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26. My wife's parents built their own home and still live there.

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 12:17 PM

Aug 2013

My parents did too, but they sold it.

So did a few of my siblings.

Seeing what they all went through in the final stretches of construction to get it done, no thanks.

I'd rather recycle something existing, or build something up from recycled and natural materials, the later being my preference, but there's not many places one can do that.

Our current home was largely chosen by location. It's close to my wife's work. We both were Los Angeles commuters back in the 'eighties. No thank you, never again.

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If you were to build your dreamhome, what would it look like? Show us a picture. [View all] applegrove Aug 2013 OP

This should suffice. Incitatus Aug 2013 #1

Nice. Yeah I'd do italy any day. applegrove Aug 2013 #2

i could live here d_r Aug 2013 #3

Some day I'd like to go to Hawaii. I know people who go every year. You never get tired of applegrove Aug 2013 #4

I've only been once d_r Aug 2013 #5

Something like this: elleng Aug 2013 #6

I love porches and decks too. But that house has too much lawn. I spent my youth applegrove Aug 2013 #7

I surely understand that! elleng Aug 2013 #8

Gorgeous. applegrove Aug 2013 #9

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #10

Hmmm I wonder what I would do.... AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #11

Works for me as well. nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #13

Beautiful! BainsBane Aug 2013 #14

Yep, that's pretty spectacular OriginalGeek Aug 2013 #33

Ya know what?? I have changed my mind.... AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #41

I'd get the optional... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #43

Comes with a Standard Theme song!! AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #44

Speaking of theme music... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #45

This one I enjoyed for a while... AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #46

I haven't tried that one yet discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #47

You are in for a treat... AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #48

thanks n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #50

Imagine Fallingwater without some of Crackhead Lloyd Wright's stupider ideas jmowreader Aug 2013 #12

First stipulation is that it comes with a house cleaner. BainsBane Aug 2013 #15

Oh BainsBane! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #29

Perhaps you could post pictures when you have it finished? BainsBane Aug 2013 #39

Absolutely! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #49

Love it! applegrove Aug 2013 #34

That is a pretty nice freaking house. cliffordu Aug 2013 #16

Here's mine. HappyMe Aug 2013 #17

Any beach will do: femmocrat Aug 2013 #18

Just give me anything with an office the size of Kansas..... lastlib Aug 2013 #19

Something like this but in a dense urban garden environment. hunter Aug 2013 #20

You mean a 2 million dollar Manhattan apartment. BainsBane Aug 2013 #22

Nah, it has to have a garden. hunter Aug 2013 #24

I don't have my floor plans scanned, but I made my own design as well Xyzse Aug 2013 #21

I built mine... tk2kewl Aug 2013 #23

That's great! Xyzse Aug 2013 #25

Thanks! tk2kewl Aug 2013 #28

My wife's parents built their own home and still live there. hunter Aug 2013 #26

it is definitely an adventure tk2kewl Aug 2013 #27

What a nice home. HappyMe Aug 2013 #30

thanks a bunch! tk2kewl Aug 2013 #31

That's gorgeous! And you are on a canal!!! I want it. applegrove Aug 2013 #35

Thank you. tk2kewl Aug 2013 #37

I don't want to build, I just want a condo in a former NYC tenement building. Chan790 Aug 2013 #32

Something like this, but I wouldn't build. I'd rent Xipe Totec Aug 2013 #36

Cabin. madamesilverspurs Aug 2013 #38

My dream house would be an old house that's been updated inside and modernized. Raffi Ella Aug 2013 #40

This place is nice discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #42

For Chicagoans, especially Jewish Chicagoans, mucifer Aug 2013 #51

I think this is it, with a couple modifications. politicat Aug 2013 #52

If they put hundreds of house floor plans into a single book I would buy it. applegrove Aug 2013 #53

Oh, yes. Always. My parents thought I was quite freakish. politicat Aug 2013 #54

We used to take boxes and cardboard and make houses. You'd cut out pictures applegrove Aug 2013 #55

My dreamhouse would look exactly like Papa John's CEO's house: Jamaal510 Aug 2013 #56

Ug. I hate monstrosities. applegrove Aug 2013 #57

Something like this: noamnety Aug 2013 #58

Cozy and sustainable. antiquie Aug 2013 #59