Ideal House

3 Aug 2010

I'm watching Grand Designs. It's a repeat and one of my favourite houses... yep, I've watched it before. Grand Designs Geek alert! wave

Anyway, it got me thinking... what would be in your ideal house if money/location were no object?
I think I'd definitely have a swimming pool. Oh and a bath large enough for about ten people. And I'd like it to be somewhere old - as in a reclaimed warehouse or summat.
I need a lottery win! wink

3 Aug 2010

Location - on an island, far, far away with a beach on the southern shore and a cliff on the northern.
Weather has to be a constant 26-28 degrees all year.
The house - modern, minimum of 10 bedrooms each en-suite with spa baths and wet-room power showers, large panaramic living room, huge kitchen, wine cellar.
All mod cons and boys-toys. lol

3 Aug 2010

A large garden not over looked by neighbours.

3 Aug 2010

Bookshelves: I want a room filled with books.

3 Aug 2010

Like yours mine would be a conversion of something old. It would have a big open kitchen diner opening out onto a patio area for entertaining. It would have a balcony off the main bedroom for summer breakfasts and space for a gym/studio and swimming pool. Also it'd have a few out buildings for easy to tinker about in smile

Can you tell I've thought about this before? :lol2:

3 Aug 2010

i live in my ideal house
big enough to be comfortable and small enough to maintain and heat ect
big enough garden designed for partying and good size summer social event`s and our winter chipolata and chestnut bbq
would i want something bigger or different no i have a nice court yarded flint property in France were renovating for our retirement (which also has a Rapunzel type tower )
and yes we also like grand designs and renovation

3 Aug 2010

Id love to have just one room with a good high ceiling (about 8ft would do) and lots of mirrors for pole practice. Other than that I already have my perfect house. Its great for entertaining and both the house and the garden are totally private.
Wouldn't mind a hot tub tho biggrin

3 Aug 2010

When I can afford it, it will look some thing like this

3 Aug 2010

I love Grand Designs biggrin

I would like something that's old and has been converted with open plan spaces, preferably in the country (small village/hamlet) but not too far from civilisation this time, with great views of the sea. A large outhouse/workshop to put my equipment in so I can play to my hearts content would be a bonus.
If I can't have that, somewhere near the sea where I can hear the waves! Or a dutch barge. Oh yes!!!

3 Aug 2010

Quote by noladreams
Bookshelves: I want a room filled with books.

My ideal house would look like a library. Every single room would be floor to ceiling bookshelves on every wall. A comfortable armchair in each room. Behind each chair would be a good reading lamp. Beside each chair a small table on which I could put my many cups of tea. Since Hay on Wye and its many second hand bookshops is only a half hour drive from here I get to see my vision of heaven quite often. biggrin

3 Aug 2010

Quote by Cicero
Bookshelves: I want a room filled with books.

My ideal house would look like a library. Every single room would be floor to ceiling bookshelves on every wall. A comfortable armchair in each room. Behind each chair would be a good reading lamp. Beside each chair a small table on which I could put my many cups of tea. Since Hay on Wye and its many second hand bookshops is only a half hour drive from here I get to see my vision of heaven quite often. biggrin

Cicero, are you reading Will's mind as well as the equivalent of the British Library?
Sounds divine.
Sappho x

3 Aug 2010

Chatsworth.
Library

3 Aug 2010

Quote by foxylady2209

Think I must be reincarnated from an earlier time, this picture gives me a warm glow lol

3 Aug 2010

I would like a little white cottage in the middle of nowhere with a walled garden, a big cosy kitchen, log fire in the sitting room with a massive armchair that envelopes you (like the one in that cold and flu advert) with a couple of bedrooms and old fashioned furniture and a bathroom with a clawfoot bath with the taps in the middle and a separate shower/wet room. Some outbuildings would be nice cause then I could work from home. :mrgreen:

