If you were building your own house.. what special features would you add? - General

If I were you Id get one of those huge sideways U shaped sofas to put facing the TV in the living or family/games room

While I have always like the idea of courtyards, usually they end up creating a vertex, making it an un-ideal place to be outside. I think you should change the bathrooms between bedroom two and three into a Jack-and-Jill.

The courtyard isn't really a courtyard. It's just like there was a room there and we removed the external wall. So it's still covered by the 1st floor. It's somewhere for smokers to smoke, somewhere to kick the water/mud/snow off your feet before you go into the house.

I think with your success with Rust you could probably do with an extra floor or two, no?

You could have 17 midget sex dungeons

put two luxury RVs in the garage so you have houses within your house [editline]5th January 2014[/editline] [URL="http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/the-worlds-most-expensive-rv"]http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/the-worlds-most-expensive-rv[/URL]

[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;42448471]Hidden midget sex dungeon. 17 midget sex dungeons.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=A_Pigeon;43425927]You could have 17 midget sex dungeons[/QUOTE] Just do it Garry, he won't give up otherwise!

shit I said 17? with that rust money you could get at least 18 easy and buy me a keyboard with better number buttons :wink:

I would install speakers in every room so I could listen to my music everywhere, including on the toilet. And a observation tower with retractable roof with a big sofa, a stereo, a fridge, table and a bathroom so I didn't miss the sunrise or sunset.

home observatory [editline]6th January 2014[/editline] as in the astronomy kind

[QUOTE=garry;43413548]Plans so far: Downstairs: [img]http://i.imgur.com/lnAZkYz.png[/img] Upstairs: [img]http://i.imgur.com/lFwv68x.png[/img] Basement: [img]http://i.imgur.com/5CVDyKp.png[/img][/QUOTE] Lookin' for roommates? I can't pay money, but I am very good at reading things aloud, and I have an inoffensive odor.

[QUOTE=dwt110;43433057]home observatory [editline]6th January 2014[/editline] as in the astronomy kind[/QUOTE] Why not as in the 1984 kind?

Two ensuites in the master bedroom holy lol. Cut it down to one, put a big bathtub in it and knock the walls down between the two separate walk-in wardrobes.

Hmm, air conditioners... Nowadays, central heating/cooling isn't good with small homes, but with a bigger home like yours that you're planning, central air conditioning might be more cost-efficient than getting individual units for each major room. I'd suggest something from Mitsubishi (isn't that what you have at your office, Garry?) like this: [img]http://airconditioning.mitsubishielectric.co.uk/Lists/ProductPictures/94085.jpg[/img] I'd suggest getting one for each floor because of how big the place you're planning is. I don't have the exact model numbers, so sorry but you'll have to look them up yourself based on the size of each floor (unless you want to talk to me personally, I can help you out with that). From my experience, Mitsubishi air conditioners are pretty power efficient and feature packed compared to those made by other companies, so they're often my first choice for air conditioners. Also, I think a few people said this already, but run at least two Cat. 6 ethernet ports in every major room. And if there's gonna be ethernet, put an access point or two (not an "extender", which connects to the main router wirelessly while an access point connects wired) on the part of the house distant from where the main router will be.

[QUOTE=BlueAndGray;43486565]Hmm, air conditioners... Nowadays, central heating/cooling isn't good with small homes, but with a bigger home like yours that you're planning, central air conditioning might be more cost-efficient than getting individual units for each major room. I'd suggest something from Mitsubishi (isn't that what you have at your office, Garry?) like this: [img]http://airconditioning.mitsubishielectric.co.uk/Lists/ProductPictures/94085.jpg[/img] I'd suggest getting one for each floor because of how big the place you're planning is. I don't have the exact model numbers, so sorry but you'll have to look them up yourself based on the size of each floor (unless you want to talk to me personally, I can help you out with that). From my experience, Mitsubishi air conditioners are pretty power efficient and feature packed compared to those made by other companies, so they're often my first choice for air conditioners. Also, I think a few people said this already, but run at least two Cat. 6 ethernet ports in every major room. And if there's gonna be ethernet, put an access point or two (not an "extender", which connects to the main router wirelessly while an access point connects wired) on the part of the house distant from where the main router will be.[/QUOTE] Garry lives in England. So the problem with the temperature being too high inside isn't a big problem. And if the house is well insulated (which i presume it'll be), too low temperatures inside isn't a big problem either. Although a great ventilation system with heat exchangers is required to keep a good air climate inside while maintaining a steady and controlled temperature.

