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[honeybun]

Oh boy now we are talking.

Kitchen twice the size I have now leading out to an organerie. Walk in wardrobe with lots and lots of space. A master bedroom with French doors onto a garden area with a pergola smothered with fragrant climbers. A covered patio that we could breakfast on in nice weather.
A huge lounge with a suite that the dog  would not lie on....at the moment it has to be leather....otherwise 

A games room in the garage....actually we did have one of those....why did we move 

And that's just to start with   

Oooo and we could have a hot tub like next door 

Honeybun
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[Joyce]

My hubby used to be a civil engineer, many years ago & actually drew up plans for our perfect house. Never came to fruition though. It was a lovely dream at the time though. Lovely big living room with patio doors to back garden. Lovely big square kitchen, 4 good sized bedrooms with fitted cupboards. A beautiful staircase. Ah well.

[littleminnie]

I'd like a large balcony, and plenty of sun to go with it.

[CLKD]

Yep a balcony would be nice - facing the sun and the coast 

[Winterose]

I hate wet rooms too, last time I was in one  at a relations, all the clothes Id dropped on floor got soaking wet, now I was knew to them but couldnt cope with all that water everywhere , good for dogs and toddlers, you could let them loose in there together.

My big ask would be a man loo - with a big window and a big fan.......down its own corridor

[CLKD]

………      in it's own house maybe ………. that reminds me, urinals anyone?

[oldsheep]

would be OH's dream, designing a new home.
Sadly, it's a small flat. We are trying to redo the bathroom. It's tiny, asymmetric and has no window. We want to take out the bath and install a nice shower, (yes, wetroom style  and put in underfloor heating so that it dries quickly with no mould. Sick of feeble extractor and mould, no matter that I dry the bathroom after every use.

[Dulciana]

Right.......(sleeves rolled up)........For starters (no pun intended) I'd have a separate dining room, a medium-sized kitchen, a luxurious bathroom with a corner bath for me, as I hate showers, a shower-room for Hubby, we'd have a garden (we've been in a flat for too long), the house would have high ceilings, cornices and good, solid wooden doors - we'd have to have a big lounge with a gallery (kind-of got used to having one in this place!) - and of course, the piece de resistance would be plenty of room to put in a really fancy organ console and a grand set of organ pipes!!   And a little cat............

[CLKD]

   - oh what have I started 

Having lived with high ceilings - DH standing on a chair with paintbrush in hand was unable to reach the ceiling ……….

I would never have under-floor heating, too much risk of fire 

[Dulciana]

I know I posted earlier in this thread but I'd also have to have window shutters.  They're standard everywhere in France and I wish they were here, now that our summers are getting warmer. 

[Hattie]

I would design something modern and much smaller for us now - economic with green energy gadgets and manageable space - no garden. we don't live in a huge place but all i see now are 'jobs' everywhere that aren't getting done !

My dream is to win the lotto and buy somewhere outright then sell where we live now - i just hate all the hassle and stress involved with moving - buyers that let you down, being in chains etc.

Maybe  writing this all here will make it come true CLKD ? 

[GeordieGirl]

My man has recently got planning  through to split his large bungalow into two properties (with the help of a huge extension and loft rework).  It's been really quite exciting working the architect to build in the features we'd like - large glass walls and a balcony on the bedroom overlooking the canal. The problem now is putting it all into action, it's going to be a messy year.      Fortunately we still have my place, and even with two marauding teens I'm sure it'll seem like an oasis in comparison 

GG x

[Taz2]

  - oh what have I started 

I would never have under-floor heating, too much risk of fire 

Hi CLKD - not sure why there would be more of a fire risk with underfloor heating. We have it at school. It's a warm water system.

Taz x 

[CLKD]

Two properties locally have gone on fire due to underfloor heating going wrong ………. both were thatched which is something I would avoid and 1 had been completed 2 nights before the fire.  Thank goodness no one was living there 


well    - I threw a query at Himself 2 nights ago in the theme of 'if we had to move 2-morrow where would you go?' his reply was Suffolk 

NOOOoooooo - I wants to go North but he feels that the Winters are too long and too cold 

SO: I'm not moving to Suffolk ……….

[oldsheep]

I know I posted earlier in this thread but I'd also have to have window shutters.  They're standard everywhere in France and I wish they were here, now that our summers are getting warmer.

Yes! I've tried all manner of black out curtains and blinds but they all have light leakage. Shutters are wonderful.