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Wish List for New House

Hi Guys

My design guy has said to come back to me with a Wish list of what I want in the house. Just looking for people to come back with good ideas that they put in their own houses. So I have down so far and I am aware of the prices

Solar Panels
Wood Chip Burner
Sound Proof System between the Floors.
Two Story with Stone on three sides.
Two Bay windows at the front.
Under Floor Heating
Going to just Use Tiles or Wooden Floors (No Carpets)
Living area on the south and West side of the house.
Granite Sills and Heads
Walkin Wardrobe
En-suite in 2/3 Bedrooms

Any other ideas ?

Thanks
 
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Think carefully about ironmongery - we did and aesthetically I think it makes all the difference. Small thing, I know but important to us nonetheless
 
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Built in vacuum - e.g. BEAM
higher ceilings on ground floor
coving
5 amp sockets in living room - ideal for table lamps in corners
 
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A huge utility room ... for the laundry/recycling etc. I would also love no saddleboards at the doors internally ... run tiles/wood all the way through.
 
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If you have no saddle boards sound would transmit far easier between rooms
 
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For what I am about to share with you :)
This is a list which I add to everytime I have a new 'house' idea. I will be building a house in the next 5 yrs and will incorporate lots of these ideas. Some are a bit off the wall but ideas nonetheless!!

Anyway, here we go......

  • Central Vacuum System
  • Laundry Chute
  • Wet Room
  • Smarthomes
  • Pantry / Larder
  • Suntubes
  • Solar Panels (for water only - backup)
  • External Insulation
  • Pull-out Ironing Board (Cutlery Drawer)
  • Self Cleaning Windows
  • Dummy to Iron Shirts
  • Kitchen – Dropdown TV
  • Low Level Lighting on Stairs
  • High Level TV& Socket points in all bedrooms
  • Electric Gate Access
  • Multi Area Recording CCTV (Network Cameras)
  • Radiator Towel Rails
  • Underfloor Heating
  • Monitored House Alarm
  • Attic Conversion
  • Pressurised Hot Water System
  • Stove type oven
  • Radiofence (for dogs)
  • Downlighters
  • Room for changing out of wet clothes or buggy-drop.
  • Kitchen Island with Sink and built in Dishwasher
  • Sauna in Wet Room
  • Wine Fridge in Kitchen
  • Network Cables – Cat6 Cables
  • Socket on Soffit for Christmas Lights
  • Outside Sockets
  • Electric Deadbolts on Front Door
  • Changeover Switch / Generator
  • Weather monitoring station
  • Robot Vacuum Cleaner
  • Motion/Heat Detectors for Lights (Not Bedrooms)
  • Room with Whiteboard Material on Walls (for kids to write on)
  • Exercise equipment connected to generators, for sending energy back to the grid.
  • Two Dishwashers
  • Rotating Rack in Wardrobe
  • TV point in laundry Room for when wife is ironing.
  • LED Lighting (Check if available for production use)
  • WiFi
  • Rope fire ladders in upstairs bedrooms built into windows
  • Master bedroom and kid rooms become a "safe room" that is doored from the rest of the house in the event of intruders.
  • Bench in shower for sitting or propping a foot to shave legs
  • Mirror in shower that doesn't steam up
  • Ledge in shower for shower items
Some of the ideas are contradictory (like 2 types of heating systems etc..) but as I said, it has to be ironed out...

Jildy.
 
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I love this..."TV point in laundry Room for when wife is ironing." !!
 
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TV points/plugs each side of & over fireplace
Wired for surround sound
Stereo system esp in bathrooms
Vaccuum System
Alarm keypads at front & back door & master bedroom (v handy if alarm goes off at night!)
Water connection for 'american fridge'
driveway lights that go on/off automatically as you drive up the driveway
Electric gates with camera monitor
If you like aquariums, build one into a wall between two rooms, v relaxing to watch
 
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in sink erator for getting rid of leftovers/peelings etc etc, will require plug point under the sink

plugs everywhere, before I refurbished my house I had 9 downstairs, now there's 57

cat-flap access

leave access hatch for rear of showers

on/off valves on all piping leading to all taps so u can isolate individual taps for future maintenance

I took photos of all walls prior to plastering etc so I know where cables/water pipes etc are located

doorbell from the front door to the rear shed because when you're out there you cant hear the house doorbell

ample power connections for said shed
 
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TV point in laundry room even worse when taken in conjuction with:

Dummy to Iron Shirts
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"I took photos of all walls prior to plastering etc so I know where cables/water pipes etc are located"

what a clever idea - simple as that
 
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Some of mine:
5amps under windows for Christmas lights.
Laundry room totally separate to any area through which people have to travel, ie not at back dooor access or utility room.
Zoned heating.
Area in garage or similiar covered area for washing line.
Storage area for wheelie bins which does not require navigating through the entire garden in order to put out bins.
Wired for external heaters on patio.
A large budget for landscaping.
Self cleaning velux windows.
A lift!
Storage storage and more storage.
 
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Dog washing facilities in garage - plumbed for bath, hot water etc, no more wet dog in the house!
 
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Parents use a dustbin outside, works fine for their doggy!
 
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would be very hard to get a large dog into a dustbin let alone wash him in it!
 
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Most already mentioned but heres a few.........

- Fireplace in Garage in order to burn stuff
- Natural Slate roof
- Marvin Sash Windows (or similar)
 
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calt said:
would be very hard to get a large dog into a dustbin let alone wash him in it!
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Not really dog stands in bin with paws up on side of bin and in immersed in the water up to his middle, can then wash him and use water to rinse him.
Easy peasy.
 
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