Our house burnt down about 14 years ago. When we rebuilt to builder said, ‘look, you are both in your early 50’s, you need to think like a 60/70 year old when designing the new house’. Best advice we received. Everything important is on the first floor, only one step to get into the house, wheelchair access for bathrooms, hallways, etc. lever door knobs. Oh, and add a pot filler faucet next to the kitchen stove.
An 8ft long bath…..well because I’d like to lay my whole body in the hot bubbles. Not sit with my upper body literally freezing my tits off, or getting cold knees if I try and lay down.
If I win the lottery I’d commission the bath and build a house/bungalow round it.
Either a hidden second kitchen/walk in pantry or a cabinet where the majority of small appliances can be kept in and also used, not necessarily only stored.
A fully waterproofed bathroom with drained floors and a washdown hose. No, nothing kinky. I’ve just grown up in dairy barns, and really appreciate the ease of cleaning when stuff is built correctly.
Beyond that — a simple metal roof with no valleys, dormers, or other leak-prone features would be high on my list.
Went so far as to try to see how much a non-conventional (rammed earth specifically) house would cost. Admittedly, five bed and two bath, with an enclosed courtyard comes out to like 3200 sq ft, but 1.5M was a touch outside my price range.
But the feature I REALLY wish I would have been able to get is a passively cooled “cold storage” room. Walls of a literal foot thick rammed earth with a geo-cooling system to bring the room temp down to about 65 year round, to act as a fully walk-in pantry and fruit/vegetable storage without needing an active refrigerator.
That, and the fully off-grid power and water system.
Not necessarily unconventional but I don’t see them so much anymore… a large mudroom. I’d love to have the pre-entrance area to store many things and get the dirty boots/snow/clean the dog off before I get into the house.
If you know where the tv’s gonna be, have the power and network cables come out of the wall behind it. And a tube for hdmi cabling going to a port below, where you can have a wall mounted media cabinet with gaming consoles etc. No visible cables.
Being a taller guy I built my first place to have everything high. So instead of 34 inch vanities, I went to 40 and 48″ on my countertops.
Edit did not expect this many people that enjoy the height. Guess what? My inside and outside bar heights were 4’6″ with tall stools accommodating. It’s always funny to see a short gal hop up into the seats
A set of large bore pipes that go from every room to every other room, with a permanent steel pull-cord loop in each..
I’m tired of pretending that all this nonsense with building a nice house and then either destroying it or struggling with it every time you want to run a pipe or a cable is “good design”. It’s not. It’s awful.
Gimme tubes in the walls along every “edge” of every room, have them joined in the corners, and small access hatches everywhere. I can just cut into them if I want even more access hatches. And I can open a hatch, hook a cable onto the pull-cord, move the pull-cord like a pullied rope and it takes whatever I’ve attached into the next room for me. With plenty of space to separate power, water, drainage, other cables, etc. and run more any time I want.
I’ve even always thought that having one wall with a deliberate “gutter” at the bottom so that any release of water from the “wet wall” will automatically feed it outside so your house doesn’t get flooded, and having all the rooms along that wall angle backwards so the water runs into it would be a good idea.
Stick a monitor on its outlet and if you detect water… you have a leak somewhere in your pipework.
I’d be non conventional by not building a open floorplan, a separate kitchen with doors so that the smell and noise isn’t in the rest of the house. Also the kitchen would be very utilitarian and commercial like.
A huge walk-in pantry. I once visited a friend on the rich side of town who had one, and she sent me in there to get a bag of rice. There was an expedition backpack, a poorly drawn map, and a headlamp sitting right by the door for me, along with a save point (She had already taken up all three save files, so I couldn’t use one). I wandered that pantry for days trying to find the rice, surviving only off of the rats that crossed my path. (Theoretically, I could have eaten the food on the shelves, but I didn’t feel like cooking.) Slowly the lamp batteries died, I ran out of water, and I started hallucinating the ghosts of my traumatic past, by which I was able to overcome my abandonment issues and forgive my father. I finally reached the rice and passed out, and was rescued by my friend’s dog who had gone into the pantry last month for treats. When I gave my friend the rice, she said she didn’t really need it, and that she had only sent me in there because I needed to face my bad history head-on if I were to be mentally sound enough to not embarrass her at her upcoming birthday party.
