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What would your dream home include (if money was no object)?

Emily Hutchinson

9 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

While fitting out your home with a bowling alley or luxurious swimming pool may not be a possibility for your home, if you woke up this morning to see you had hit the jackpot, what luxurious space would you add to your house?
Is there a space you have been dreaming of that's not in this list? Share it with us in the comments section.

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A dreamworthy swimming pool

A zen yoga room

A totally ace tennis court

A wonderful wine cellar

A tricked-out craft room

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Sushiiphoto

9 years ago

All the above

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Olivia Kwarda Tuivaga
9 years ago
ALL of them!
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audreywills
9 years ago
An indoor basketball court for my hubby and son!
Sasha G.
9 years ago
A massive kitchen, a fireplace, a garden and backyard, a large outdoor kitchen...AND all of the above!
olldroo
9 years ago
Definitely the pool ............... with a cabana boy!!
myperfectadvice
9 years ago
A POOL!
Melbourne44 Melbourne44Musk
9 years ago
Small outside resting room with view of something beautiful, built in bed and very few objects. No technology including phones. Shades of white with very clever lighting.
susan_66
9 years ago
While I voted for swimming pool, in reality I'd probably choose a library first . . .
Minuet Stephens
9 years ago
A huge deck out the back, and steps leading up to a smaller piece on the roof (stunning views from the roof, great views lower down)
Tom Flanagan
9 years ago
Roof-terrace! And if there's a bar and pool too, I wouldn't complain...
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Charmean Neithart Interiors
9 years ago
An indoor pool like the one I saw at Hearst Castle when I was little.
omagnes
9 years ago
I voted for the craft room, but I actually mean a sewing/laundry/ironing room. What a pleasure it must be to have a place for everything and to be able to just close the door in the middle of a project or chore when something else is calling for attention. I love polls, it is almost like someone cares about my opinion;-))
risastacy
9 years ago
An indoor heated pool so I could swim year-round!
Heather Gale
8 years ago
Definitely the wine cellar, with a cheese room. Large enough to sit in and have small intimate wine and cheese nights. Picturing a stone lined room with heavy timbers, and a rustic setting with a place to sit and sample time improved, home constructed wares ! My sons would probably have a whiskey still installed, and my daughters would be experimenting with home crafted cheeses and sourdough breads.......dreaming right now.
thinkoutsidethebox
8 years ago
A library--would love a huge library with lots of bookshelves and comfortable furniture for curling up with a good book.
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8 years ago
I can't be greedy; I have a pool so my vote goes for the wine cellar... Oh, a fully stocked one too please! Haha..
karencopland
8 years ago
A house with a small interior 3 bedrooms, no office, open kitchen, dining, lounge and HUGE verandah all the way around
woodjay
8 years ago
Love my house on acreage (my dream) but would like ducted heating to all rooms, better water pressure (on tanks), separate accommodation for the kids who come back and ... nothing else. Have had the swimming pool etc in the past but not the zen room but I can sit on our wrap around veranda and look at the horses, chickens and dam with wild birds and that is pretty zen.
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Aqua Vista Glass
8 years ago
A beautiful pool, with a stunning pool fencing of course!
wuff
8 years ago
I don't want any of those options, I would like beautiful sitting room with plush furniture, classical French inspired (not baroque), I would like a climate controlled glass house to match with orchids and all other exotic plants. A beautiful garden with flowers and fruit trees and a cleaner and a handyman to help me with it.
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8 years ago
Very nice pool in the picture.
Najeebah
8 years ago
attached: library
detached: barn and horseriding arena
Luke Buckle
8 years ago
@Aqua Vista you make me laugh.
olldroo
8 years ago
Wuff - you forgot the chef!
Heather Gale
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If I had hit the jackpot I would like to have one of these luxury homes here in Sydney https://www.millbrookhomes.sydney/. Swimming pool and yoga room would be must-haves :)
Tilly
5 years ago
A view, preferably the ocean.

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