house design

[scoobert]

so last weekend i did the very first step in building my first hand built house. its advice time.

here is the problem. i want to do something rarely done anymore. i want a courtyard in the middle of the house. its going to have a pool in it, and will be glassed in and heated. i cannot decide on the shape.

i will either do a square build house, with square center, or a C shape house.

any input?

 

[FATJACK]

Square...

 

[wesalbert]

C shaped with a guest house to close in the other side.

 

[viperhauler]

neither...

http://www.upgrd.me/2010/08/tangga-house-is-a-gorgeous-mix-of-glass-water-wood-and-grass/

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

round:rock: :rock: :rock:

 

[wesalbert]

neither...

http://www.upgrd.me/2010/08/tangga-house-is-a-gorgeous-mix-of-glass-water-wood-and-grass/

Thats pretty cool.
You know you would try diving off that raised deck at least once

 

[viperhauler]

take something like this...make the balcony a walkway (this is a multiple story floorplan, have a garage/carriage house/mother-in-law suite to the left, slightly offset, with a covered walkway attached to the walkway(balcony in this view), eliminate the foyer stairs, and have archways instead...

 

[viperhauler]

Thats pretty cool.
You know you would try diving off that raised deck at least once

or be nekkid swimming with guests in the den downstairs :elefant: :elefant: :elefant:

 

[TREKER]

LEGO?

 

[viperhauler]

LEGO?

my eggo?:elefant:

 

[scoobert]

LEGO?

i am not james may. thou i am a lot like him.

 

[scoobert]

i like the glass pool idea, i think that is a bit beyond my abilities, thou i was planing an in-wall fish tank, like 1200gal...

i have been leaning for the C shape because i want to do a edgeless pool and on the other side of the glass would be the pond.

 

[Michael from the U.K.]

Either would be nice,I've always wanted to do a round one with a courtyard in the middle ,but the easiest by far would be up build a square one.And easier means waaaay cheaper ,and still be the nads:rock:

We need loads of picks if ya do this mate

 

[scoobert]

going to take me 4-5 years.....

 

[viperhauler]

do it little by little and see how long it takes to get the county to assess you...but don't cut down too many trees...they do fly-overs around here

 

[scoobert]

do it little by little and see how long it takes to get the county to assess you...but don't cut down too many trees...they do fly-overs around here

as long as it is not finished there are no taxes on it. only cutting down one tree, the largest on the property, its going 2 miles down the road to the mill to be my main beam....

 

[viperhauler]

nice....

 

[scoobert]

this is going in...

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/charybdis-whirpool-faux-fountain,news-8283.html

 

[MYTRAM]

Shape it like an SRT10.

 

[scoobert]

the house or fountain?