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If you could live in a fictional house from any film...

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HopefullyOneRandomDay · 20/02/2026 20:52

Which one would it be? I'll go first. The Father Of The Bride house. It's just so lovely and welcoming. I imagine it would be so cozy at Christmas too... I live on my own so obviously it would be me and five cats.

I know most of you will probably say the Mrs Doubtfire house but I cannot be arsed with hills!

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realsavagelike · 21/02/2026 02:12

stringbean · 20/02/2026 21:10

Harry’s NY apartment in When Harry Met Sally. Or Susan Sarandon’s house in Stepmom.

The Stepmom house is gorgeous

realsavagelike · 21/02/2026 02:19

Pieceofpurplesky · 21/02/2026 01:35

Mel's cabin in Virgin River.

I live a 10 minute drive from there!

realsavagelike · 21/02/2026 02:20

Frasier's apartment (original series) or the one on Mad About You

CoffeeAndEnnui · 21/02/2026 02:24

The lake house from The Lake House and, if I'm allowed a series, Barton Cottage from the 2008 BBC version of Sense and Sensibility. Cottage by the sea with a stream, no near neighbours AND hills/clifftops to wander around being pensive?! Absolute dream.

user3398721 · 21/02/2026 02:26

AWedgeOfLemonAndASmartAnswerForEverything · 20/02/2026 21:51

Yeah but I hear the windows in the drawing room are full West.

They do overlook a prettyish sort of a little wilderness, however.

Not a direct answer, but the late David Niven's house in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat is one of the most breathtaking houses I've ever seen. Alas, only from the outside.

ClaireEclair · 21/02/2026 02:31

Ironfloor269 · 20/02/2026 21:08

Lorelai Gilmore’s house. I’d love to live in the whole town to be honest.

That house always confused me. It looked massive but only had two bedrooms!

I would choose Carrie’s apartment in Sex and the City (tv show, not the films) or the house in Practical Magic.

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 21/02/2026 02:35

Gilmore girls, the holiday, Paddington, Bridget Jones’ small flat in the ?first? film, BUT if we can twist the premise slightly then I’ll go for either Dawn French’s house in her new comedy, or Sue Johnstone’s house in Jam and Jerusalem.

whenwhenwhen · 21/02/2026 02:58

The house in The Housemaid, it had a toasty fire in almost every room it seemed!

Delphinium20 · 21/02/2026 02:59

I came here to write the house on Practical Magic and see it's one of the first mentioned!!

realsavagelike · 21/02/2026 03:00

Ooh, on the witchy theme I would also like the house from Sabrina The Teenage Witch

OneMoreProfiterole · 21/02/2026 03:14

Alex’s warehouse in Flashdance.

Borgonzola · 21/02/2026 03:17

The coastal villa from About Time

mumisfull · 21/02/2026 03:19

As Green Gables and the Father of the Bride house are taken, I’ll go for the March’s house in the 1949 version of Little Women. I can act out my fantasy of being June Allyson shovelling snow!

ChuckJacksonIvegottheNeedNSoul · 21/02/2026 05:47

Not a film
The Banana Splits house
South fork ranch..Dallas.

ToriMounj · 21/02/2026 06:03

otis’s mums house in sex education

augustusglupe · 21/02/2026 06:11

Bridget’s house in the new Bridget Jones film.

AuntyAngela · 21/02/2026 06:26

Bag End - I'm short enough; having tall friends over might be difficult but I would also happily settle for one of the houses from the Piorot series (Five Little Pigs or Dead Man's Folly (actually Agatha Christie's house I think), if I have to be specific) as my other houses.

I agree with the house in Paddington. We could organise a time share for it - I can stay in one of the above three houses when others have use of it

I'm sure there are others, but don't want to be greedy.

Edited to add older sister's house in Bad Sisters. That'll do for the moment.

SettingSunStillness · 21/02/2026 06:52

The house in cuckoo

JumpLeadsForTwo · 21/02/2026 07:56

petermaddog · 20/02/2026 21:27

the lake house

Me too, though very tempted and I’d constantly worry that I’d see a random face at night appearing in one of the windows 😂

OneMoreProfiterole · 21/02/2026 07:57

OneMoreProfiterole · 21/02/2026 03:14

Alex’s warehouse in Flashdance.

The warehouse is teenage me. Grown up me would love the Cullens house in Twilight.

Topsy44 · 21/02/2026 08:05

FourForksSake · 20/02/2026 21:07

Diane Keaton’s Hampton beach house in Somethings Gotta Give.

This.

And, the ‘cottage’ from the Sense and Sensibility Film that Emma Thompson was in.

Poparts · 21/02/2026 08:26

WhosMadeline · 20/02/2026 23:31

Stephen Mangan and Nicola Walker’s house in The Split.

Yes this is mine - what a house !!

FrangipaniBlue · 21/02/2026 08:37

DS18 - Bilbo Baggins House
DH - Gru’s House from Despicable Me
me - the Yellowstone

I don’t think you could get 3 more different houses 😂

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