A beautiful sunroom with glass walls,retractable roof,sun bed,fake plants (I have black thumb so better not kill those poor plants),lots of books with a tea corner setup and my collection of tea,cute cups and saucers,…and far away from the noise.
I used to design houses for fun and one of my ‘dream houses’ includes a library tower with the upper floor being a ring walkway with a cargo net hammock as the floor. This is also part of the passive heating/cooling system for the house.
When we built a house in 2020, we had two masters put in. Each are directly across the hall from each other and hubby and I each have our own, bedroom, bathroom and closet.
I have a big bathtub, he has the big walk in shower.
Amazing how much frustration goes out the door when you aren’t tripping over each other’s things.
a secret passage. I have ALWAYS wanted a house with a secret passage. Because they are awesome.
If we are just doing practical must-haves then I would say a big-ass, climate-controlled, attached garage. No more cold winter mornings to worry about, no more hail damage, no more getting murdered to death by some prick who somehow managed to sneak into the *locked* car even though he has a hook for a hand.
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Our house burnt down about 14 years ago. When we rebuilt to builder said, ‘look, you are both in your early 50’s, you need to think like a 60/70 year old when designing the new house’. Best advice we received. Everything important is on the first floor, only one step to get into the house, wheelchair access for bathrooms, hallways, etc. lever door knobs. Oh, and add a pot filler faucet next to the kitchen stove.
An 8ft long bath…..well because I’d like to lay my whole body in the hot bubbles. Not sit with my upper body literally freezing my tits off, or getting cold knees if I try and lay down.
If I win the lottery I’d commission the bath and build a house/bungalow round it.
A hidden room behind a bookshelf that’s just for naps and aggressively avoiding people
As an architect, if y’all ever get rich come find me.
Either a hidden second kitchen/walk in pantry or a cabinet where the majority of small appliances can be kept in and also used, not necessarily only stored.
A solarium to stuff full of plants
A fully waterproofed bathroom with drained floors and a washdown hose. No, nothing kinky. I’ve just grown up in dairy barns, and really appreciate the ease of cleaning when stuff is built correctly.
Beyond that — a simple metal roof with no valleys, dormers, or other leak-prone features would be high on my list.
Large hallway attic fan. Suck that hot stale air out of entire house in 10-15 seconds!
Floor drain in kitchen, laundry room and every bathroom
First floor master. Maybe not controversial but man those stairs are killing my knees.
Since I’m in the US, a power outlet behind the toliet so i can get one of those fancy $7000 smart toilet/bidets.
Went so far as to try to see how much a non-conventional (rammed earth specifically) house would cost. Admittedly, five bed and two bath, with an enclosed courtyard comes out to like 3200 sq ft, but 1.5M was a touch outside my price range.
But the feature I REALLY wish I would have been able to get is a passively cooled “cold storage” room. Walls of a literal foot thick rammed earth with a geo-cooling system to bring the room temp down to about 65 year round, to act as a fully walk-in pantry and fruit/vegetable storage without needing an active refrigerator.
That, and the fully off-grid power and water system.
A dog washing station, equipped with hand sprayer, in the mudroom just off the side entrance. Cuz, you know, dogs.
Costco door. A little door from the garage into the pantry. Fuck lugging groceries around the house or worse up stairs.
Handicapped access bathroom
Apparently a bathtub, my friends were recently house hunting and they are looking at new houses and 95% of the new houses didn’t have a bathtub
Not necessarily unconventional but I don’t see them so much anymore… a large mudroom. I’d love to have the pre-entrance area to store many things and get the dirty boots/snow/clean the dog off before I get into the house.
My boyfriend wants a wizard tower if we manage to ever afford to build a house together.
What I like to call the Human Car Wash. Giant shower stall with multiple jets from all angles.
If you know where the tv’s gonna be, have the power and network cables come out of the wall behind it. And a tube for hdmi cabling going to a port below, where you can have a wall mounted media cabinet with gaming consoles etc. No visible cables.
Being a taller guy I built my first place to have everything high. So instead of 34 inch vanities, I went to 40 and 48″ on my countertops.
Edit did not expect this many people that enjoy the height. Guess what? My inside and outside bar heights were 4’6″ with tall stools accommodating. It’s always funny to see a short gal hop up into the seats
It’s becoming more common, but I’ve personally never seen it so I think it counts.
Heated floors.
I’ve heard you don’t really realize how nice they are until you’ve had them
A lazy river connecting all the rooms so I can float to bed.
