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I'm Dreaming Of My Ideal Home

My hometown is a little seaside town in South Wales and I am very fortunate to live very close to the sea. One of the only downsides to this is that house prices are high so we live in a flat. It's a big flat in an old Victorian three-storey house, with high ceilings and decorative features of this style of architecture like original floor tiles, but it's still a flat. I miss the outside space. I dream of living in a whitewashed cottage or detached house one day with a large garden, surrounded by trees and rose bushes, with a dog and birds for company. That's another downside of living in a flat, it doesn't really have space and an outside area for a dog.

I love property programmes like A Place In The Sun, Location, Location, Location and Grand Designs.  It's exciting to watch people get a bargain and start living their dream. Another of my dreams would be to have another property somewhere hot, with a gorgeous climate all year round, like Florida. I also love the look of Hamilton, Canada especially the condos there 

 Grand Designs is an inspiring programme. and presenter Kevin Mccloud follows some of Britain's ambitious self-build projects. Have you ever thought of a self-build project? The benefits would be you could choose everything yourself from the ground up. Choose where to live, check, choose your piece of land - check, chose your own architectural design, check, choose a modern top of the range kitchen, check, choose a stylish bathroom, check and so on. 


I guess it could be stressful on times, self-builds are notorious for going over budget, and problems are likely to occur but for your very own house designed to your specifications, some things are worth the stress.

 First, you would need to look for land for sale, then get an architect on board to design your plans, then the fun starts when you have to pick your fixtures and fittings. Designing and building your house like this can be a very cost-effective way of getting a return on your investment, even if you want to live in it and not sell it on in the immediate future. You can even plan that beautiful garden with the rose bushes and birdhouse. 

 One day I'll get there, until then, I'm happy to live in my flat by the sea.

Have you ever thought of building your own house? If so where would you build it?

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