If you were building a house, what is your must have?

[calculoso]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

A drying room in the basement, vented to the outside for hockey equipment. I saw one where they used a trapdoor from the mudroom so the kids didnt have to carry the gear thru the house.

I like it!

[Lubicon]

Walk in shower
Mudroom off garage/back entrance (or whichever entrance will be your main one)
Plenty of kitchen cabinets. You can never have to much storage.
Two furnaces.
No asphalt shingles. Would use some type of rubber, composite etc. material that stands up to hail.
Small nook for home computer. Don't necessarily need the full blown home office but somewhere dedicated to set up a computer is nice.
Heated bathroom floors

[Bownesian]

Laundry room on the same floor as the bedrooms (i.e. where the laundry comes from).

[Locke]

A dumbwaiter system.

[GoinAllTheWay]

A garage floor that is slight angled towards the middle that would have a grated trough to collect all the water than melts off the cars during the winter.

[MRCboicgy]

A place for the wolves in the backyard

[polak]

If I ever have the money for an exotic car, I want a garage with a glass wall and a game room/man cave on the other side so that you could see the car from the game room.

Something like this:

Spoiler!

EDIT: NVM. I want the car in the floor. Like this!

[sun]

Four walls and adobe slabs for my girls.

[puffnstuff]

Add in a closet type thing off the kitchen for recycleables. Ideally it would also be accesible from outside as well. Way easier to do compostables, blue bin stuff and even to collect for returning bottles.

[Huntingwhale]

Toilets

[Alpaca]

main floor laundry room
ICF for basement possibly main floor
Spray foam insulation
insulation or sound reduction batting in bathroom walls
triple pane low e windows
If in the country, roof extending over the large deck
boiler system with basement in floor heat
electric floor heating master bathroom
exterior hot water tap

[Alpaca]

depending on your age consider toilets that are approx 1.5 to 2 inches higher than normal.

[automaton 3]

Walk through pantry
2 sinks in master bathroom
big walk-in master closet
laundry room on bedroom floor
2+workshop or 3 car garage with man door
big kitchen with wall oven and commercial size fridge/freezer combo
fireplaces on main floor and in basement

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Secret bookcase door.

Great idea for an entrance to a bondage room

[Minnie]

As someone else mentioned, deeper basement for higher ceilings and large windows.

The hubby would definitely want it wired out the wazoo (CAT, HDMI, whatever)

I want a 'smart home' which I'm sure ties into the above - want to be able to operate things at home from a smartphone, when away from the house, if needed.

Solar

2 ovens, not stacked

Pot filler tap at the stove

Gas cooktop with at least 6 burners

Dual all fridge and upright all freezer in kitchen

Fridge drawers for pop, juice, etc

2 dishwashers

2 washers/dryers & a laundry line outside, plus a very specific organization to the laundry room that would take too long to explain

A cold cellar for canning, etc

Secret room off the master - saw this in a show home - it was set up as a cross between a library and TV room and had a private balcony as well

Deep kitchen sink and a smaller prep sink

Recycle chutes in kitchen that go directly to proper bins in the garage

Lots of plugs in the kitchen, preferably built into the counters

Actually, more plug ins in every room

Big storage area built into garage area

Deeper garage

No steps into the house, but sloping walkway built up to entrance way

Elevator (special needs)

Summer kitchen, if we had land space

Raised garden beds (veggie garden moreso than flowers)

Walkout basement for future rental options or grown kid space

Built in wardrobes over rwgular closets/walk in closets

Deep tub so I could have water up to my neck

Huge walk in shower with built in seating for down the road when we're more feeble rather than those awkward stools you have to buy


A 'keeping room' off the kitchen similar to those seen in some older English homes, with a fireplace

Windows/doors that accordion off the kitchen to the deck to serve out to the deck in summer

Built in BBQ

There's more but that's probably enough. A lot of this would be dream home stuff, with a lot of land.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Cuz

Great idea for an entrance to a bondage room

What else would I use it for?

Originally Posted by polak

If I ever have the money for an exotic car, I want a garage with a glass wall and a game room/man cave on the other side so that you could see the car from the game room.

Or you could have your garage surround a pool so you could dive down and be surrounded by fancy vehicles.

[Mass_nerder]

Geothermal, solar panels, light tubes, grey water retention tank.
No front facing garage.

[flamesfever]

If you have, or intend to have children, I found that a separate room to put their toys and to play in, was a huge benefit. That way, you don't have toys scattered throughout the house.

[MrMastodonFarm]

A dungeon, not a rape dungeon per se, but the implication must be there.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by flamesfever

If you have, or intend to have children, I found that a separate room to put their toys and to play in, was a huge benefit.

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

A dungeon, not a rape dungeon per se, but the implication must be there.

Taken together these are concerning desires.