If the house has more than one level, a laundry chute! I had one installed when we built and god I love that thing!
Spiral staircase.
It doesn’t have to go anywhere, I just want one to stand on so I can brood. And judge people.
A set of large bore pipes that go from every room to every other room, with a permanent steel pull-cord loop in each..
I’m tired of pretending that all this nonsense with building a nice house and then either destroying it or struggling with it every time you want to run a pipe or a cable is “good design”. It’s not. It’s awful.
Gimme tubes in the walls along every “edge” of every room, have them joined in the corners, and small access hatches everywhere. I can just cut into them if I want even more access hatches. And I can open a hatch, hook a cable onto the pull-cord, move the pull-cord like a pullied rope and it takes whatever I’ve attached into the next room for me. With plenty of space to separate power, water, drainage, other cables, etc. and run more any time I want.
I’ve even always thought that having one wall with a deliberate “gutter” at the bottom so that any release of water from the “wet wall” will automatically feed it outside so your house doesn’t get flooded, and having all the rooms along that wall angle backwards so the water runs into it would be a good idea.
Stick a monitor on its outlet and if you detect water… you have a leak somewhere in your pipework.
A garden with custom built cedar raised beds.
A bay window with padded seat for reading.
An Attic reading nook with built in bookshelves on the walls.
I’d be non conventional by not building a open floorplan, a separate kitchen with doors so that the smell and noise isn’t in the rest of the house. Also the kitchen would be very utilitarian and commercial like.
Life pro tip if you build a house.
Find a large open space and draw or use tape to map out a full size layout of your plans, including furniture.
People are TERRIBLE about mentally picturing spaces and the furniture takes up more space than you think.
Feature: rock climbing wall
A huge walk-in pantry. I once visited a friend on the rich side of town who had one, and she sent me in there to get a bag of rice. There was an expedition backpack, a poorly drawn map, and a headlamp sitting right by the door for me, along with a save point (She had already taken up all three save files, so I couldn’t use one). I wandered that pantry for days trying to find the rice, surviving only off of the rats that crossed my path. (Theoretically, I could have eaten the food on the shelves, but I didn’t feel like cooking.) Slowly the lamp batteries died, I ran out of water, and I started hallucinating the ghosts of my traumatic past, by which I was able to overcome my abandonment issues and forgive my father. I finally reached the rice and passed out, and was rescued by my friend’s dog who had gone into the pantry last month for treats. When I gave my friend the rice, she said she didn’t really need it, and that she had only sent me in there because I needed to face my bad history head-on if I were to be mentally sound enough to not embarrass her at her upcoming birthday party.
outdoor shower
Every bedroom having built-in wardrobes and an ensuite. Esp since more and more adults have to live at home longer these days
Not entirely uncommon but I’d love me a big old fashioned wine cellar
I’ve always liked the “conversation pit”
A coffee making station and a balcony in the master bedroom. And a screened in patio facing the sunny side of the house.
Whole house attic fan. It’s a huge fan that sucks air out of the top floor and vents it through the roof. It will cool down the house in 30 minutes.
Next home has a large shower
Enough room for 2 with places to sit. Multiple shower heads are a must
A beautiful sunroom with glass walls,retractable roof,sun bed,fake plants (I have black thumb so better not kill those poor plants),lots of books with a tea corner setup and my collection of tea,cute cups and saucers,…and far away from the noise.
A competent builder.
A hidden room behind a bookshelf
I used to design houses for fun and one of my ‘dream houses’ includes a library tower with the upper floor being a ring walkway with a cargo net hammock as the floor. This is also part of the passive heating/cooling system for the house.
A moat with alligators so people won’t just drop by unannounced.
When we built a house in 2020, we had two masters put in. Each are directly across the hall from each other and hubby and I each have our own, bedroom, bathroom and closet.
I have a big bathtub, he has the big walk in shower.
Amazing how much frustration goes out the door when you aren’t tripping over each other’s things.
Pizza oven
A bat pole behind a book case that opens with a button hidden inside a bust of William Shakespeare
Large soundproof basement music room
a secret passage. I have ALWAYS wanted a house with a secret passage. Because they are awesome.
If we are just doing practical must-haves then I would say a big-ass, climate-controlled, attached garage. No more cold winter mornings to worry about, no more hail damage, no more getting murdered to death by some prick who somehow managed to sneak into the *locked* car even though he has a hook for a hand.