[QUOTE=O Cheerios O;43496737]Garry lives in England. So the problem with the temperature being too high inside isn't a big problem. And if the house is well insulated (which i presume it'll be), too low temperatures inside isn't a big problem either. Although a great ventilation system with heat exchangers is required to keep a good air climate inside while maintaining a steady and controlled temperature.[/QUOTE] Well, I knew he lived in England, but I didn't know how climate is there. In that case, maybe nothing too powerful is needed.

I would suggest at the very least, a fresh air intake on the HVAC system to maintain air quality and keep the air from becoming stale. In a house that size, you may not notice stale air. It is still unhealthy to breathe.

Those plans are so last century... where is the Oculus Rift house preview ?

Some form of built in wall channel for attaching things like shelves/cupboards/racks to the wall without having to fuck around with drilling into a pristine wall.

[QUOTE=ThePunisher1;43588436]Some form of built in wall channel for attaching things like shelves/cupboards/racks to the wall without having to fuck around with drilling into a pristine wall.[/QUOTE] [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZs9ZGPD_4vvoro6Il5EOP6NVkYv_O5mBEnyF4K3_5FvlOZGCX[/IMG]

[QUOTE=garry;43413548]Plans so far: Downstairs: [img]http://i.imgur.com/lnAZkYz.png[/img] Are you some kind of millionare? Because that house is HUGE Upstairs: [img]http://i.imgur.com/lFwv68x.png[/img] Basement: [img]http://i.imgur.com/5CVDyKp.png[/img][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Teippiman;43639556]Are you some kind of millionare? Because that house is HUGE[/QUOTE] Nope, he is just an average Facepunch user, with no claims to any fame or fortune. Now the guy who made Rust, now that guy's got some money I bet. Speaking of the plans Garry, how serious are you about your home cinema? Most purpose built home cinemas have a dedicated component closet to isolate the noise, heat and light from the components, the fans on some high powered amplifiers can be annoying. It doesn't look like there is room to squeeze a closet it anywhere though without cutting into something else. Is there any possibility of having a small closet space installed into the space under the stair landing in the lower corner of the room? That might be size enough and unused space. Just an idea. Also, if I were you, I would shift that cinema room door over about a meter to the right, so that you can set corner mounted speakers correctly without having to worry about the door interfering, and also that will remove any size limitations on your speakers down the line. Actually, here, I did a quick redesign based on my experience with home theater design. My brother in-law runs a high end home entertainment company in Indianapolis. [IMG]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a345/ajackss/plan_zps1cd1340c.jpg[/IMG] It's not actually that much work to set something like that up, all you need to do construction wise can be done after the fact. Building a raised platform is cake, and usually it's best to build a wooden frame system behind the screen/curtain to properly hold and mount the speakers to, but it's not to complicated. Also the whole rooms floors should be carpeted for acoustic reasons.

That is actually really useful, thanks

3d curved 4k tvs? NAS server for some reason? A slide to get to the next floor down! Where's the gaming room? Your bedroom? [i]I hope you can afford all this after you get sued[/i]

Full sub-floor hydronic heating system. Use geothermal energy to heat it. Initial cost is a little high but it will pay for itself. Plus your house will maintain a comfortable temperature in any season, even if the power is out for several days. Tank-less water heater. Really nice windows.

[QUOTE=Kydoes;43673199]Full sub-floor hydronic heating system. Use geothermal energy to heat it. Initial cost is a little high but it will pay for itself. Plus your house will maintain a comfortable temperature in any season, even if the power is out for several days. Tank-less water heater. Really nice windows.[/QUOTE] How does your geothermal system still warm your house without power? Without power the flow controller and the heat pump stops working, and radient floor heating is more about foot comfort than whole home heating.

Those geothermal pumps seem good for keeping a constant temperature, but doesn't really seems like it would get your floors nice and warm. I still think they are a cool idea

[QUOTE=jaredop;43678301]Those geothermal pumps seem good for keeping a constant temperature, but doesn't really seems like it would get your floors nice and warm. I still think they are a cool idea[/QUOTE] They still require heating and cooling, they just supplement the system, keeping it from having to work overly hard thus saving some serious money. Bellow like four feet down the temperature remains constant year round at around 55*F, so in the winter it requires less energy to heat up that 55* ambient temperature up to a comfortable 65* and in the summer it's the opposite.

My brother made his blinds in his house controllable with buttons. It's pretty neat bc in the morning he can open the blinds without getting out of bed

The last thing I want to do is spend my time exercising ;0