3 Aug 2010

Quote by Dirtygirly
I would like a little white cottage in the middle of nowhere with a walled garden, a big cosy kitchen, log fire in the sitting room with a massive armchair that envelopes you (like the one in that cold and flu advert) with a couple of bedrooms and old fashioned furniture and a bathroom with a clawfoot bath with the taps in the middle and a separate shower/wet room. Some outbuildings would be nice cause then I could work from home. :mrgreen:

And a lovely old, genuine oak beam, pub 'just' close enough to stagger to but not so close as to intrude. Boasting its own log fire, jovial but non-intrusive landlord and no, not one, Sky TV, slot machine or karaoke machine. biggrin

3 Aug 2010

Quote by Sappho
Cicero, are you reading Will's mind as well as the equivalent of the British Library?
Sounds divine.
Sappho x

I adore books. I like to see them in piles on the floor all over the house as well as on bookcases. Must stem from the years I worked in bookshops and publishers (music). Each book has its aroma and feel. (I'm turning into a book snorter! When people see me with my face buried in a book they think I'm short sighted when in fact I'm taking in great breaths of delight!).
Not been to the British Library yet, except on line, I'm ashamed to say. redface

I grew up in Somers Town where it is situated. I'm sure I'll get there one day.

3 Aug 2010

Something old with loads of character, maybe 3 bedroomed, right on the shore of the sea or large lake with good access to put my banana boat in and fantastic views
A garden big enough to have a nice pond in but easy to look after
No neighbours and far enough away so people don't visit regularly
A big kitchen and a separate utility room
A bathroom big enough for a bath and separate shower, the bath has to be a corner one and the shower really big with jets on the walls
A proper coal fire (with the benefits of central heating to)
A conservatory
Some chickens

4 Aug 2010

It has to be somewhere warm. Have a clear cool river running along at the bottom of the slop the house is built on. A large Japanese bath looking out over a natural garden. In the house a large common ball room for friends to converse in.
It is modern and easy to clean, I do not want to waste too much time with chores.

4 Aug 2010

oh oh oh i love grand designs
i have thought bout this one loads
my fave episode was the one where they renovated the 16th century farmhouse that had the hand prints in the plaster and holes where lit touches were slotted in for light

i love the history of houses so i would love either something like that or if we were building from scratch it would have the view at the top of my list it would idealy have sea view to the front and amazing rolling hills to the back
it would have to be built from reclaimed stone and wooden windows n doors no upvc yukky stuff i want it to look as old as poss right from the start it may not have the history but it must never look like a new build that would gut me i want wonky walls n doors that don't fit properly i hate tidy box shaped rooms although this would drive mr b crazy as he used to be in building n everything has to be square n plum for him but then i am boss so i get my own way but will be kind enough to let him have one room how he wants it lol

not too big as i'm a lazy bugger n all that extra cleaning would bug me so big enough to have friends stay over in fabulous guest rooms all en suite and the master bedroom will be huge with a balcony overlooking the sea views so its gonna have to be a fair size house but not so big i need a team of cleaners just one will do :lol: a cellar is a must nice and big for storage but also a large room down there kitted out as our dungeon. a nice big kitchen but proper farmhouse stylie with an open fire and a range rocking chairs by the fire so mr b can sit nice n warm while i cook him cakes :lol: then a lovely big dining room with a huge window overlooking the rolling hills with a big table for entertaining and a fair size lounge with another open fire and big soft sofas and a huge picture window to take in the sea view no need for a tv i could watch the sea quite happily
fair size garden with fruit trees a small veg patch and lots of lawn but nothing interupting our sea view and a good size hot tub to while away the evening sipping wine in and no neighbours for a good 1/2 mile so we can have plenty of noisy sex in our garden n run round naked as much as i like
so no not thought bout it much really
blink

really must play the lottery regularly :lol:

4 Aug 2010

Oooh, didn't think to go on the GD website. This was the one I watched last night and inspired the thread. The pics don't do the interior justice:

