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Money is no object. What is your perfect home?

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Lwrenagain · 28/03/2023 11:22

I'm bed ridden currently and very bored, so rightmove is my latest hobby.

My ideal house that I'll hopefully be able to afford once I'm able to magic money out of my bum will be -

4 beds, 2 bathrooms & downstairs WC.
Massive kitchen/diner with island, ideally pink units with lots of glass so I can see into the lovely garden.
2 separate living rooms and a utility room and downstairs study.
It'll be very boho and naturey themed, with tons of pictures of the kiddos and family and friends.
Outside I'd like a summer house filled sensory toys and lights etc for my sen son.

Do you have any home dreams? If so, share with a very sick and bored person please!

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Neededanewuserhandle · 28/03/2023 11:24

Money no object I'd have multiple homes like our dear PM and his wife.

DaphneduM · 28/03/2023 11:25

Neededanewuserhandle · 28/03/2023 11:24

Money no object I'd have multiple homes like our dear PM and his wife.

Or like William and Kate!!!

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Lwrenagain · 28/03/2023 11:27

Well that's just feckin cheating! 🤣🤣

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Littlecamellia · 28/03/2023 11:29

On second thoughts, I'm not keen on the bathroom.

Cherrybl0ssm · 28/03/2023 11:30

A dedicated laundry room.
My own bathroom - or at least sink.
Lots of light. Open plan. Great views.

33goingon64 · 28/03/2023 11:31

Hope you feel better soon. I often fantasise about living in an old house with lots of character and a mature garden. Not too big that it's hard to keep clean. But big enough that everyone can have their own space. We live in a 1960s house and though I love it, I do get pangs when I see sash windows and flag stone floors.

Merrow · 28/03/2023 11:31

I'd want a cellar converted to a cinema room.

4 bedrooms.

Granny annex that mainly functioned as two office spaces and maybe a home gym, but could also serve as a place for a reasonable length visit.

1 family / dining / kitchen space. Separate utility room. 2nd reception space.

Treehouse and swings in the garden.

fruitbrewhaha · 28/03/2023 11:33

Somewhere warm and where it's not fecking raining.

I've been watching Home Greek Home and dreaming about a lovely summer house on Skiathos.

Itsbytheby · 28/03/2023 11:35

Something with character but modernised, lots of big windows for natural light and with lots of outside space, in a semi rural location but with village amenities/ transport links within walking distance, and a nice town with a bit going on close by. It would be within a 2 hr drive to one of the major airports as we travel quite a lot and with a train station nearby for when I need to go into london for work. It would have a large kitchen dinner, a living room and a family room, an office, a bug utility/ mud room and at least 5 bedrooms. An annex would be a bonus too. There would also be a driveway.

Shoxfordian · 28/03/2023 11:36

I would want a large open plan entertaining space for friends and family to come over for parties; a separate living room, separate library with a fire and a desk for wfh. 4 bedrooms, all en-suite, one would be used as a dressing room. Me and dh have a bedroom each and a spare. Garden with a sunken fire pit, pond with koi carp, hot tub- sorry mumsnet, I know they’re hated. Ideally swimming pool, spa area, underground or indoors.

WhyCantPeopleBeNice · 28/03/2023 11:37

Firstly - no neighbors, perhaps a good 2 acres all around.
A moat - possibly drawbridge 'just incase'.
An eco home, fully off grid.
Lots of bedrooms - as much as I dislike neighbors it would be good to have a home I can entertain and have people over with plenty of comfort and room to not be on top of each other.
Natural swimming pool.
A cosy living room - the sort with no tv, not too big it echo's just cosy.
HUGE fireplace (picture Scottish castle big stone thing)
Woodlands that can be maintained for sustainability for said fireplace.
A kitchen I can lose myself in baking
Walk in larder/pantry
Whisky room (cigars permitted in this room only, so I guess we add air con to clean the air) record player also allowed
Library, potentially in a princess tower and just one armchair

That is all 🤣🤣🤣

Lcb123 · 28/03/2023 11:39

A beautiful camper van and unlimited funds to travel the world

Spyrothedragon23 · 28/03/2023 11:40

Oh I’ve thought about this before!

Build house from scratch that’s eco friendly (using rain water to flush toilets / solar panels etc)

5 bedrooms (2 with en-suites and 1 family bath)
Living room
Open plan kitchen / diner
Playroom
Small Office
Gym room
Double garage
Large driveway so you can turn around
Large backgarden that’s not overlooked with play area, south facing, patio and little vegetable patch.

Sugarfree23 · 28/03/2023 11:40

My dream home is small but with a pool.
with laundry room upstairs.

Hbh17 · 28/03/2023 11:43

A beautiful, 19th or early 20th century mansion flat in somewhere like Kensington (but def London). With high ceilings, elaborate cornices & sash windows. Close to a park, perhaps. And enough ££££ to maintain a smart London lifestyle..... I wish!

Meandfour · 28/03/2023 11:46

We were very lucky to be able to buy our (almost) dream home last year. I absolutely love it but the one thing I would have if I could have anything would be an indoor heated pool 😍😍

TulipsLilacs · 28/03/2023 11:51

The house and garden that inspired Tom's Midnight Garden for me

Money is no object. What is your perfect home?
80sMum · 28/03/2023 11:54

I wouldn't want anything huge, as there's only me and DH to live in it. But I'd like extra rooms that could be used for specific things, such as laundry, hobbies, exercising etc.

I'd love to have a beautiful view to look out on, like green hills, distant mountains or overlooking the sea.

2chocolateoranges · 28/03/2023 11:56

I'd have a 4 bedroomed house near the sea. Somewhere on the coast of Scotland. Possibly one of the islands.

Quiet life! Sounds bliss

Mixkle · 28/03/2023 12:04

5 minutes walk from a station with a 30 min ride to London, and 10 minutes walk from local shops and excellent schools, what looks like a derelict disused alley just wide enough for a car, turns a corner and opens up into a small wood lined with bluebells. The driveway widens and weaves up through the wood to the top of a hill where stands a 6 bedroom Edwardian country house painted white, with pink-yellow roses climbing the wall and lots of period features - coving, fireplaces, old wood porch, etc. The house faces the other side of the hill which looks far across a valley. Halfway down the hill lies a heated swimming pool with two water slides and a goape course leading to a huge treehouse.

In the house, the bedrooms are all large with balconies looking across the valley, and en suites. The top floor of the house is a converted attic which is now a games room: darts, pool, rock climbing, playstation…

You follow some of the (many) resident cats downstairs, where you discover a library containing a bookshelf that is a secret door to a study.

Much if the groundfloor is taken up by a huge farmhouse style kitchen. The lower ground floor has a cinema room, a trampoline room and a small gym with steam room.

Etc etc

BreviloquentBastard · 28/03/2023 12:07

Something with a lot of land. I love weird places, I've always dreamed of living in a converted church or gatehouse or something. There's a converted windmill local to me that went on the market several years ago that I longed to buy and live out my Jonathan Creek dreams.