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I was daydreaming today, about what I would do if I won the lottery.And then I started browsing for a house I might buy... and then I found it.

Now I have to win the lottery, because I simply have to have this house. :(

Cabra's Dream (http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?search=1&s[cc_id]=c15&s[search_type]=sale&s[refreshmap]=1&offset=50&limit=10&search_type=sale&id=143364)

So what's your dream house?

http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/sixwm/2004/05/268001.jpg

Somewhere in there. Really doesn't matter at the moment, because I'd love to be in a massive city. I'm sick of small towns.

I like this one:

http://media.log-in.ru/i/crazy_house.jpg

I like this one:



Is that you in the cage on the right side there?

I really like Monolithic Dome houses.

Is that you in the cage on the right side there?

That's my gondola. It takes me to the mud pits. It was cheaper and easier to clean than a monorail. :)

If money were no object,this would be my dream house: http://www.silohome.com/

A more realistic (budget-wise) dream house for me is: http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/index.html

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Marienburg_2004_Panorama.jpg/600px-Marienburg_2004_Panorama.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Marienburg_2004_Panorama.jpg)
Die Marienburg. That's a nice place! (Click to enlarge)

CW, that reminds me of what i imagine tom robbin's 'villa ingcognito' looks like IRL. oh for the currenc to set my own life in the world.

As long as we're dreaming, I'd take Edoras (http://www.nzencounters.com/images/it/edoras.jpg), put a hot tub and tiki bar in back, and have myself some parties.

http://www.vadesto.nl/graph/tent-huren-tent-verhuur-tenten.jpg

Yep. Up a mountain somewhere.

I liked the houses in Cabourg and Deauville in Normandy a lot.
Here are some pics I found online, even though in real life everything looked much more awesome and much less tacky (I could do without the turrets):
Pic 1 (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/whereyouthinkyougoing/288742016_875d250f67.jpg), Pic 2 (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/whereyouthinkyougoing/209399107_4791565212.jpg), Pic 3 (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/whereyouthinkyougoing/209399749_5ac6c92483.jpg)

And of course the Victorian houses in the US, esp. San Francisco, like here in Haight Ashbury (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/whereyouthinkyougoing/haight_ashbury_01.jpg).

And if we're talking "dream" as in "never gonna happen", I might as well add the Dakota Building (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/whereyouthinkyougoing/P3240176.jpg). :p (that one not so much for the outside, more for one of those humongous apartments they always parade in front of us in the movies, and for the view).

something that looks like this (http://sabbaticalhomes.com/Pictures/22388_parviewlivingroom.jpg) on the inside

somewhere here:
http://www.info-amsterdam-apartment.com/fullimages/amsterdam-apartment-709.jpg

something that looks like this (http://sabbaticalhomes.com/Pictures/22388_parviewlivingroom.jpg) on the inside

somewhere here:
http://www.info-amsterdam-apartment.com/fullimages/amsterdam-apartment-709.jpg

I like how minimal that first pic looks. But, it's a bit too "nice"... I like very modest, comfortable furnishings. And Amsterdam is way too nice. :p

If money were no object,this would be my dream house: http://www.silohome.com/

A more realistic (budget-wise) dream house for me is: http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/index.html

so, chioce #1 is paranoia, the epitmomy. and choice #2 is hobbiton. some life you're expecting, eh?

so, chioce #1 is paranoia, the epitmomy. and choice #2 is hobbiton. some life you're expecting, eh?

Hey, he might just be Bilbo Baggins...

something that looks like this (http://sabbaticalhomes.com/Pictures/22388_parviewlivingroom.jpg) on the inside

somewhere here:
http://www.info-amsterdam-apartment.com/fullimages/amsterdam-apartment-709.jpg

That's very.... sterile, somehow.

something that looks like this (http://sabbaticalhomes.com/Pictures/22388_parviewlivingroom.jpg) on the inside

somewhere here:
http://www.info-amsterdam-apartment.com/fullimages/amsterdam-apartment-709.jpg
I forgot Amsterdam!

And the production assistant who left that drugstore-coloured common box of Kleenex on the glass table in the first picture deserves to be fired. Like, seriously.

That's very.... sterile, somehow.

That's what I said, in so many words. :p

Me? Gimme an apartment in the middle of New York with some rather worn-out (and very comfortable) furniture, and I'm set. I'm not picky about stuff looking new... Unless it's records we're talking about. :p

And if we're talking "dream" as in "never gonna happen", I might as well add the Dakota Building (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l192/whereyouthinkyougoing/P3240176.jpg). :p (that one not so much for the outside, more for one of those humongous apartments they always parade in front of us in the movies, and for the view).

