I've put a lot of thought into this
my mrs is a chartered structural engineer and my bro and his wife are architects, which is a good combination of people to enable the building of a house.

It's going to be square, partly sunk into a hillside, with a courtyard in the middle of the square.

Must haves are:
Roof garden
Recording studio
Library
swimming pool
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:52, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Sounds awesome
that's the kind of thing I want, I looked in depth at the Huf Haus company. They don't deliver worldwide though and I'm hoping to end up in warmer climes.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:54, Reply)

they are cool
the mrs' godparents seriously considered one, but got turned down for planning (just outside Henley) because they fell out with one of the council people. the fools.

we've put a load of thought into construction methods and stuff as well. the mrs has to specify various floor systems and shit like that, so we will have a good range of stuff to call on when we eventually build it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:55, Reply)

I love kooky houses, like the ones on dorknob.com or whatever it's called
the house boat article they did was breathtaking.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:57, Reply)

not seen that
sounds interesting

in other news: we've booked our wedding
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:59, Reply)

here it is:
dornob.com/design/architecture/houseboats/

Yay! Where is it? Do you have a link to the venue so I can nosey?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:21, Reply)

Some of those look cool, but a lot look like they should come with hot and cold running croissants for the smug gits buying them.
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:23, Reply)

I think most of them are concept houses
so they're probably not even sodding lived in.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:26, Reply)

Then my new concept is croissants on tap. With a hand-pump jam dispenser. it will be a SnackBathRoom.
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:28, Reply)

I might hire a personal croissanter to make me a fresh plate of smugness every day

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:29, Reply)

I want a ham and cheese croissant sandwich now. But I just ate. Damn.
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:33, Reply)

yer tis
www.olaves.co.uk/
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:29, Reply)

nice place.
So have you told her about us or are you just going to wait until the day and do a "what she doesn't know is that we've switched the bride! Let's watch".
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:31, Reply)

haven't decided yet
we've got a year and a bit to work out the details
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:32, Reply)

sweet, keep me posted

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:33, Reply)

will do

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:34, Reply)

I like the 'partly sunk into a hillside' bit
I want that, or a converted missle silo, or a castle.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:56, Reply)

Hobbit house. 'nuff said :D
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:02, Reply)

There are a lot of normal houses near me that are hard up against a hill side.
If I owned one, on day one I would start excavating a labyrinth.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:07, Reply)

Would day two be the creation of a human-cow hybrid to stalk around in it?
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:09, Reply)

I need somewhere to keep my son.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:18, Reply)

Advance planning, I approve.
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:19, Reply)