Like everyone else mentioned, my house would have to have secret passages. But it would also have: - Institutional toilets in all the bathrooms with the bypass valves turned on to full blast. Having to flush twice will be a thing of the past. -A room that has no floor, just water that is at least 15 feet deep. Don't ask me why, it's just something I've always wanted since I was a kid for some reason. -Sound proofed walls. -Escape tunnel out. -Master bathroom that is essentially a small apartment with a fold out bed, refigerator, entertainment center, etc. -Huge garage/workshop. -An extensive basement with several layers. I think basements are cool. -An artificial river/creek flowing through the house, and it is stocked with fish and crawdads. -An extensive greenhouse. -Doors that go no where. -Staircases and hallways that go nowhere. -Lots of stained glass windows like a church, only not with religious motifs; probably lots of naked women though.
The family's house in New Hampshire is as close to a dream house as I'll probably get: -Log cabin style house with indoor pool -80ish acres of land, majority of it is woods teeming with deer, bear, damn coyotes and other critters. -Long ass driveway with multiple NO TRESPASSING signs. -Man made pond stocked with largemouth bass, bluegills, hornpout and hopefully some holdover rainbow trout. Said pond freezes over beautifully in the winter to form a perfect pond hockey battlefield. -Two ATVs, a John Deere Gator, Kubota tractor -Extensive trail system through the woods, we rehabbed the old logging trails that ran through the property and put in food plots for the hunting season. These trails are great to ride the ATVs and Gator down. -Clearing in the woods to paintball or target practice/shoot shit. -Tennis court Apparently the house was originally built by Joey Kramer, the drummer from Aerosmith. This explains why there are the tiles above the fireplace are have Spanish frigates painted on them. Really Joey? In the middle of the woods? I can only imagine some of the things that went down in that house when he owned it.
A 25 yard indoor shooting range in the basement and a long range (think 2000 yards) sniper range in the back yard. I I can have those two things I don't care if the house is a fucking double-wide parked on top of a bomb shelter, I'm happy.
If all you wants a spaceship house, HERE is one that's only about 15 minutes from apartment, and even better, FOR SALE. I love where they describe it as an ideal bachelor or bachelorette pad. Yeah, its only ideal for them 'cause they're gonna stay that way for a LONG time living in a house like that.
I would love to buy an old farm house on about 25 acres, gut it, then have these guys come in rebuild the house with tons of secret passageways and maybe a few tunnels. It would look like a traditional farm house and I wouldn't tell anyone about the passageways, especially the kids - just let them think they found an awesome secret.
I would like to buy an old warehouse and convert it into a living space. Or An old church would be pretty neat, especially if it is old enough that it has its own graveyard out front.
An original Frank Lloyd Wright house after he died would be cool. Not having him design one while he was living. He was supposedly a mean ass prick. Since he liked to design everything from the house to the furniture to the lamps, plates, silverware, etc., he made some clients sign documents that they couldn't change anything. He did this because he designed windows to allow light at certain times of the year to hit walls in a certain way after reflecting off plates and stained glass lamps. Any movement of any objects and things would ruin the effects. He was a genius, but a little too overbearing. Clients would rush to move things back if he decided to make surprise visits, which he seemed to like to do often. But, when you are one of the three best architects of the 20th century, I guess you can do that. His work is brilliant and every house I've been in of his is breathtaking. I would also kill for one of his homes. I would love to take his original design sketches and make them a reality. I recently had the opportunity to work on a contactor's house who very much loves arts and craft. The detailing was fun. I'm an architect who has spent the last few years working primarily in residential and my job is to build peoples dream houses and additions. I've been a part of the design of two 25k sq. ft. houses with anything and everything you'd ever want in a house, other than secret passageways, which would kick ass. It's too much space. For me at least, but to each their own. Master suites are too large, IMO. I need a space that can fit a nice bed and a couple dressers. I only like using the bedroom to sleep and fuck. Master bathroom on the other hand would need to be huge. Give me a walk in shower with multiple shower heads and a tub that can easily fit two people. For me, the two most important rooms in their house for true comfort is a spacious master bath and a giant kitchen. I've found that when the kitchen is huge, the whole house just feels bigger and better. Everything else is just fill. Having a home designed by any of these three guys would be a dream. They could do whatever the hell they wanted and I'd be happy. Tadao Ando, Alberto Campo Baeza and John Pawson. Minimalism at it's finest.
