window seat overlooking Smuggler's Cove that would lift up to let me down into these passageways, too.
And a wardrobe. A big wardrobe, with a false back, that would take me to a far, far-away land with evil ice queens and turkish delight.
Actually, scratch that last one. That's plain silly. The rest's a must, though.
And a wardrobe. A big wardrobe, with a false back, that would take me to a far, far-away land with evil ice queens and turkish delight.
Actually, scratch that last one. That's plain silly. The rest's a must, though.
h0b0 said:
Plotloss said:
odyssey2200 said:
laundry shute betwen top floor and utility room
Genius!Simpo Two said:
A button I can press which automatically fills the bath to the correct level and selected temperature.
All it needs is a thermostat, flowmeter and timer but nobody seems to have thought of this simple device.
My apprentice built one at work. looked quite need in the end as well. I shall inform him there is a market for such productsAll it needs is a thermostat, flowmeter and timer but nobody seems to have thought of this simple device.
Simpo Two said:
A button I can press which automatically fills the bath to the correct level and selected temperature.
All it needs is a thermostat, flowmeter and timer but nobody seems to have thought of this simple device.
Sorry to tell you but they have.All it needs is a thermostat, flowmeter and timer but nobody seems to have thought of this simple device.
We sell a device that will run a bath to a specific depth and temperature and even include up to 5 additives injected by a medical grade metering system.
Integrates with your control system so the DVD player will start playing when the bath is full and the bath will empty when the film finishes, that sort of thing.
Lots of dry storage space close at hand (cellars?)
West facing balcony or patio with a decent rural or sea view, with nice traduitional french windows onto a lawn.
Large ensuite and dressing room to rid myself of the OH's numerous chests and wardrobes.
Kitchen you can eat in.
Spectacular lounge
Decent amount of mature private garden, preferably a walled garden, but not so much you spend you life mowing and weeding.
Triple or quad garage.
Away from traffic noise or the routes thieves and vagabonds use but a pub, newsagents, shop and take-a-way within a short driving distance (pub preferably in walking distance) but not so close as to cause problems.
You did ask!
West facing balcony or patio with a decent rural or sea view, with nice traduitional french windows onto a lawn.
Large ensuite and dressing room to rid myself of the OH's numerous chests and wardrobes.
Kitchen you can eat in.
Spectacular lounge
Decent amount of mature private garden, preferably a walled garden, but not so much you spend you life mowing and weeding.
Triple or quad garage.
Away from traffic noise or the routes thieves and vagabonds use but a pub, newsagents, shop and take-a-way within a short driving distance (pub preferably in walking distance) but not so close as to cause problems.
You did ask!
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