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1. I often think about what my dream house might be like and where it would be. Sometimes I think I want to live somewhere warm, where the sun shines most of the time. Other times I like the seasonal variation that is currently around me. Perhaps, I would be bored if the weather was constantly nice. In whatever climate the house may be in, it should be near the sea as I'd prefer a sea view. Unfortunately, with a sea view comes a sea view price tag, and this is currently well beyond my reach.
2. If money were no object, I think I would like to live in a castle. However, if you have ever been in a castle, you would know that they are often drafty, with small windows, bad insulation, and a musty smell. I don't like any of these things. So, I would like my castle to be modernised. To take full advantage of the sea view it will need some large, singlepane glass windows. I am quite keen on saving the planet, so they would need to be well fitted and employ some sort of light harvesting technology so that I could use the sun's energy to give power to the building. The castle would need wind turbines, geothermal energy pipes, and/or solar panels.
3. I love the outdoors and would like to envisage creating an indoor-outdoor garden within the house with a retractable roof. Within this garden would be a pond feature that I could swim in. It would not be a conventional pool but perhaps a series of streams and pools as you can see in nature. There would be areas where the current increased in strength, so I could practice swimming against it, or simply be taken along by it, floating through the waves and through my garden. I am not entirely sure of the practicalities of creating such an idyll, but if I could, I would.