Honestly, my dream house is a castle built of stone out in the middle of nowhere so far from a city that you would need a helicopter to go grocery shopping.

After hurricane Wilma, I'd like a Hussein spider hole but with total comfort and the hope the next hurricane is dry.

I really dont care, but I know my wife would love a bigger kitchen.  For me, perhaps a jacuzzi in the master bath.

Mason, I think you and my dad would get along well.

steven, talk about your low expectations!

Dr. G, I live in my kitchen so a big kitchen is a must. We have a jacuzzi tub in our master bath and love it. Lot's of people say that it wouldn't get used enough to be worth it but we use it all the time.

so where are the big dreamers? Other than the castle, you guys are being way too practical!

Funny, I've been thinking of this topic recently too. My dream home would have a 3-story kids' playland built with adults in mind. It would sport ball pits that are at least 4' deep, slides up to the ceiling, a network of trampolines encaged in safety nets, an indoor water park, gymnastics equipment like crash pits and tumbling mats, and tons of climbing equipment to include an indoor climbing wall.

But that's all just a lavish dream. Right now if we actually owned the home we're living in, I'd settle for another water heater (my showers always end in a cold spray), new walk-in closets, a finished basement, a bathroom on the main level (it's no fun running upstairs for an emergency tinkle). I'd love it if this home would retain some heat in the wintertime too, and on that note I'd put thermostats in every room. As it is now, there is one thermostat and it's in the living room where it's often hit with direct sunlight, making the thermostat assume that the whole home is just that warm. That does nothing for the rooms upstairs, let me tell you.

I would love to have a big front porch with swings and rocking chairs and geraniums and always a cold pitcher of lemonaid and iced tea ready for friendly neighbors who visit. I really would love to be in an older established neighborhood. With sidewalks and big trees and a park, school, store within walking distance. Our house came with a 10 year home warranty. There aren't the worries that we would have had with an older home. Older homes just have so much more personality.

Mature trees. We are in a new subdivision with a crepe myrtle and pear tree in front and nothing in back. Even if we plant it's going to take years for them to mature.

I would love to have a big rec room. Air hockey table, a bar, big flat screen tv, comfortable, cushy sofa's - just a general hang out kind of room. Oh and if I get to have anything I want I want skee ball and dance dance revolution in there too - arcade sized not a little home sized things.

Oh a huge, organized craft/stamp/scrapbook room. Where everything was organized and ready to go and I could just leave whatever project I'm working on out and close the door on the mess.

Okay my fantasizing is taking too much space. I guess I'll quit here.

Funny, I've been thinking of this topic recently too. My dream home would have a 3-story kids' playland built with adults in mind. It would sport ball pits that are at least 4' deep, slides up to the ceiling, a network of trampolines encaged in safety nets, an indoor water park, gymnastics equipment like crash pits and tumbling mats, and tons of climbing equipment to include an indoor climbing wall.

Wow! Love it!

Oh a huge, organized craft/stamp/scrapbook room. Where everything was organized and ready to go and I could just leave whatever project I'm working on out and close the door on the mess.

Oh yeah! I gotta have that too!

Now we're talkin'!

I almost forgot, I was in this upscale home that had heated tile floors...I want that too.

I have lots of dreams. Like Mason I wouldn't mind living in a castle in the middle of the country on so many acres no one could see the house.

My wife is/was a residential designer so that makes for really big dreams. Some of them I can share and others are projects in home automation that I am still working on and since they may be a potential next big idea ... well ... you get the idea.

On my private lake I will have a boat house. It will be named the Dog House. This is where I will spend my away from the wife time. I envision this to be a Bar. Stage and sound equipment would be a must here as I love to listen to and enjoy live music. If I get to do it with a few friends over a couple of drinks, great! When I see it in my minds eye, I see more English pub than road side dive.

In the main house I will have a Theater/Game room. When I see this room, the theater will have the ability to be open to the main room or be closed to be sound proof.

The whole house will have microphones for voice control of the automation system. Everything will be automated. Lights, HVAC, all systems of the house (water heating, appliances, etc.) The programming of 'scenes' will be the most complicated part and over all I think I will have to build multiple automation systems in zones of the house to make it work right. The idea is to be able to sit on the couch and say movie time (or whatever) and have the house transform. The blinds would close based on the time of day. The lights would dim and the TV would become active. The movie would start and if I can figure a way to deliver it, sodas and popcorn would be delivered. I might need to add a couple of robots into the mix.

My house will embody technology.

Technology is great...when it works.

Technology is great...when it works.

I agree Mason.

Just John, sounds like the ultimate Guy house. Sounds like you and Tim Taylor would get along smashingly

heated tile floors

Yes, that's a must too! I've experienced homes like that. It feels great to walk around barefoot. I wonder why that hasn't been a standard feature in homes over at least the past decade already? Hmmm...

My dream home would be on a sleepy street with a wrap around porch, hard wood floors, lots of molding...each bedroom has its own bathroom....a nice big media room with surround sound...a lovely stainless steel kitchen with granite counter tops and a huge beaten up country table in the middle of the kitchen for use as an island and eat in kitchen table...leading into a family room with a large stone fireplace.

I'd like a spice/herb garden right off the kitchen....and the garden surrounding the house will have to be three times bigger than the house, with a gazebo and stoned walking paths lit with torches in the summer.

The house doesn't have to be huge, but adequate. I've lived in huge homes and I hate to clean them, and a maid never really does as good a job as you want. So somewhere around 3,000-4,000 sq ft would be perfect. And the closer it is to 3,000 the happier I'd be.

I'd have to have whole house air filtration, a few skylights in the bathrooms, and a "sun room."

We plan on changing around our laundry room to put in two washers and two driers as well, and eventually hope to remodel our kitchen. Eventually, I'm going to need a jacuzzi, so we're going to have to find a place to put that as well.

Our only problem is water pressure, always a hazard in a small town. We're hoping to eventually remedy that by taking advantage of the fact we're on two lots and having a second meter put in for outside water and the jacuzzi (when finances allow us to get one).

Technology is great...when it works.

Well unlike the other computers in my house, my automation system has bee stable and running for over a year. Except for software updates, I haven't rebooted it.