Someone at my old school lived in a quarter of the ground floor of the dakota.:eek:

Someone at my old school lived in a quarter of the ground floor of the dakota.:eek:
:eek:

When you say "in a quarter of the ground floor" do you actually mean their apartment covered a fourth of the ground floor??

:eek:

When you say "in a quarter of the ground floor" do you actually mean their apartment covered a fourth of the ground floor??

Thats what they said. I've never been to there, and he's now in boarding school in Europe, but one of my friends used to be friends with him, and, yeah...

Edit: There were reports he had a fireplace in his bedroom and they had over 100 rooms...

Thats what they said. I've never been to there, and he's now in boarding school in Europe, but one of my friends used to be friends with him, and, yeah...

Edit: There were reports he had a fireplace in his bedroom and they had over 100 rooms...
Okay, on second thought, that's just plain crazy.
And hey - they pay a fortune and they don't even have a view. Pffft, suckers. :p

I forgot Amsterdam!
its so pretty! :)

That's very.... sterile, somehow.

meh.
i'd like the building to have character.... but the actual apartment to be clean and modern.

meh.
i'd like the building to have character.... but the actual apartment to be clean and modern.

I like buildings with character, and some modern apartments. But Just by getting my books and paintings in, it'll be more of a character apartment than a modern one. A very harmonic one, though.

so, chioce #1 is paranoia, the epitmomy. and choice #2 is hobbiton. some life you're expecting, eh?

Actually, choice 1 is up to 100 acres of land (great for hunting, ATVs, etc), an FAA/DOT approved runway (since I don't fly, it could be useful for other things, like R/C aircraft, dragstrip, etc), a 2,000 square foot above-ground home, and a 2,300 square foot subterranean home.

Hmm, looks like a luxury home to me.

The second choice is an energy efficient structure that is capable of surviving hurricanes, tornadoes, brush/forest fires, floods, blizzards, hail, etc. If you google monolithic domes, you'll find that info, and see more a lot of interesting designs, like these:
http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/crandall_home/pictorial1.html
http://www.monolithic.com/thedome/value/pictorial2.html
http://www.neuearbeit-neuekultur.de/pics/foto-monolithic-dome-3.jpg
http://www.gr8city.com/2005-nov-austin/DSC07363.JPG
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7184/598/1600/size01x.JPG.jpg

Actually, choice 1 is up to 100 acres of land (great for hunting, ATVs, etc), an FAA/DOT approved runway (since I don't fly, it could be useful for other things, like R/C aircraft, dragstrip, etc), a 2,000 square foot above-ground home, and a 2,300 square foot subterranean home.

Hmm, looks like a luxury home to me.

The second choice is an energy efficient structure that is capable of surviving hurricanes, tornadoes, brush/forest fires, floods, blizzards, hail, etc. If you google monolithic domes, you'll find that info, and see more a lot of interesting designs, like these:
http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/crandall_home/pictorial1.html
http://www.monolithic.com/thedome/value/pictorial2.html
http://www.neuearbeit-neuekultur.de/pics/foto-monolithic-dome-3.jpg
http://www.gr8city.com/2005-nov-austin/DSC07363.JPG
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7184/598/1600/size01x.JPG.jpg

yeh, i was just being facestious about the second one (if you want to live underground go for it).
the first one however has nothing to do with the surface land it comes with, otherwise, you'd just see pictures of some some nice landd with ponies and a quad bike on it. as it is, all they show you is some schematic diagrams of a hermitage with a hut on top.

http://www.photo.net/general-comments/attachment/2559607/newzeland008.jpg
That'll do me fine.

Ok, so if I want luxury, I'd go for a old, well built cottage somewhere in the country, with PV panels, hot water panels, a digester, triple glazing and all that jazz. Battered old furniture and a gas hob. Location wise, its gotta be near mountains, so I'd go for the Lake District, Vale of Eden or Scotland. North East would be nice, so long as its near the coast.

I like buildings with character, and some modern apartments. But Just by getting my books and paintings in, it'll be more of a character apartment than a modern one. A very harmonic one, though.

well i'd hardly say no to books and paintings... and i know i'd want to make the place colourful with good lighting (as i do now :)) rather than painting stuff
by modern i suppose i mean airy, spacious, clean and neutral & bright in colour :)

I like this one:

http://media.log-in.ru/i/crazy_house.jpg

Please tell me that's real and not photoshopped. If that's photoshopped the world is worse off for it.

