To put in a death slide to get across the road?

[FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse]

I know, I know, I'm sure legally it's impossible, and safety-wise it's impractical, but we own a field that is across a back road. We have a balcony that looks out over it, and dh and I were discussing last night over a glass of wine, how much better this place would be with a death slide rigged up to get us over there.

We could wake up in the morning, walk onto the balcony and then woooosh we'd be in the middle of a meadow where a campfire would have tea already brewing in my dreams

What additions would you add to your house to make it that little bit better?

A cable car might be too slow. I like the immediacy of the zip wire.

I'm seriously considering having a climbing wall going up to the loft from the ground floor, a firemans pole going down and a slide from the kids loft room into the living room. Amongst more other outrageous ideas.
Also would like to dig out a 25 m tunnel in garden to have a bowling alley/ rifle range and the list goes on...

Haha not seeing the downside to a deathslide, maybe tweak the gradient a bit .

I want a hard working butler instead of a lazy man lift

A front door that unlocks like a car, just push a button and it swings open.

Just been unveiled by Apple. I shit you not.
The new iOS, which launched today but will be available from autumn, can talk to door locks. When you get home your door will unlock. And you will be able to say 'bedtime' to Siri and your phone will turn off the lights, lock the doors etc.
This all needs you to have door locks that cost a zillion pounds though.

Fantastic ideas on this thread.

Except rh

This phone!

Except the iPhone doorlocks. Surely some hackers/thieves will figure it out?

My Siri is already more useful and polite than my husband... It has a lovely cheerful American male voice and always tells me it lives to serve and that serving me is a pleasure. If Siri starts locking up and taking the rubbish out I might have to get a divorce...

:o

Love the climbing wall idea, and Siri controlling my house could be useful, except we have no signal and when the wifi is down Siri won't speak to me. I can see that being an issue.

If Siri just knows when you're home, how do you know he really unlocked the doors and didn't just get lazy and leave them open?

Robots will take over the world!

DS wants a staircase that turns into a slide and swirls around the house. I think he's seen it on Cbeebies or somewhere.

I would like to paint a big hole shape on the roof and have a fake space shuttle launching out of it.

Or, at Halloween, some kind of ghoul climbing out onto the roof.

Both are on the "when we win the lottery'' list

I am pushing for one of those spiral staircases with a slide around the outside, we have the space and it would look awesome as well as being lots and lots of fun.

But DH is being all bloody sensible.

Mad Pauline at my old work crammed herself into the dumb waiter lift and jumped out at me.

It was twenty five years ago and my heart has only just stopped pounding.

I actually have dreams about having a laundry chute and a rubbish chute. I had more of these dreams when I lived in a top floor flat, though.

Id have this

I like the festive changes you could make for something sticking out of the roof, Christmas tree, giant egg, firework...

Morloth, life is too short for sensible. Think of the time you'd save walking down stairs! If you have the space you must do it (and post pics).

Morris :o

It was convenient when we were clearing out the top of the house, just chucking it all out the window. Very liberating. I can see a Shute appealing.

Hacked, we have a winner! It almost seems like a sensible solution.

I want to convert the hall cupboard into a playhouse. Saw it on Facebook. I wouldn't have anywhere to put the ironing board, Dyson and airer but the kids would love more forever and it looks eminently practical compared to some of these!

Harry that sounds brilliant (not sure I could give up the storage though.

I'm sure I saw an amazing bed somewhere. I'll see if I can find it...

Here it is, pirate ship bed

I would havbe a big slide out of my window into the garden.. it would be fab from the second floor.