addink on 13/9/2007 at 17:40
Quote Posted by Digital Nightfall
Hahahaha, yes ... but the good news is that this place will be in a part of town where it really doesn't matter how much noise we make. It's pretty much surrounded by warehouses and vacant lots.
I think the neighbors are the least of your soundproofing worries.
No matter how close a community is, people need some way of getting away from all of it.
No matter how lovely your best friend's little girl is. If she's teething and you have only a couple of hours to sleep before your next big presentation: you're not happy. Soundproofing will be your religion.
The trick would be to do this without compromising the community; the issues Annakis mentioned.
R Soul on 13/9/2007 at 17:43
Quote Posted by Digital Nightfall
this place will be in a part of town where it really doesn't matter how much noise we make. It's pretty much surrounded by warehouses and vacant lots.
I wasn't thinking about complaints from the neighbours. I was thinking of complaints from
each other.
Obsessive introverts may not like being able to hear other people's music and stuff coming through their walls.
Malygris on 13/9/2007 at 18:26
May I suggest integrated metal detectors for all doors and windows to ensure nobody sneaks in any guns, which I suspect would become a problem rather quickly.
Dia on 13/9/2007 at 18:38
I agree with the soundproofing requirement. Nothing worse than being rudely awakened at 2 am by a couple having a loud disagreement, or by the theme song from Sponge Bob Square Pants on Jr.'s TV.
Also, we'd need separate dungeons for Turtle, Piglick, and crunchy.
Please.
Annakis on 13/9/2007 at 18:46
If, as you say Digi, people are bound to live long time in that community, maybe even raise a family, people might want to renowate and change their living environment sometimes drastically. Depending on how tight bunch your pack is, people might be willing to swap their homes with each other now and then throughout the years, to better adjust changing lifestyle. Those still studying want perhaps more communal experience, as well as privacy. Those raising kids require different setting and so forth.
Naturally houseswapping is something each party has to agree, but with 30 people living under same roof there bound to be much different needs for everyone. As you can design a dream house for big group like that, then it should allow flexibility above all. Maybe whole setting can have one highly adjustable communal living environment to suit different occasions, orgies and tea for two, and those settled in for good have more privacy and possibilities to alter and enhance their home and space to their tastes.
Mingan on 13/9/2007 at 18:47
What we'd need most is storage space for Scot's dong and SD's thighs. That and a steady supply of lube.
I thought the dungeon would be better for the Scot-Shug-Stitch triumvirate tho.
rachel on 13/9/2007 at 20:40
the real question is, will that be considered flirting?
jtr7 on 13/9/2007 at 21:20
I can only tell you what it would have to be like if I was there. Ideas
I need to shut out the world--to be a loner to work on personal projects, but have the choice to get a social fix, too. I work at nights. Being able to come and go, shower, and eat without waking up my housemates is just as important as not being disturbed by them doing the same necessary things.
Sound-proofing, including the floor. My last roommate pounded his heels when he walked "normally". Thud, thud, thud, thud! It was too random to filter out and woke me from my precious sleep like someone pounding on my door.
Endless hot water for all the showering and cleaning going on.
More restrooms than the typical formula calls for, because of the varied lifestyles and work-hours.
Independent thermostats to alleviate most of the contention about the temperature of the house.
Independent ventilation to keep housemates' pollution from blowing into bedrooms. Easy filter replacement will encourage it to happen more often. The house will need to breathe well, but stay healthy during colder months.
Good, highly rated electrical with generous numbers of sockets to keep electrical fires improbable, and so people avoid extension cords and powerstrips when possible or unnecessary. I'd probable need my own meter so I could pay for my extra use of electricity.:thumb:
Generous eaves, or at least awning-like structures over the windows, so windows can be opened wide, even if it's raining and windy (not real windy, but beyond a breeze)--primarily in the case the thermostat idea doesn't work, and/or the ventilation idea.
Overhead light fixtures. I can't stand these apartments where you have to provide your own lighting and use up the plugs. I have too much electronic equipment to safely use only powerstrips. Wouldn't want to start a fire and kill my housemates.:(
More than one living room. Doors, walls, and windows arranged to maximize furniture, bookshelf, and entertainment-center placement.
Highly cleanable surfaces, especially showers, sinks, walls, floors, and counters.;) Highly cleanable so less time has to be spent cleaning up after each other. No grout, or only well-sealed, non-porous grout.
Toilets that are engineered to actually flush and can be cleaned on all sides because of their style and how they are mounted. Plumbing that works with gravity and avoids couplings and lines that run level to the Earth that trap material. Plumbing that allows the flushing of paper towels, 'cause it happens too often.
If a toilet overflows, the sewage should never be allowed to reach a carpet or sit on a porous floor!:eww: If there's a floor drain, the floor should angle toward it! So often it doesn't. I've seen drains that were raised more than half an inch above the surrounding floor!
Cleaning closets to accommodate all the cleaning equipment from a Swiffer to a mop bucket and wringer.
Sinks with faucets that give you room to hold your hands under the water without touching the sink. Not necessarily to avoid the gferms, but to keep the crap from your hands off the sink, such as after working under the hood of your automobile and paint from projects. Sinks, with or without counters, that allow one to set things down to the side of the sink, but have little excess space front to back, the point being: to allow you to wash and lean forward to look closely in the mirror without leaning too far or having to press against the sink to support yourself. Bad if your back is out, and if there is a wide enough lip or piece of counter, water doesn't shed off or drain. This leads to extra cleaning and water damage over time. Plus, my T-shirt soaks up the water when I lean forward over the sink. Worse if you didn't put that water there yourself.
Lockable kitchen cabinets or provide food storage space in the bedrooms. A plcae for dorm-room style refrigerators, not one or two community fridges, well-ventilated to get rid of the hot air they put out.
Hallways wide enough to pass by a housemate without twisting or walking sideways and to accommodate moving furniture in and out. Doorways wide enough for wheelchairs and the moving of furniture.
Steps that don't grab the heel when one is walking up and backwards while carrying furniture.:)
I need to have modest room enough to have two computer desks, a drafting table, a table with all my recording equipment, storage for all the albums I create and own from the professionals. I've had two different configurations of this in two locations and it required only 10' x 14' for me to be happy. Add another 8' x 8' for bed and dresser, etc. An armory door would be nice, too!:p So many horror stories and roommates from hell I've gotten quite demanding, and actually have sworn off living with people!:o :D
oudeis on 13/9/2007 at 21:30
I think you'll need to think about to the exterior or auxilliary spaces as well, specifically where you are going to put the pig farm.