I also want a lot of automotive themes in my house. One thing I am working on right now is to mount the front clip of my wrecked Camaro like a stag's head. I saw something like this when I went to Graceland, only it was the back end of a '59 Cadillac. It might seem kind of hard to picture, and the only place I have seen something similar is on the Nickelodeon show iCarly (I watch it with my son, and yes, I think it's alright). Sorry about the awful picture, it was the only one I could find. So think of something like that, only a '92 Camaro, and it stops once it gets to the front wheels.
I would love to take an old warehouse downtown and turn it into my dream house. That way there’d be a lot of open space I could work with and only put up a wall here or there where necessary for noise blockage. Also, with a wareHouse - that's what I'm calling it - I could have fireman polls and spiral staircases everywhere to get to the top and bottom floors. There’d be endless possibilities with that much space, but my major focus would be on three rooms: Kitchen/Dining room, Bedroom, & master bath. I need a long dining room table made out of thick, heavy duty wood. Think rustic. And some long, heavy duty benches to go on either side. That way, when my extended family on my dad’s side comes over for Thanksgiving I can get all 27 of us at one table. In the Kitchen, I want the works. Gas stove, double-decker ovens, large center island with a little matching rolling island I can drag around with me, industrial refrigerators, temp/humidity controlled pantry, top of the line cookware with a few industrial sized pots and pans, water spout sticking out over the stove, a couple of steamers/dish washers, etc. Basically, I want the Top Chef kitchen plus some amenities. Everything stainless steel, tile, and heavily lacquered wood. I would also need a discreet way of having pressure washers in each room – like the kind you use at the car wash. Or a hose hook-up as long as there’s good water pressure. Because, the coup de gras of my Kitchen/ Dining room would be the drains with industrial garbage disposals in them in the middle of each room. That way, after the initial clean up, instead of trying to wipe everything off or worry about mopping, I can just hose the whole damned thing down – counters, tables, floors and rinse it all down the drain in the middle of the room. Cousin spilled her juice at the table? No problem, we’ll hose it off after dinner. Marinara sauce splattered all over the walls? Hose it off. Blender erupted on the counter? HOSE IT OFF! No more wiping, and rinsing, or multiple trips to the sink to rinse out the nasty dish rag. Dream. Come. True. My bedroom would be a Bed Room. Wall to wall to wall to wall bed. I saw it on MTV Cribs years ago in some model’s house I think. She walked down a spiral staircase into a round room that was basically just a big ottoman. That’s what I want for my Bed Room. A room that’s all bed with little niche’s in the wall for an alarm clock, picture frame, massage oils, whatever. And no windows. That way the damn sun couldn’t wake me up whenever it felt like it. The master bath would actually be two different rooms. The bath part would have a waterfall on at least one wall that runs into the jacuzzi for two, that crazy shower with 50,000 heads that shoots water at you to the rhythm of a symphony, a steam room, tropical plants, and a claw-foot bathtub in the corner if I’m feeling like a traditional soak. The actual shitter would be in its own room on the other side of the Bed Room. It would just be a mega flush toilet in a room with a newspaper stand. That’s it. Shit or get off the pot.
Your dream could be a reality. The Brady Bunch house has new regular owners now, but all the houses with in the neighborhood have similar designs. When Hustler (I think it was them) came out with the Not The Bradys XXX porn spoof they tried to get the real house, but were denied permission by the owners. So instead they rented out a similar one that looked almost the same. Focus: My dream house would look like an episode of Cribs. It would be on near a forest somewhere up north and 2 or maybe three stories, with marble floors and counter tops, A movie theater, a bowling alley, outdoor tennis and basketball courts, an Olympic size swimming pool, a regular pool sized jacuzzi, 12 air conditioning units, A huge master bedroom with a 60+ inch plasma and a basement that resembles a sports bar WITH a bartender on staff 24 hours. It would also have 5 acres of land to go with it edit: Also, a 6 car garage and at least 4 bathrooms
I don't give a shit what the living quarters are like as long as the garage fits 2 cars and 4 bikes with lifts for both. The garage door would have to open on to the Spa Francorchamps circuit.