Your ideal living quarters (no spam)

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 2:33 pm

...And don't try to fake us out with "on the beach, among several Baywatch regulars." For shame. We want to know in what kind of dwelling you would ideally like to live, and where. Money isn't an obstacle! We're assuming that you're privately wealthy, and can afford to choose your own place..or places, with all the trimmings you'd wish to add.

Personally, I think my first choice would be a nice country home in England, with lots of tall (10' high) ceilings. Not a vast mansion, but comfortable, with lots of acreage in vast, rolling pastureland and forested countryside. Very private. Plenty of book and CD shelves. Much cherrywood and mahogany; spiral staircases. Lots of storage area in an over-sized room for my wife's quilting activities.

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 2:49 pm

I am inclined to agree @Fable...that sounds about right - but I'll have a smaller place - I do not see the appeal of massive grandiose houses...I quite like small places...so a cottage will do me. Or maybe a hovel...nay, a cave! Actually I think I'll have a hobbit-hole somewhere in leafiest Oxfordshire. An easel and a revolving bench to work clay on, some sturdy wooden furniture and a mattress on the floor...luxury

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Phantom Lord · Post by **Phantom Lord** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 2:54 pm

Something like an old house with modernized innards (concerning kitchen and bathroom infrastructure) at least 2 km from the next public road, so my cats could explore the wilderness without being endangered by cars. A nearby forest would be nice, as well as a garden to grow herbs and vegetables. A well would be great. Old, solid wood furniture would be a good thing too. It doesn't have to be terribly big, but it should feel terribly comfortable, built of natural stone, with wooden floors and with a chimney of course. Places like northern Germany, northern Italy or northern Spain would be OK as a location. Sun and rain should mix and the air shold be fresh. I'm basically looking for a place that is suited to relax, not to impress, the type of place that children and pets would like because children and pets often have a good taste for places to feel good at.

Aqua-chan · Post by **Aqua-chan** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 2:59 pm

Me? I'd stick myself out on a nice peice of property in a wooded area. A nice, small little cabin with two floors and a loft with a view over the first floor living room. Big windows facing towards the wooded area and high ceilings... Just like those escape cabins that the hero and the lady always hide at in the movies, ya know? That would be my dream place.

That or a nice little apartment in the city. I like small spaces for some reason.

Silur · Post by **Silur** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 3:27 pm

I've always had this yearning to live in a underground complex with a nice viewing window out into the ocean, but lately my ideal home has moved to being a round stone tower on a high cliff overlooking either the ocean or a lake. I'd still have a little dungeon though, where I can sit and play computer games

josh · Post by **josh** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 5:51 pm

For me, I like modern apartments with a great view. But the downside is that apartments with this feature is that they are usually 20 floors up and I hate heights.

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 6:48 pm

I wouldnt like anything too big or too small. The location is all that matters to me. I would choose to live in Bermuda or Aruba. Great places, those are. The house itself, would be moderately sized my bedroom and a bedroom for guests. A bathroom, kitchen, dining room, living room, computer room a couple closets here and there, all the standard stuff. Im not the greedy type.

Zelgadis · Post by **Zelgadis** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 7:00 pm

Some nice little island in the carribean with beautiful beaches and a small population. My house would be fairly small, on a secluded spot of this island, with glass just about everywhere instead of walls, with a dock right by it, and a nice big yacht.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 7:09 pm

Anyplace with a lot of land surrounding it,a few horses, a bar in the basement complete with a pool table, and a huge music room so I could by a piano and force myself to actually learn to play it. And a huge deack surrpunding a swimming pool

Vinin · Post by **Vinin** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 8:34 pm

A nice penthouse or spacious studio for my bachelor pad in a big city like NYC or Tokyo would be great.... I love the city...

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 9:05 pm

Ideal living quarters, down the south-west region on a possibly old farmhouse which I would just love to renovate. The views down there are amazing and the amount of animals that would just pop out of nowhere is impressive. Its like having your own little zoo, minus the fences of course. Ever since I went camping down there, I've fallen in love with the region and would love to retire there in the distant future.

