What do you consider an ideal house?

[Novus America]

I would definitely want a corridor that could be enclosed, maybe say with sliding glass doors so it could be opened and closed as weather permits.

Villa Tugendhat has something similar, whereby the back of the house has glass windows in the rear living areas of the house that can be retracted into the floor depending on the season.

Though still what to do when 4 feet of snow gets dumped in your courtyard is a valid question.

It's possible to have a water collection system that will collect the water runoff in the courtyard as the snow is melting, and can be used the same as greywater for toilet flushing and other household tasks that don't need perfectly clean water.

I guess it would be possible though probably expensive to have a courtyard with a retractable roof.

The machinery required would also take up substantial floor space, unless it was operated by hand of course, but such a thing over a large courtyard area would likely take up to an hour of hand winding to completely extend or retract.

The issue is if it is cold, it might take a while for the snow to melt.
I suppose you could heat the court yard ground though.

Though generally I think court yard homes best for places like the Southwest.

[Novus America]

I would say something like the Addams Family Mansion

Which was depicted as in in the outskirts of a smaller town or a suburb.

[San Lumen]

I would say something like the Addams Family Mansion

Which was depicted as in in the outskirts of a smaller town or a suburb.

who cares. If I had the money I could build it anywhere.

[The Galactic Liberal Democracy]

[Thermodolia]

These are the kinds of House I’d love to live in if money wasn’t an issue.

No basement need on this one but I would remove the balcony from the bonus room

Id definitely add a basement to this one

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How pastiche.

They are just a general idea as I’m shit at explaining and I can’t draw to save my life, but basically something around the size of those houses would be the ideal

[Diopolis]

Which is not a good concept for places with bad weather.

It's not like Asia doesn't get rain, or typhoons for that matter. And the occasional rain or storm can be beautiful to watch from your window and the comfort of your home. Plus in this day and age you could make a retractable roof. If they can put it on stadiums you can put it on a house. Not that you need to because, again, there is nothing quite as pleasant as sitting on your roofed veranda looking at the rain as it slowly drips by just far enough away not to get you but close enough that you can reach out and touch it.

Although I will admit my dream would probably not survive Scotland or the like.

The rich kid I went to high school with had a house built around a greenhouse as an internal courtyard. That was pretty cool. It had an artificial rainforest and a pool.

[The New California Republic]

The issue is if it is cold, it might take a while for the snow to melt.
I suppose you could heat the court yard ground though.

Though generally I think court yard homes best for places like the Southwest.

Having a courtyard house in a place that has bad winters tends to be a bad idea, since the main feature of the house becomes unusable for up to half the year.

And here in Europe the houses with courtyards tend to be concentrated around the Med (you do get courtyard apartment blocks elsewhere, but those are usually to create an off-street private area for residents, rather than any other reason).

[Scomagia]

The missus and I are looking at having a more custom house after we sell this one. I think she's actually shown me some of the ones from the link as examples of what she's thinking.

Though if you are going tiny I would go with a boat or RV.
You get the same space but with added functionality.

I lived on a sailboat for a few years.

Technically, our current house is a park model rv, hence a lot of the storage utilization problems we face. Tiny Homes are generally designed to maximize space for longterm living in ways that rvs just... aren't. Plus, since we're trying for a little Scomagia, we're going to need maximum efficiency. That's why we intend to probably buy a Tiny House shell and do the finishing ourselves.

[Scomagia]

I have whatever the opposite of Claustrophobia is, so really tiny spaces are my ideal home. I would be pretty happy if I lived in a house about the size of a shipping container.

Shipping container houses are dope. It's another option we've been considering. If you don't like big spaces you'll save a lot of money going tiny.

[Pope Joan]

I always liked the look of an A frame, like an overgrown chalet.

They are not too practical; the heat rises up to the ceiling, which is hard to clean, and so are the higher places on the windows.

But still, I like the way they feel.

You do need to have a good view, for those big high windows. In our neighborhood there was one on lakefront property, but instead of looking at the lake, it was angled sideways to look at the street. Why?

[Scomagia]

My house right now is 385 sq ft. If you don't have a lot of superfluous junk, it's pretty comfy.

I need about 1,000 sq ft for my trains alone. I couldn’t live any thing smaller than about 4,000 sq ft

To each their own. Mrs. Scomagia and I are pretty outdoorsy people so our hobbies don't require much space in our house. A big enough shed can accommodate our bows, paddle board, and fishing poles.

[Major-Tom]

I have whatever the opposite of Claustrophobia is, so really tiny spaces are my ideal home. I would be pretty happy if I lived in a house about the size of a shipping container.

Shipping container houses are dope. It's another option we've been considering. If you don't like big spaces you'll save a lot of money going tiny.

Small spaces are easier to maintain, too. My apartment is absolutely minuscule, and I wouldn't change that, in part because I'd have more stuff to worry about, but also rent in my town is egregious.