4 Aug 2010

My favorites on Grand Designs are;
1 - the huge straw built one that was hidden underneath a grassy bank. (The Underground House)
And
2 - the guy who built his house himself out of the forest he lived in. The house would never be worth any money as he could never sell it. It was purly a labour of love. (The Woodsmans Cottage)
Both fantastic projects and both stunning to see.
Edited to include the episode titles

4 Aug 2010

Quote by noladreams
Oooh, didn't think to go on the GD website. This was the one I watched last night and inspired the thread. The pics don't do the interior justice:

i didn't even know it was back on gutted i missed it will have to keep my peepers open for it

4 Aug 2010

Quote by noladreams
Oooh, didn't think to go on the GD website. This was the one I watched last night and inspired the thread. The pics don't do the interior justice:

That's where I'm from and no offense, that's a monstrosity on the landscape!! lol

Each to their own and all that but to build something so modern in a rural setting like that is a blot on the landscape. I like ye olde worlde things... given that sort of land and the money that it would take to build something new, I'd go for a replica of an old style country house.

4 Aug 2010

Quote by Dirtygirly
Oooh, didn't think to go on the GD website. This was the one I watched last night and inspired the thread. The pics don't do the interior justice:

That's where I'm from and no offense, that's a monstrosity on the landscape!! lol

Each to their own and all that but to build something so modern in a rural setting like that is a blot on the landscape. I like ye olde worlde things... given that sort of land and the money that it would take to build something new, I'd go for a replica of an old style country house.
Oh totally personal taste, of course.
It was actually an industrial site - a disused limekiln and lime works. They had to do all sorts of tests to check it was a safe site to live on. They also had to promise not to demolish the 15th Century limekilns at the back of the site. So although it appears rural, it was a brownfield site.
They also kept the older factory cottage on site for their autistic son to move into when he was able to live alone.

4 Aug 2010

Quote by noladreams
Oooh, didn't think to go on the GD website. This was the one I watched last night and inspired the thread. The pics don't do the interior justice:

That's where I'm from and no offense, that's a monstrosity on the landscape!! lol

Each to their own and all that but to build something so modern in a rural setting like that is a blot on the landscape. I like ye olde worlde things... given that sort of land and the money that it would take to build something new, I'd go for a replica of an old style country house.
Oh totally personal taste, of course.
It was actually an industrial site - a disused limekiln and lime works. They had to do all sorts of tests to check it was a safe site to live on. They also had to promise not to demolish the 15th Century limekilns at the back of the site. So although it appears rural, it was a brownfield site.
They also kept the older factory cottage on site for their autistic son to move into when he was able to live alone.
I'm sure... that doesn't make it less of an eyesore for me. :lol: I like character in buildings, you generally only find that in old builds. The new builds are too new and modern. It's like when they knock something down in Princes Street and then build a trendy glass monster in it's place. We have fabulous architecture, it's just a shame we don't have the same skill base or the money to replace the old buildings. That makes me quite sad.

4 Aug 2010

Nice eh?

4 Aug 2010

Quote by kentswingers777

Nice eh?

Nice to see your local council does walk in baths for people with dodgy joints....

4 Aug 2010

Woodsmans cottage was hugely evocative and full of wonderful skills. there was one in an early series using straw bales that was also wonderful craftsmanship.
was good too, and not just because there's a dogging site not that far away!

4 Aug 2010

Quote by awayman
Nice to see your local council does walk in baths for people with dodgy joints....

It is the Capitalist in me.....lovely and warm for me joints.
I presume it is a tad too over the top for you lol

Still hard work does pay off...........:giggle:
Amazing what staff can earn ya. innocent

5 Aug 2010

Quote by awayman
Woodsmans cottage was hugely evocative and full of wonderful skills. there was one in an early series using straw bales that was also wonderful craftsmanship.
was good too, and not just because there's a dogging site not that far away!

Oh really? :happy: