your ideal house [Archive]

tuigirl

02-22-2009, 01:48 PM

Having just seen Lindseys house article in his forum( and thinking it wasn't for me), I was wondering ,.... if money were no object,and in an ideal world, what kinda house/garden I'd have...this could be fun..so to start here's mine...7900

and I'd have one of these 7901

and one of these..7899

Nico

02-22-2009, 04:08 PM

Ideal house? I think I live in it, honestly. The size is perfect, the back and front yards are pretty large, and my neighborhood is pretty suburban-hip with museums, restaurants, and good shops in fairly close proximity. Plus, not too long of a commute from work/friends/parents.

However, my DREAM house would not even be in this state. And it would probably look something like this:
http://www.busyboo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/small-house-island-02.jpg

I'm not getting into how realistic such a scenario is. All I know is there's an ocean in my yard.

mylittledemon

02-22-2009, 04:17 PM

I thought this house was pretty cool:

http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/how-to/articles/inside-hobbit-house.aspx

LukeA

02-22-2009, 05:12 PM

I'd settle for http://www.obeo.com/Public/Viewer/Default.aspx?ID=135342

Musicman408

02-22-2009, 10:15 PM

I would absolutely love just a small modest house in a nice beach community! :nod:

I would love to teach at The University of Hawaii, or somewhere in Florida :)

jr2280

02-22-2009, 10:21 PM

http://www.howardsview.com/lost/new-york-homeless.jpg

but seriously, I would like a house on a lake or some sort of body of water where I can fish and with a decent amount of space to hit golf balls.

tuigirl

02-24-2009, 01:01 AM

I thought this house was pretty cool:

http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/how-to/articles/inside-hobbit-house.aspx

Well, you are heading out into "hobbit" country are you not??? ....I'm sure NZers are open to alternative housing and your ideal wouldn't go amiss :wavey:
After looking at everyone elses back yards, I'm beginning to think my vege patch is quite modest!!!! glad everyone who has replied have great imaginations :blob2:

gretchen

02-24-2009, 01:29 PM

These are my top three:

(photo is of the back of the house)
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/gretch_014/backofhousePMAS.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/gretch_014/tpPMAS.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/gretch_014/7530737f-1863-4dab-a85c-f1fc2d0523f.jpg

rubytuesday

02-24-2009, 02:42 PM

This is where I'm from.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3271/arniston.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/arniston.jpg/1/w497.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img27/arniston.jpg/1/)

And a lot of people here think its a cool house and I was about to say that I'd like to live in a normal place like this cause I like the houses in Australia they're much more modern
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9264/maleny.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/maleny.jpg/1/w560.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img21/maleny.jpg/1/)

But then I saw the house that the other poster put up
http://www.taunton.com/CMS/uploadedImages/Images/Homebuilding/Articles/hobbit01_ld.jpg

that's where I want to live!

gretchen

02-24-2009, 02:53 PM

rubytuesday

02-24-2009, 04:00 PM

That's a stunning estate rubytues. Gorgeous.

yeah I can appreciate its beauty but to live in the suburbs here in nice little houses is a great feeling. Its really nice inside but not the kind of place you can live in like you can in houses here cause its filled with historic things that you don't dare break or even touch sometimes because its got lots of noble history. And its so huge and empty on the inside at night and the main room is giant and echoes. But yeah its really pretty, I can hardly complain when some people grow up in slums. I still want to live in the hobbit place though!

kennation

02-24-2009, 04:45 PM

TOP THREE IN THIS ORDER:

3 7905

2 7906

1 7907

I hope that you like them as much as I do... There was a house for sale in Phoenix that I wanted, really bad. It was gorgeous, but has since been removed from the site. Guess someone bought it... :( Oh well... Any of these would do! :lol:

louielouie2000

02-24-2009, 04:54 PM

I love everybody's tastes! This is a house I grew up loving in Raleigh, NC. When I was a kid, it was abandoned, run down, and had windows broken out... it was fantastically spooky! :laugh:

RoseGarden

02-24-2009, 05:26 PM

Here's a group of Mansions in Rhode Island. They are all beautiful! I think it was the Breakers where True Lies was filmed.

http://www.newportmansions.com/page7016.cfm

Villavic

02-24-2009, 05:43 PM

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/gretch_014/backofhousePMAS.jpg

I agree with this! English style has always been my type of house

http://www.realholidayreports.com/hotel_pics/Bridgend_Guest_House_Hotel_Stratford_Upon_Avon.jpg

Villavic

02-24-2009, 05:47 PM

though this one could be too... but hard to drill for hanging paintings. :lol::lol:

http://www.incatrekperu.com/portal/images/Incatrek/PeruTour2009/ollantaytambo_cusco.jpg

RoseGarden

02-24-2009, 05:47 PM

I love everybody's tastes! This is a house I grew up loving in Raleigh, NC. When I was a kid, it was abandoned, run down, and had windows broken out... it was fantastically spooky! :laugh:

This is a spooky looking house!!!!

gretchen

02-24-2009, 06:01 PM

http://www.incatrekperu.com/portal/images/Incatrek/PeruTour2009/ollantaytambo_cusco.jpg

Oh that's FANTASTIC, when's the dinner party?? I'm bringing the 7 layer salad! :lol::lol:

gretchen

02-24-2009, 06:06 PM

Stew_Matthews

02-26-2009, 05:24 PM

....some nice houses..........

My favourite is the very old house I was born in. It's just a few miles outside Oxford, UK and I hope to spend my retirement years in it...........

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa33/wilmatthews/471676486_f357eac841.jpg

rubytuesday

02-26-2009, 05:50 PM

Stew_Matthews

02-26-2009, 06:03 PM

That is so cute.

It is a pretty typical Cotswold village house. It's been empty for a while and I'm looking out for a William Adam, Palladian style mansion in a few acres of beautiful parkland, ideally near Edinburgh........:)..... so if you have one, we could swap!:)

rubytuesday

02-26-2009, 06:19 PM

It is a pretty typical Cotswold village house. It's been empty for a while and I'm looking out for a William Adam, Palladian style mansion in a few acres of beautiful parkland, ideally near Edinburgh........:)..... so if you have one, we could swap!:)

ha! Hmmm I'd have to think about that one but unfortunately I don't inherit it.

rubytuesday

02-26-2009, 06:24 PM

It is a pretty typical Cotswold village house. It's been empty for a while and I'm looking out for a William Adam, Palladian style mansion in a few acres of beautiful parkland, ideally near Edinburgh........:)..... so if you have one, we could swap!:)

Have you been to it btw? it kind of creeps me out (not that I'd mind if you had) if you google it and see random people that have been in it. There are more impressive ones so I would recomend going to those instead ;)

Stew_Matthews

02-26-2009, 06:28 PM

ha! Hmmm I'd have to think about that one but unfortunately I don't inherit it.

....:lol:.... that is a shame - I've visited the house when I was doing some work near there on the setting up of a mining museum, my then employer sponsored some of the work.......... small world...!

rubytuesday

02-26-2009, 06:39 PM

....:lol:.... that is a shame - I've visited the house when I was doing some work near there on the setting up of a mining museum, my then employer sponsored some of the work.......... small world...!

Are you serious!!! omg I just went red and am so embarassed. See what I mean though about not being able to just run around like in a normal house, like you can't accidentally scratch a wall!

That'ss so weird though, I'm giggling. I feel like being spied on. Please don't tell me you've met my mum!

Stew_Matthews

02-26-2009, 06:50 PM

Are you serious!!! omg I just went red and am so embarassed. See what I mean though about not being able to just run around like in a normal house, like you can't accidentally scratch a wall!

That'ss so weird though, I'm giggling. I feel like being spied on. Please don't tell me you've met my mum!

:laugh::laugh: ....you shouldn't have posted the picture......! I might have met you!!

I was sponsored through Uni by BP and I worked on the Scottish north sea oil rigs during the summer holidays and then on other projects of theirs during other college holidays. BP invested a lot of money into the Scottish Mining Museum and I repaired and installed the winding engine................... I think they still let the public go up and down into the coal mine in it. Your secrets are safe - don't worry.......:laugh:

rubytuesday

02-26-2009, 07:09 PM

:laugh::laugh: ....you shouldn't have posted the picture......! I might have met you!!

lol that's kind of scary in a small world kind of way. I didn't know there were people who would know that area on this message board, I thought everyone was pretty much from America. That's really funny. I know strangers go through the house but to randomly meet up with someone whose been inside on an internet forum when I'm moved on and living in Australia, that's kind of weird to think I might have been talking to someone whose been through it. haha. You are right, I shouldn't have posted the picture!