[Novus America]

I have whatever the opposite of Claustrophobia is, so really tiny spaces are my ideal home. I would be pretty happy if I lived in a house about the size of a shipping container.

Shipping container houses are dope. It's another option we've been considering. If you don't like big spaces you'll save a lot of money going tiny.

I would still go with the RV.
Especially if you are an outdoors type.

More mobile, but similar space.

[Vetalia]

For me, a well-built Craftsman Style bungalow from the first half of the 20th century with a small yard. Those houses were well-built with quality materials and will last, and also include a large, open front porch which I also like. Those houses were also built in a time before widespread A/C and central heating were the norm, so they are designed for comfort in all seasons rather than relying solely on HVAC to keep them comfortable.

[Beauvoi]

A hobbit house.

Honestly, I like the idea of natural building techniques, or dome structures. Also of modular houses that can be built in stages.
I don't want a house that too big because cleaning and clutter are a pain, but I want to provide hospitality.
Big kitchen dining area with living space it can expand into, sufficient bathrooms, several project and school rooms, probably a playroom, master bedroom, special guest room, a a bunch of cabin style bunk room. Some for my hypothetical children, others for guests.

[Purgatio]

The Bois de Bologne luxury mansion on the 16th Arrondissement of Paris is my dream home for sure.

[The Blaatschapen]

I prefer my houses to contain no lords.

[The New California Republic]

I prefer my houses to contain no lords.

Ha. Parliament jokes.

[Scomagia]

Shipping container houses are dope. It's another option we've been considering. If you don't like big spaces you'll save a lot of money going tiny.

I would still go with the RV.
Especially if you are an outdoors type.

More mobile, but similar space.

Rvs are rarely planned to maximize storage space quite as effectively but yes, they are an option.

[Gun Manufacturers]

Are we talking with no restrictions on the price and size or the ideal "reasonable" house? Because if it's #1 than basically think one of those huge mansions like you have in the original Resident Evil. And if we are talking reasonable I say the perfect home is a Roman/Chinese/Japanese style house. That's the one where you have a house that's built in a block around one or more internal courtyards and like all your rooms open up to that yard for easy access to light and nature but there are no windows on the outside for outsiders to peer into or climb through and for the dust and noise of street life to infest your home through. Imagine if you were to build one of those to modern code with like a pool in the middle and all the other amenities of life. But at the same time retaining the traditional enclosed and coasy feel. I'd kill for one of those.

It also sounds like a Moroccan Riad.

[Northwest Slobovia]

Are we talking with no restrictions on the price and size or the ideal "reasonable" house? Because if it's #1 than basically think one of those huge mansions like you have in the original Resident Evil. And if we are talking reasonable I say the perfect home is a Roman/Chinese/Japanese style house. That's the one where you have a house that's built in a block around one or more internal courtyards and like all your rooms open up to that yard for easy access to light and nature but there are no windows on the outside for outsiders to peer into or climb through and for the dust and noise of street life to infest your home through. Imagine if you were to build one of those to modern code with like a pool in the middle and all the other amenities of life. But at the same time retaining the traditional enclosed and coasy feel. I'd kill for one of those.

It also sounds like a Moroccan Riad.

FWIW, one kind of traditional New Orleans house is U-shaped around a long, thin interior courtyard. The outside walls are usually windowless as well, or sometimes only have small windows on the outside wall of the second floor.

[Rezmaeristan]

2 stories, traditional Italian or Spanish styled architecture. Small windows to keep heat out. Maybe a back-yard with a pool, pond, etc.
An American ranch house with a similar design would also be nice, particularly if you've actually got a ranch.

[Gudmund]

I'd love a two story house with kitchen, dining, and entertainment downstairs; then bedrooms, storage, and more personal stuff upstairs. Lots of hidden and automated features like controlling blinds, aircon, and doors via tech. I'd prefer it was completely running off a large solar+battery system. Ideally with a simplistic clean white/modern style, no useless overpriced fancy looking junk. To stoke my paranoia I'd have strong doors and ballistics glass, possibly a surveillance camera setup to flex on people. Most importantly is the addition of 10 gigabit internet.

[Dagnia]

I don't care too much how the place looks from the outside, it could be Baroque, Victorian, Tudor, Japanese, Native Tipi, African grass hut, whatever. My top priority would be really big rooms, I don't need too many of them, just a place to sleep, cook, shower, maybe entertain guests, and give them a place if they stay over. The design of the interior is not too important, but I really like the idea of a a Tuscan villa style interior. I used to like modern and futuristic, but it looks so sterile and cold. Also, I don't decorate with posters or paintings, so any walls are going to be bare. The brick, stone and wood I've seen in most villas makes it less boring without me having to buy extra stuff to hang on the walls. If I'm really going to splurge, I might get something with an interior courtyard like a Moroccan riad.