I'm a residential design student, and I'm trying to pratice designing homes to where people actually like them, it would be very helpful if anyone who is welling to tell me what they would like in there dream home.
you must tell me how many bedrooms how many bathrooms
how big
how big of a kitchen
do you want a living room, family room, Den or all three or just two of them
how many floors
car garage,
square footage
anything else you can think of.
this would be very helpful, thank you
2007-03-11 03:25:02 · 5 answers · asked by eclipsefreak 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
A home does not have to be massive, just comfortable so you can actually afford it. Location is extremely important.
We were lucky to find A country subdivision with no through traffic ( one way in and one way out) with lakes and deed restricted. It has proven to be an excellent place to raise a family and live our life.
I designed our home 30 years ago and we have been here for 29 years, raising children and then caring for senior parents. It has proven to be an excellent home on 1 1/2 acres, with a big back yard . Surprisingly It has been 98% perfect, there are only the fewest inconsiquential things I would change. A light switch location and some additional bathroom windows. But over all it has been excellent. .
It is an open plan, the front covered, tiled porch is 10 x 12,into the entry ( 7 by 10) opening into a family room (no formal living room) we found we didn't use it enough in our previous house. 17 by 20 family room or great room . It could have been 18 by 22 and been a bit better.
The dining room and kitchen are 16 by 29 and open to one another .
We have 3 baths and three bedrooms, a den (this is my Husbands built in office) and a bonus room with a full bath. (it is a room that through the years has been used for sewing, guest bedroom, workshop, exercise room, what ever it was needed for. One of the bathrooms is attached to this bonus room and leads into a 30x12 sun room that overlooks the oak tree filled back yard..
We have a fireplace, but in Florida I would not necessarily do this again. It is expensive and takes up space we could have used.
The master bath is 10x20 Including closets, with a tub, and shower two seperate vanities, comode stall, the master bedroom is 12x20 (it should have been a bit wider. The bonus room is 9x19, den 11x14, BR 13x14, BR 11x11.
The garage is 22x24, an oversized garage is good and always plan on an 18' wide door, 16' is too skimpy to get two cars into comfortably, and you do it every day at least once.
The Family room is sunken two steps from the entry and dining room and kitchen (it has a large bar opening to the kitchen) The master bedroom is sunken the same as the family room. Our ceilings are 8 to 9 feet depending on the room. But I have never cared for cathedral ceilings anyway.and they were not IN when I designed this house.
Our home is in Florida, one level, stucco, with color in the stucco, it has never required paint in 29 years, just pressure washing every 3 to 5 years.
Our square footage is 3100 living and nearly 500 for the garage.
Good luck with your dream. If I were young again that is what I would do. I loved designing our home, It took about 2-4 years. Enjoy!!
2007-03-11 03:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me I'd have to say at least a medium-sized house...I like big rooms, with high ceilings. 2 or 3 bedrooms, that way people would have somewhere to stay if they visited. A big kitchen, but not huge, just big enough to where I have space to move around and take things out to cook. A living room would be nice, but isn't a family room/den the same? I'd want 2 floors with either an attic or a basement, and if I had a basement I'd convert it into a video game room...Big TV, excellent sound system, comfortable squishy chairs to sit in...Anyway. No car garage, I don't like how they look. Hm..Lots of windows around the dining room so that it's a sort of sun room...Wooden floors. That's all I can think of...This is making me want to play the Sims. :p
2007-03-11 10:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by Saeran 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i would want my house on a hill over looking a valley with a glass sun porch were the door could be slide open in warm weather it would be 1 story with 3 big bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths big living room with a fire place on one wall when leaving the dinning room you step down 3 or 4 steps a big kitchen no den room there would be a full basement under the house with part of it finished it to a family room with more sliding door s
2007-03-11 10:36:13 · answer #3 · answered by boobman 1959 aka cliff 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like a modern day castle. Built right smack dab in the middle of Iowa. Complete w/ a real moat, but it would have all the modern amenities like heated floors, sliding windows, and real furniture.
2007-03-16 00:04:01 · answer #4 · answered by jake_in_iowa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can uns help me find me a 2 bedroom home for me and my baby .
2007-03-11 10:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by Robecca J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