Building Our Dream Mansion: A Journey of Love and Luxury

When My Dreams Came True. Written and posted by hard93

Chapter 3. Learning to be the Couple we always wanted to be:



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In the previous chapter Andy found out he won the lottery. Rachel his longtime crush, the girl Andy dreamed of as long as he's known her also had a crush on him. From their second kiss on their crush become love and Rachel insisted all she really cared about was Andy's love. Andy is not about to turn down his longtime heart's desire. Rachael desired Andy just as long. After a day of teasing each other they snuck in bed together and fulfill their dreams.


We pick up the story.

After a little bit our parents do get serious and set down some rules for us. "First. You two are not going to have sex anywhere but in one of your bedrooms. No sex in cars, in a park or anywhere else you think you could get away with it.

Second. As long as Rachel's working no sex on work nights and when school starts no sex on school nights. She will need her sleep to work.

Third: No sex after bedtime. You are to act like a married couple, no bragging about you having sex to your friends. Treat each other with respect, and respect the family."

As soon as Rachel and I had finished breakfast, we both yawn and stretch saying. "Need a nap?" Giggling we both shake her head yes and run upstairs.

When we reached the top step Megan calls to us, "Not so fast, get back down here you two."

We both groan before turning and going back downstairs. Megan asks, "What did you two have planned for the day?"

I tell her, "We were going to go to the mall again this time to pick up a dress for Rachel, one good for the party next Saturday night. Maybe look around and do a few other things."

Mom giggles and says, "Dress shopping sounds fun how about we take your daughters, and leave the menfolk here. I think they want to talk about the new house anyway."

Rachel and I really dislike the idea being away from each other. But like I guess, they are in control and I'm along for the ride. I give Rachel a long kiss before I let them go. Dad and Bill only chuckle at me a little. Then they drag me over and we start going over the house. Dad tells me, we need a list of the features to be incorporated to get to an architect he knows. He also tells me if you keep busy the time will go faster and you won't miss her as much.

I say something that Bill said last night, "That's easier said than done."

We really make the list which takes a couple of hours and we go back and forth on a few points. One which is solar power for a large house like that, we estimate it's going to be nearly seventy-five thousand dollars to get enough power to run it. I point out to Dad is going to take about twenty-five thousand dollars just to have a power line plus a meter brought to the house. So that helps bring the costs down. If you consider your paying twenty-five thousand dollars, just to get charged a monthly fee.

Another problem we faced being on top of the hill. For city water to be delivered we would require using a secondary pump. Water storage to get continuous pressure given the fact were raising seventy-five to one hundred feet higher than most of the town.

With 800 acres is more than enough room for a leach bed for the septic system and separation for a water well so we decided to do that instead of trying to get city water, we could do our own water purification after pumping it into a storage tank. It would require adding chlorine before the water was stored to prevent growth of any unwanted contaminant in the tank. We would filter it and have it checked often to ensure its safety. We decided to do a small solar array just for the pump it would not need battery it could run all day and fill the tank.

That covered the utilities for the house. Now for the house itself, I decided I wanted a house that was a mansion not just number of rooms but the purpose for those rooms. A pool and solarium area Rachel and I both love to swim, a home theater with enough seating for twenty people, then Bill and Dad both suggested billiards and large game room. I wanted a safe room, one capable withstanding a tornado, the hilltop was exposed. Our master with two sitting areas, they can be used as nurseries until the children had grown a little, bedrooms for six children and a guest room. Then Bill suggested that I go ahead and add another two bedrooms to make it a total of ten. We can make it another two master suites I suggest. Laundry facilities due to six children I wanted two washers and three dryers. The kitchen should be something fairly large we would need to cook enough food to feed eight or more people at each and every meal more people on the holidays. The kitchen should have built-in appliances like a large refrigerator and freezer definitely a dishwasher probably two. I want ample storage, plus work surface area and a pantry for storage of other dry goods.

I wanted a separate garage with parking for six cars, storage for a speed boat, and fishing boat plus a work area and groundskeeper storage. The garage should also have a two-bedroom apartment.

Dad suggested that we build the garage first. We could use the storage for building supplies. The apartment can be our temporary residence. The main house may take a year to fully complete, but the garage could be completed in a couple months. Since were going to be off the grid I suggested that we could add to the garage a room for the storage batteries and inverters needed for our power system. That way the power would be there to assist in construction. We should have the well drilled, power systems and purification built for water to the garage and main house. We could use the same Leach bed for the apartment as the main house we use to prevent adding another expense.

Because the apartment is going to be our temporary residence I decided to make it as nice as possible. So instead of just a simple two-bedroom one of the bedrooms will be a master suite with a second bedroom that we use as an office, a utility with washer and dryer, a second full bath, a full kitchen and a large living room to complete the apartment. That's more like a house with an oversized garage underneath.

Dad is already thinking on the construction of the garage. Using cinderblocks and poured concrete for the first floor and bridging to support the second floor, the second for be billed just like a house with crawl way but a burn through layers of drywall would be added between the first and second floors to bring it to the required building codes. Dad laughs telling me. "You're going to have the most expensive residential garage in the state." With the expense of the three major utilities, power, water and sewage, added to the garage. I can see his point.

We decide to make the house two stories with a large finished basement part of it walk-in. We will utilize the hillside the slope will allow us to make in a walk-in basement. The solarium and pool are dad suggests we can make the part greenhouse as well especially if reoriented on the southeast side of the house. If nothing other than just flowers Bill suggests. "Rachel totally loves flowers, having some year-round would keep her happy." We will put in an elevator in to help move furniture from the basement to the second floor. Wider hallways in certain areas and an open floor plan around the kitchen and family room area, a dining room and a formal living room. I know one thing; I'll be hiring a maid to help keep the house clean.

Most of the larger rooms would be in the basement, the home theater, safe room, billiards/game room, pool and solarium would be good for most of the entertaining done in the basement. The elevator should be assessable near the kitchen and the second floor hallway.

I want a fire suppression system in the house. At least cover the escape routes so we could get out in case of a fire. The house separated that far from the fire department only adds to the danger from fire. We should use fire retardant or resistant materials as well. I know my Dad tried using metal studs but most people resist that idea. If nothing else we can use it around fire prone areas like the kitchen and laundry to slow the spread of fire if possible.

That should give enough information for the architect to work with. The first weeks of this process will take a lot exchanging of ideas on the rough drawings. I wanted the architect to finish the blueprints for the garage apartment first. We'll decide on the overall style of the buildings and build the garage. The major points for the house should be set before the construction of the garage. Hopefully we can be in our garage apartment before summer is over. This fall see the beginning of the construction on the mansion. It's still early June so this is possible. The house dad is building here should be completed by

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