Personally I've always fancied one of those old nuclear bunkers.

yeh, i was just being facestious about the second one (if you want to live underground go for it).
the first one however has nothing to do with the surface land it comes with, otherwise, you'd just see pictures of some some nice landd with ponies and a quad bike on it. as it is, all they show you is some schematic diagrams of a hermitage with a hut on top.

Monolithic domes aren't underground homes by design (although they can be placed underground).

The first one may not be marketed that way, but it is one of the reasons I want it. 100 acres is a lot of land, and something I could put to good use with outdoor activities. Who knows, with that much land, I could even have a garden (and I hate gardening) . Also, did you read the page, or just look at the first few pics (there's more there than just schmatics)? The above-ground home is not a hut, it is a very nice 2,000 square foot home.

I like this one:

http://media.log-in.ru/i/crazy_house.jpg

is it even exist?

besides, it think
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1532/crazyhouse5.jpg
^ This is more of your style

I'd gladly take the $90 million home down the road from me. It's massive.

this would be great. http://www.okareka.co.nz/images/homePic.jpg

i stayed in a hostel very much like it a while ago an i wish i could have stayed forever

http://www.barton.edu/school-dept/history&ss/White%20House.jpeg

*evil laughter*

http://www.barton.edu/school-dept/history&ss/White%20House.jpeg

*evil laughter*

Remember to install a big mirror in the roof.

Remember to install a big mirror in the roof.
for what?

Remember to install a big mirror in the roof.
I don't get it...

I was daydreaming today, about what I would do if I won the lottery.And then I started browsing for a house I might buy... and then I found it.

Now I have to win the lottery, because I simply have to have this house. :(

Cabra's Dream (http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?search=1&s[cc_id]=c15&s[search_type]=sale&s[refreshmap]=1&offset=50&limit=10&search_type=sale&id=143364)

So what's your dream house?

595,000 Euros for a cottagte like that? No thank you. Our home is 4 bedrooms (one is converted to an office) two baths, a great room with a fireplace, dining area, kitchen, laundry rooom, and attached garage. It sits on 1/4 acre. It's about 1,500 sq. ft. and when we sell it in a year or so we can probably get $115,000 to $120,000 for it.

On Dec. 27, 2006 we will be the proud owners of 1 acre of land in Northwest Louisiana. We will pay $21,000 for it and plan to put a manufactured home on it. The homes we are looking at will be between 2,000 and 2,400 sq. ft. The home, land, and installation will come to about $100,000 to $125,000.

While I do think your dream home is lovely, I do feel it is a bit overpriced. But then again I do not live in Ireland where land may be a lot more expensive than it is in the US.

I do hope your dream comes true and you get a house on land that you truly love. :fluffle:

595,000 Euros for a cottagte like that? No thank you. Our home is 4 bedrooms (one is converted to an office) two baths, a great room with a fireplace, dining area, kitchen, laundry rooom, and attached garage. It sits on 1/4 acre. It's about 1,500 sq. ft. and when we sell it in a year or so we can probably get $115,000 to $120,000 for it.

On Dec. 27, 2006 we will be the proud owners of 1 acre of land in Northwest Louisiana. We will pay $21,000 for it and plan to put a manufactured home on it. The homes we are looking at will be between 2,000 and 2,400 sq. ft. The home, land, and installation will come to about $100,000 to $125,000.

While I do think your dream home is lovely, I do feel it is a bit overpriced. But then again I do not live in Ireland where land may be a lot more expensive than it is in the US.

I do hope your dream comes true and you get a house on land that you truly love. :fluffle:Your house would easily be $600,000 in my neck of the US. :eek:

Similarly, my house would probably be $200,000 in your part. Astounding what location does to a homes price.

for what?

I don't get it...

http://www.variety.com/graphics/photos/storypics/gotham09-11_independence.jpg

something that looks like this (http://sabbaticalhomes.com/Pictures/22388_parviewlivingroom.jpg) on the inside

somewhere here:
http://www.info-amsterdam-apartment.com/fullimages/amsterdam-apartment-709.jpg

Nice, but the kitchen is to small.

http://www.variety.com/graphics/photos/storypics/gotham09-11_independence.jpg
Aah. *understands* :p Incidentally, could those alien lasers actually be reflected by mirrors?

595,000 Euros for a cottagte like that? No thank you. Our home is 4 bedrooms (one is converted to an office) two baths, a great room with a fireplace, dining area, kitchen, laundry rooom, and attached garage. It sits on 1/4 acre. It's about 1,500 sq. ft. and when we sell it in a year or so we can probably get $115,000 to $120,000 for it.


I wish you could get houses for that money 'round here. For what you describe you're probably talking £200,000+, at a guess, in much of England. House prices here really are silly.

Aah. *understands* :p Incidentally, could those alien lasers actually be reflected by mirrors?

You have a better plan? ;)

The second choice is an energy efficient structure that is capable of surviving hurricanes, tornadoes, brush/forest fires, floods, blizzards, hail, etc. If you google monolithic domes, you'll find that info, and see more a lot of interesting designs, like these:
http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/crandall_home/pictorial1.html
http://www.monolithic.com/thedome/value/pictorial2.html
http://www.neuearbeit-neuekultur.de/pics/foto-monolithic-dome-3.jpg
http://www.gr8city.com/2005-nov-austin/DSC07363.JPG
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7184/598/1600/size01x.JPG.jpg

They look like the super bowl to me. I don't want to live in the super bowl.

You have a better plan? ;)
Buy world monuments and place them throughout Washington to draw the aliens off?

http://www.barton.edu/school-dept/history&ss/White%20House.jpeg

*evil laughter*

It will be available for new occupants in two years. :)

I wish you could get houses for that money 'round here. For what you describe you're probably talking £200,000+, at a guess, in much of England. House prices here really are silly.

OK,so you move here and I'll sell this one to you for $150,000.00 US. Deal?

OK,so you move here and I'll sell this one to you for $150,000.00 US. Deal?

Heh ;)

I could afford a mortgage for maybe £50k (which, if four bedroomed houses cost £75kish, would easily afford a one-bedroomed flat like I rent for £360pcm).
It's surprising more moderately well-off people don't move to the US from the UK*. There are extra expenses, medicine for instance, but I'm quite sure saving £125k or more on a house would pay for those in the long run.

*I'd much rather be poor in the UK than the US, but I can see why it's brilliant to be rich in the US...

Heh ;)

I could afford a mortgage for maybe £50k (which, if four bedroomed houses cost £75kish, would easily afford a one-bedroomed flat like I rent for £360pcm).
It's surprising more moderately well-off people don't move to the US from the UK*. There are extra expenses, medicine for instance, but I'm quite sure saving £125k or more on a house would pay for those in the long run.

*I'd much rather be poor in the UK than the US, but I can see why it's brilliant to be rich in the US...

I'm not rich in spite of what the Democrats might think. I'm middle class with an income of less than $80,000.00 a year. I don't think that income would get me very far in the UK or Ireland. :(

http://www.airninja.com/pictures/canberra/canberra-parliament-building.jpg

Heh ;)
would easily afford a one-bedroomed flat like I rent for £360pcm).


360.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 703.297 USD United States Dollars

If you can afford to rent a flat for 360 GPB a month you could easily afford a house in the US that costs $125,000 to about $160,000.

I'm not rich in spite of what the Democrats might think. I'm middle class with an income of less than $80,000.00 a year. I don't think that income would get me very far in the UK or Ireland. :(

£40k per year would get you quite a way. You'd lose more than you'd like to tax, but you'd be comfortably well off. I survive on £14,250, with plenty of money for shiny things left over. I inherited frugality from my parents :)

But I think expected lifestyles here and there are quite different.

Edit:
360.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 703.297 USD United States Dollars

If you can afford to rent a flat for 360 GPB a month you could easily afford a house in the US that costs $125,000 to about $160,000.
Your interest rates may well be lower than here. A quarter of a percent here or there makes a huge difference over 25 years, and when gambling that much I prefer to be conservative ;)

I want a place in center city Philly, that is all I ask for.

I want a place in center city Philly, that is all I ask for.

YOU SHALL NEVER GET IT!!!! NEVARRRR!!!! Mhuhuwahahah!!!!!11111 :eek: :eek: :eek:

some thing big with a big back yard for the kids to play in
oh i like to add back yards are coming a thing of the past here

I'm not rich in spite of what the Democrats might think. I'm middle class with an income of less than $80,000.00 a year. I don't think that income would get me very far in the UK or Ireland. :(

ha! you could even live in london with that. 80,000 dollars is a fuck load here as well. i'll be lucky to earn even half that with my degree.

http://www.columbia4kids.com/parks/images/childrensgardeneeyoreshouse.jpg

I want a 2,500 square foot house in a prosperous suburb, preferably in the Austin area (of Texas) or the Cincinnati area.

I want a 2,500 square foot house in a prosperous suburb, preferably in the Austin area (of Texas) or the Cincinnati area.

