Nice to haves

mogwai

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arbrighton

Our list was
1) commuting distance for OH, which gave us a radius to search in
2) CHARACTER
3) garage and or cellar for storage/ tinkering
4) 3+ bedrooms
5) downstairs loo as well as main bathroom (not at all bothered by en suite)
6) open fire/ log burner/ potential for one
7) garden space

ajide

Big !!! lounge with home cinema surround sound audio
Big !!! dining area for family dinners including me, my wife and our future five kids
Swimming pool
Study
Big garage for five cars
Kitchen
House chef
Gateman
Prayer room
5 bedrooms , Two of which will be en-suite
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

9ja4life

Downstairs loo
5 bedrooms as we want to foster in the future
lots of outside space so preferably in a semi rural area
2 or more bathrooms/shower rooms
Utility room
parking

essjae

Current must haves:
- 2+ bedrooms (double size)
- kitchen big enough for a table
- garden large enough for a lawn and a veg patch
- front entrance not straight into living room
- pretty front of house!

Forever house additional must-haves:
- detached
- 4+ bedrooms (at least 2 large doubles)
- Large, light kitchen-diner
- 2nd reception room (for library/music room!)
- 2+ bathrooms (one upstairs, one down)
- entrance hallway large enough for storage unit, bench, coat rack, etc.
- off-road parking
- garden big enough for lawn + veg patch + greenhouse
- within 10mins walk from pub, shop & bus stop/train station
- scope to alter/extend to include 'nice-to-haves'!

Nice-to-haves:
- garage / workshop
- utility room
- conservatory
- large pond
- open fire / stove
- 3rd reception room (for dining room)
- underfloor heating in kitchen & bathrooms
- ground floor annexe so my father can live with me when elderly/infirm but still have his own space & independence!
- solar panels / ground source heat pump / wind turbine

To be honest, for a real forever house, what I really want is planning permission on my father's land, and then to build it myself!

Ozzuk

Hmm, well, detached it a complete must have. Nice grounds surrounded by large stone walls. I'd also like an underground area, maybe a cave, perhaps even with bats in. I could then install cool lighting, possibly pop up garage or leave through a waterfall.

Oh, and a downstairs loo. I'd call it the Bat Loo.

onamissionEU

We are in Europe so have very different housing standards here and buying land to build on is the norm... Which is what we are currently doing... It will be our forever house and will have the following features:

Plot is 1000m2, garden S/SW facing. Not over looked and about 100m from the forest. Cul-du-sac with park for the kids. 5 car mins from the station and 40 mins drive to the city.


House will be around 280m2 including cellar (built as annex with own entrance, kitchen, bathroom etc) Water & Tech stuff all in cellar.
Ground floor with open plan kitchen-dining-living with seperate large pantry. Downstairs toilet. Master bedroom on ground floor inc en-suite and walkin wardrobe. Entrance hall large inc space for sofa, closet and shoe cupboard.

Top floor with 4 double bedrooms and large bathroom. Landing as "open gallery looking down to entrance hall"

House built with A LOT of large windows/patio doors to let in max light. Triple glasing with all windows & doors with external electric blinds.

Solar panels (water) and air source heat pump (though i am not convinced by these). Stove on all floors which also heats water. Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery on ground/top floors. Underfloor heating throughout.


House built beyond current standards in relation to energy efficiency. We expect to have about half of the heating costs of a normal house - much less if we can source free wood!

Jagraf

I want to turn the key and walk into a kitchen diner, with a black lab greeting me.

I want to look out of the window with my frothy coffee to see a woodcutter chopping away .

At 7pm I want to open a bottle of wine taken from our cellar and share a lovely meal then retire to the lounge with a log fire .....

Alternatively I would love a utility room so that I can hang up OH socks instead of shrinking them in the dryer.

MoaningMyrtle

ALL of the above, plus an indoor heated pool, gymnasium, sauna, games room.

At least three paddocks, stabling, staff accommodation. A long sweeping drive with an avenue of limes. Capability Brown designed garden. Parkland with herd of deer. Gamekeeper negoitable.

Brallaqueen

Can't afford my must haves!