Please help me out by designing your ideal home!

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[in my dreams] i'd like a house with an all-black room when i needed absolutely no stimulation whatsoever. it would have all-indirect lighting, nothing shiny, no windows and totally soundproof. it would have recessed xmas lighting that i could flip on when i felt like it. it would be my chilling room. after a few hours of sensory deprivation, i'd like an all-white room to go into. it would have matte surfaces also, nothing shiny, no mirrors or windows, and indirect lighting. it would also have xmas lighting. it would be my thinking room. after a few hours of that, i'd be ready to go into a wood-panelled room with lots of gold and cordovan and black and bronze and yellow in it, with lots of mirrors and large picture windows overlooking the western horizon. this would be the room i'd spend the most time in, other than in my bedroom which would be all-blue and constantly illuminated in soft blues, and with a constant omnidirectional low whirr or gentle roar in the background, preferably the sound of ocean waves crashing onto shore. and all rooms must have thick carpeting, as i am generally barefoot. the house would keep a constant temperature of 70 degrees year-round, with sound-insulated HVAC. it would have dual-wall staggered-stud/earthen outside wall construction in order to make it as insulated from the outside world as possible as well as from room to room. it would have large wall-sized tvs on most of the walls which would display hi-def camera views of the outside, or from living [animated] scenes of nature or cityscapes, whichever i felt like seeing at the moment. to accompany the omnipresent video, all rooms would be wired and decked-out in full-range surround-sound, with a sound system that could play a different "theme" in each sound-isolated room. the sound system would have to be able to reproduce the full range of audio frequencies from infrasonic to ultrasonic, in a neutral manner with no "spotlighting." oh, and the garage would have to be heated and air-conditioned as well.

hey, i can dream, can't i?

I agree with everyone who said at least one windowless and soundproof room would be great. Also no neighbours.

Wouldn't that be great? I'd second that given some of the horrible neighbor experiences I've had, but it would be pretty hard to put into practice when creating subsidized housing complexes and things of that nature. I guess just soundproofing and creating layouts for sharing living spaces that create the illusion of privacy are the next best solution.

My occupational therapist thinks that at the minimum we do need to consider the location of the properties as well. She says that we should have the right to live on non busy roads, in quieter suburbs, etc, that the place needs to be stand alone and not in an apartment complex which would automatically help with sound issues. They also need to ensure that we are not close to schools, child care centres, shopping precint and the like. BUT we do need to live very close to very frequent public transport services, so that we can access things and if we do struggle when out we know that we can get home quickly and not have to wait up to an hour for a bus or something.

Also think that awnings on the outside of the windows are useful as they stop the bright glare from the sun, while allowing natural light in.

People with neurological conditions like MS and the like have the right to have air conditioning here as a disability modification, on the basis that they struggle to regulate their own temperature, and I now have professionals helping me to claim that as a disability modification as well, only time will tell whether it is accepted or not, the applications go in this week!! Sure we are encouraged to go out to shopping centres during the day to keep cool and to open the windows overnight to cool the place down, but neither of those things are appropraite for me. I cannot cope with the noise and other sensory issues that each create.

subterranean housing with solatubes to let in natural light. nothing quieter, with even temperatures.