Suburbs?!?! EWWWW!!!!! :eek:

I mentioned a monolithic dome house earlier, but if I didn't have the kids around (ie when they move out) it might be fun to have a mini house.

I mentioned a monolithic dome house earlier, but if I didn't have the kids around (ie when they move out) it might be fun to have a mini house.


Monolithic dome houses are neat, able to take abuse, and efficient. They do require a lot more planning when they're being constructed, though (in regards to window/door placement, wiring, plumbing, etc).

Monolithic dome houses are neat, able to take abuse, and efficient. They do require a lot more planning when they're being constructed, though (in regards to window/door placement, wiring, plumbing, etc).

I plan to build one within the next 3 years, I am still looking for suitable land.

Suburbs?!?! EWWWW!!!!! :eek:

I'm proud to be an average upper-middle class white man, bitches! :p

A small, three-room, one-story house with a computer, several bookshelves, a bathroom, a bed, a small kitchen, and not much else.

Preferably in a more or less self-sufficient village organized along anarcho-communist lines.

I would want to convert an old theater.

my idea of a dreamhouse would be earthbirmed, solar, and organic looking rather then rectangular, like something out of a roger dean painting or gaudi's parc guell.

some of the ferro-cement sites have pictures of the kinds of places i'm talking about. unfortunately, california, where i mundanely live, doesn't permit building anything like that unless you can get a structural engineer to sign off on it.

in cameroi of course, such construction tecniques are the norm rather then the exception.

(i've got some pix but they exceed the 100k limit. i may try later and find one that doesn't.)

=^^=
.../\...

ok found one. this one is i think a bed and breakfast somewhere over in portugal. not an exactly but kind of the general idea. i may have something even closer, i'll have to look some more though

=^^=
.../\...

something that looks like this (http://sabbaticalhomes.com/Pictures/22388_parviewlivingroom.jpg) on the inside

somewhere here:
http://www.info-amsterdam-apartment.com/fullimages/amsterdam-apartment-709.jpg
That's very.... sterile, somehow.
PM, you're so bourgeoise.

I want a 2,500 square foot house in a prosperous suburb, preferably in the Austin area (of Texas) or the Cincinnati area.

suburbs are teh gay. move to warszawa.

If I could chose a place to live, it would be a small, apartment or townhouse with a modern vibe and 2 bedrooms (one for me, one small guest taht doubles as an office), an attached living room/ kitchen designed like PM's picture earlier with a media center PC built into the wall. This would be set in a preferably Bohemian Neighborhood of Rome, London, Dublin, Barcelona, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Boston, Maaybe San Diego or LA, Montreal, New York (Brooklyn), Zurich, or Berlin. I can't really chose which. Oh, and 1 bathroom by the Bedrooms. This would have many Windows and be well-lit.

edit: It's small so I can save money for travelling and just because I like having money

I want a 2,500 square foot house in a prosperous suburb, preferably in the Austin area (of Texas) or the Cincinnati area.
Teh Boringzz! Get a house in the country or in the City, in my view.

Cabra's Dream (http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?search=1&s[cc_id]=c15&s[search_type]=sale&s[refreshmap]=1&offset=50&limit=10&search_type=sale&id=143364)Hey, that's not too far from where I live! Honestly, I'd be happy with any comfortable, not-falling-apart house. Houses are just so expensive around here if I manage to move out of my parents house before the age of 25 I'll be doing very well. Which sucks because I don't want to be stuck with my parents forever!

http://www.columbia4kids.com/parks/images/childrensgardeneeyoreshouse.jpg
That looks like Eeyore's house! Did you help him rebuild it?

That looks like Eeyore's house! Did you help him rebuild it?

You just ruined my day! Poor Eeyore with his house always falling down. *sigh*

suburbs are teh gay. move to warszawa.

You know, I'd actually like that. Unfortunately, I don't know a word of Polish...German, but no Polish. I'd like to learn, though.

cragside (http://www.conncoll.edu/ccacad/eng309/victorian/262.html)

My dream house would be Longleat (http://www.stockhillhouse.co.uk/Longleat%20House.jpg), mainly because I would like to own Longleat safari park and have pet lions and giraffes and such.

Also, this might be stretching it a little as it's not actually a house and it's not even real, but I would love to live in one of these. (http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/cuchimil/Final%20Fantasy/Airship.jpg)

cragside (http://www.conncoll.edu/ccacad/eng309/victorian/262.html)

Heh, one of the National Trust guys there told me the very top rooms are the warden's flat. How cool would that be!

PM, you're so bourgeoise.

hell yes i am :p