More Advice! This time, on house building!

[elizabethbinary]

You ladies (and gentlemen) were so helpful last time I thought I'd ask for a little more, only this time a little more fun and imaginative.

My husband's boss owns two acres with a house on it that needed demolished and he decided to build another property on it instead. Since we were looking at moving to a bigger property he said we could have his place after he rebuilt the house.

Thing is, since he's rebuilding ANYWAY, he said we could have some input!!! Well... a lot of input!!!

I've asked for a separate laundry room, a big kitchen with a big stove, a big bathroom and only 2 bedrooms in a big-ish house (so two big bedrooms instead of four regular sized ones). I was thinking of going for 3, but then my room would be smaller and I live in a 4 bedroom now and, frankly, I don't use two of the rooms. Which is how I got houseguests..

So I'd like to make my house suitable for one guest at a time only, haha.

I can also specify other things. He said he's making me a verandah and I asked if I could have it in the back so I don't have to stare at traffic with my coffee, I can stare at chooks and he said yes!!

I'm thinking... if someone was going to build a house for you to live in and you could get away with a few specifications, what would YOU ask for??!

(Spa tub....spa tub.... spa tub....

)

His boss has really good taste and has the most beautiful house himself, so I can trust he'll want to make it tops.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

One thing to consider is that most people want at least 3 bedrooms in a house, so you may be affecting the resale value of the house. I am not a real estate agent, but this is something to consider at least.

Congratulations! (And

because obviously you are so traumatized over your houseguests you don't want to have the room for this to happen again.)

I would definitely want a woodstove.
And a laundry room.
And a tin roof so I could collect rainwater (not composite).

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Lucky us! Rainwater tanks are really really really common here, I don't even think you can build a new house without one!! So we're getting one of those! Laundry room is a MUST.

2 bedrooms are actually wanted about now, would you believe. I've heard a LOT of people whinge all the new estates being built are 4-5 bedroom and not 2-3... a lot of people want a 2 bedroom house (just parents and a kid, who needs more?).

I mostly want a small house for the CLEANING, actually. This house is SO difficult.

WALK IN CLOSET. I have one now, I need to keep that! *writes down*

MMmmm woood stove.... I wonder if I can convince him of that! I know I can get gas... but wood? Oooh oooh.


Added bonus: We're allowed to renovate the house if we want as long as it's an improvement so hubby wants to make me a pizza oven. (Read: he wants pizza and figures this will inspire me to make it for him a lot)

I'm not traumatized over my guests, really... they're doing much better now that we spoke.

But it's just that, really.. 4 bedrooms for two people.. way too much. And we're not having kids, so...

 

[turney31]

I really miss 3 bedrooms. I really thought I didn't need that x-tra one. I do.

 

[2 Beauts]

Make the 2nd bedroom big enough you could convert it to 3 bedrooms later if you change your mind.

 

[HEChicken]

En-suite of course. I would second the recommendation for 3 bedrooms. If you don't have kids and don't want house guests, you can always use one as a hobby room for DH and one as a chicken brooder/incubation room for yourself, so you'd have the perfect excuse not to have the guests.

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Well we're also not living here permanantly. Only two or so years, but I'll suggest that so the boss can convert it to 3 after we leave.

I've lived in 2 and 4 bedrooms. We really only do need two. MAYBE a third if I want like an office/study thing... which I always have and never use.

 

[elizabethbinary]

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OH DURRR that IS right, I did want an incubation room. Hmm. (See how nobody could use 'spare room' to change my mind but 'chickens' worked?? LOL)

Ensuit is included for SURE. I also asked the ensuit have the laundry room off of it so I don't have to cart my laundry all across the dern house like I do now. The door will also go to the garage so guests can use it if they come by.

 

[sourland]

Perhaps your resident architect could help.

 

[sfw2]

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I was going to suggest that you NOT have the chicken coop guy build the house . . .