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Self building homes and estates, grand designs

TheCatWoman

Some councils have given over parts of planned estate housing developements over to self builders, they all seem to have the main services, water, sewers, power piped to the site, some have a concrete pad already laid out, some don't, but you're free to pretty much build what you want, from a glass and steel box to a cob built hobbit hole. I think this is a brilliant idea and would love to see more of them, in the areas where councils have done this its proved very popular, as people have a chance to build the house they want to live in that suits their lifestyle.

Would you do this and what would you build?

I'd like one of those kit homes that are designed off site to your spec, thats eco friendly and energy efficient, with floors that have some give in them as I have plantar fascitits and hard floors like stone or tiles make my feet sore. I'd like a larger kitchen living space, but with smaller darker bedrooms. I've never understood why people want massive bedrooms with lots of natural light when what you do is sleep in them, I wouldn't want a dressing room either as I don't have enough clothes to fill a small wardrobe let alone a room full. But I would like a hobby room, where I could do sewing, it wouldn't need to be big. But I would want a decent garden, so many new builds have such tiny gardens. 

I want neutral colours and lots of texture to create a calming sensory environment, I know a lot of people like really bright patterns and colours, personally I find them overwhelming. I'd love to have space for art, walls strong enough to hang pictures and textile art. I wouldn't want walls of glass as I'd feel exposed and unsafe.

What about you, what would you want, traditional or modern, how would you tailor a house to your needs and tastes in architecture and design?

Would it offend your senses to live somewhere where every house was different and individual? 

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  • Interesting thread! Now I'm older my needs have changed. I'd like a bungalow, not overlarge, airy rooms, one each of bed, living, kitchen and bath room. Medical services and a good selection of shops with a mainstream supermarket in easy walking distance. Also a public park. I'd have triple glazing, self-cleaning glass and electric blinds on the windows. If there was such a thing, self-cleaning flooring, eye level appliances, solar panels and ground pump. Medium size enclosed gardens, not overlooked, curving gravel paths, small trees and shrubs. A shady veranda, small summerhouse for hobbies, potting shed, greenhouse, cold frame. I'd like fellow auties to be my neighbours and anyone who likes to be friendly but 'not in your face', and kids who don't disturb your daily life. There would be a community garden, plenty of adult day courses in a dedicated art and craft college.

  • in reply to Marianne72

    Sounds like you're descrbing a self build autistic community? I'm not sure how I'd feel about living in a comunity like that? I'd prefer to live in the middle of nowhere again, never having really felt part of a comunity I think I'd struggle.

    I'd like a bungalow too, although small lifts are getting cheaper and smaller, so stairs might not have to be a problem, I'd rather have no stairs and a lift than a stair lift. One of the things about some kit homes, is that they're modular and if you decided at a later date that you wanted to extend, even add an extra floor they can be added so easily, you just take the roof off, add the extra modules and put the roof back on.

    I'd like to have my home decorated with lime wash paint, it's got an interest soft, matt texture and comes in a range of colours. I do like colour in my home, people think neutral colours are all pastels, wishy washy and beige, but they're not, they're colours without intensity, so soft sage green would be neutral where as bright emerald green would be intense. I'd prefer to add more intense colours with soft furnishings, like cushions and rugs that can easily be changed. I do find a lot of people choosing black for home furnishing not to my taste, I can see black being a good choice for doors and windows, especially those Crital ones, but not with plumbing or kitchen sinks or ceilings for that matter. I get dark colours on high ceilinged rooms can bring them down a bit, but black marks as easily or even more easily than many other colours, water marks show just as much on black plumbing as they do on silver.

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  • in reply to Marianne72

    Sounds like you're descrbing a self build autistic community? I'm not sure how I'd feel about living in a comunity like that? I'd prefer to live in the middle of nowhere again, never having really felt part of a comunity I think I'd struggle.

    I'd like a bungalow too, although small lifts are getting cheaper and smaller, so stairs might not have to be a problem, I'd rather have no stairs and a lift than a stair lift. One of the things about some kit homes, is that they're modular and if you decided at a later date that you wanted to extend, even add an extra floor they can be added so easily, you just take the roof off, add the extra modules and put the roof back on.

    I'd like to have my home decorated with lime wash paint, it's got an interest soft, matt texture and comes in a range of colours. I do like colour in my home, people think neutral colours are all pastels, wishy washy and beige, but they're not, they're colours without intensity, so soft sage green would be neutral where as bright emerald green would be intense. I'd prefer to add more intense colours with soft furnishings, like cushions and rugs that can easily be changed. I do find a lot of people choosing black for home furnishing not to my taste, I can see black being a good choice for doors and windows, especially those Crital ones, but not with plumbing or kitchen sinks or ceilings for that matter. I get dark colours on high ceilinged rooms can bring them down a bit, but black marks as easily or even more easily than many other colours, water marks show just as much on black plumbing as they do on silver.

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