Utopia

Imagine you've just won a ridiculous amount on the lottery. You're not tied by planning permission or any annoying irritant that doesn't seem to affect the rich. What would your house be like? Have you got one in mind that you would buy....obviously the current owners would be happy to sell? Or would you have one built?

I'm torn between a modern newly built, designed for me house or a Victorian/Edwardian villa. What I would like is for it to overlook the countryside with a view down to a river, lake or the sea. It would have 6 bedrooms. Why 6? Well master bedroom, then one each for our young children, one adult guest room, one child guest room and a play room with a door that can be firmly closed . The adult bedrooms would be ensuite and the children's bedrooms would have space for ensuite facilities to be fitted when they're older. I would expect every room to have some sort of view whether over the countryside or the garden. Downstairs I'd like at least two sitting rooms (a family sitting room and an adult sitting room for evenings when the children are in bed), a formal dining room (probably only to be used on Christmas Day lol) and a large kitchen cum breakfast room. I'd also like a sun room not just a conservatory. A proper room with heating etc but one that catches as much sun as possible. I'd like those doors that fold back on themselves so that when the weather is nice the room merges with the garden.

I'd like a big garden with separate areas so wandering around would be an adventure. A proper summer house with electric and water so we could sit outside but still have access to a fresh cuppa without going all the way back to the house lol.

I'd also like a swimming pool with a fold down roof so that in summer it could be an outdoor pool but in our normal weather it could be a heated building.

Of course I wouldn't clean this massive pile. I'd have a couple of ladies come in to do the cleaning and ironing, a chap to help look after the garden and a pool man

I'd pay over the odds to my ladies and gentlemen to make myself feel better about being bone bloody idle and having others to do the work for me