SadisticShadow · Post by **SadisticShadow** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 12:33 am

Me, I would live rather large modern house on the cost of a mediteranian country. I would have an olympic size swiming pool, an huge room just for archery and other midevil weapons practice, a room were i can test my home-made exsplosives, and a large bedroom with pool table, ping-pong table, large screen TV and a king size bed for me and my Beutiful, loving, intelegent wife.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 12:40 am

An old, rambling character home (approximately circa 1900) in a tree-lined neighborhood of some truly cosmopolitan city....First choices would be either Montreal or San Franciso.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Mon Aug 05, 2002 12:40 am

I've got a pretty ideal set-up already, as I live in my own, custom-designed and hand-built (by me

) railway carriage. If it was close to the beach and had better neighbours it'd be almost perfect.
I'd also like to live on board a yacht, at the marina where my dad has his yacht moored there are a few people who live on board, and it seems to be a nice atmosphere.
I've also designed a large house which I'd love to build one day, but it too would have to be next to the beach, and there are a few changes I have to make to the plans, such as replacing one whole interior wall with a tropical fish tank...

Being next to the beach is a must for any of my ideal houses.

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 12:47 am

I'm getting torn between a large apartament somewhere in the city and a small wooden cabin somewhere in a forest several km from any civilized life. I guess that I could live in the city most of the time enjoying all the benefits of living in a big city, and then every once in a while visiting my littly cottage away from humanity.
Somehow I imagine the apartament's interior as being quite emtpy (very little furniture) and lots of light coming in (big windows). I also imagine a high ceiling to give the illusion of a lot of space.
I imagine my cottage the exact opposite. I imagine it as being small (2-3 rooms in which two people can't walk side-by-side

), with a couple of animals living inside. I guess it wouldn't have lots of light coming in due to it being in the forest, and having small windows..

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 1:11 am

Like Silur im having a hard time makeing up my mind between a tower and a dungeon (or something subway-like), but in my case I want it to be in the middle of a reasonable big city...

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 1:53 am

I'd like to have two homes, one in the city and one in some remote, isolated area with mountains and the sea.

The city flat must be in the central area of a reasonably large city, in fact I am quite content with the one we have. As I told Tybalus earlier, the house was built 1860, and there are large windows, the height between the floor and the ceiling varies between 11-12 feet in different rooms, and the original doors, wooden panels and ceiling decorations are still there, as is the original wooden floor. There is also this thing I think is called a tiled stove, it is also orinigal and it's very nice in the winter.

Then I'd like an old stone cottage, like the old Scottish or Welsh ones, close to both sea and mountains. A coastal area or an island, preferrably with sea cliffs too. I don't want a garden since I can't take care of flowers, but a small pat of grass where one could sit in a comfortable chair and read would be nice. Actually, I'd like to have a few sheep as well, I saw some great black sheep with white tails on my holiday.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 2:14 am

I like the idea of one big open room apartment.

I am a city person, so I sould live in the city near or around the center of it, I want easy access to anything I want to do (movies, theaters, shopping etc.)

thantor3 · Post by **thantor3** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 2:17 am

This is a timely thread, given that we are considering building our own home.

I personally would like something on a lake in fairly secluded area within twenty minutes of work. Not a lot of land since I am not fond of maintenance tasks, but enough to create a sense of sanctuary. As for the home itself, something rather new and multi-leveled, maybe 2500 square ft or so, with at least two expansive decks. Inside, lots of natural wood, floor length windows (with photochromic glazing

), skylights in the workout room and spacious bathroom (the shower has to have multiple nozzles), elegant styling, warm colors, big open kitchen with an island, and shaded decks over looking terraced gardens. Of course, no home would be complete without an excellent indoor/outdoor A/V sound system and a hot tub. Oh, and a teleporter so all of you could visit.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Aug 05, 2002 2:39 am

I would like one big room..no other rooms

In the middle I would put a bed...beside the bed the needed bathroom devices..(So I can roll out of bed and on to the ..."You get the idea)

10 computers tied together with 20 monitors. 5 TVs flat screen Sony's.

No windows, one door. Reinforced door with 4 dead bolts..one at the top, bottom, and each side.

On the walls (EVERY wall) will be pictures of Minerva.