Pretty much already there.
This place is honestly a bit too big, probably half of it goes unused. My brother's room is only used when he and his family are visiting, there's another bedroom that just outright isnt used... well, the dog goes up there to lay on the bed sometimes, so... there's that I guess.
The basement is gigantic. I sit here in my weird "stuff room", which is where I spend most of my time when indoors. It was built to mimic a movie theater, complete with a theater curtain instead of a door and a projector & screen (I havent figured out how to use these yet). The deep red walls & black ceiling makes this room very good for me from a sensory standpoint... the only room I've ever had that never feels too bright. The bar is down here, complete with the "ouch my back hurts" chairs that I've never understood. Not that I use the bar much myself (I dont drink) other than to plop random objects onto it. There's like a sink and a fridge and whatever else built into it, it's all exactly what you'd think a proper bar should be and have. I use the sink sometimes. There's also the oversized bathroom, the creepy room, the wire room, the pipe room, the "I cant think of a name for it" room (a bunch of music stuff in there and the projector is also controlled from there, I tend to forget this room exists), and the room that is just for the heater or AC or whatever that thing is. There's a seating area that nobody uses but which has chairs anyway, and the area for the pool table and the arcade unit. The dog's favorite couch is in that room. He gets overheated easily, the basement is usually cold even during summer, and that couch has some material that just makes it very cold too. The floor of the basement is awkward, it's all these slate tiles, they are lumpy. There is a drain in the floor for some reason. Fortunately my room here isnt jagged tiles, it's carpeted. Unfortunately this room is the coldest spot in the house. I keep a heater in here. It gets used even during the summer. Well, no, second coldest spot, the creepy room is even colder.
Main floor, focus is on the... er... living room? I dunno, it's the place with the couches and the TV. The ceiling is 2 stories high in that room, because someone didnt think things through. Same with the foyer. I dont understand why anyone would build a space where things like lights or fans are too high to reach even with a ladder, and even the normal spaces in this house have a high ceiling. This is the most elaborate and exaggerated part of the house by far.
My room upstairs on the second floor (as in, where I sleep) is really the only spot in the house that I would say looks "normal". It's also the most boring spot, I only go in there to sleep.
There's an office with these two oversized doors on the main floor as well. And the dining room, which usually doesnt get used much. Kitchen and table and such. Whole house is rather ornate.
Big deck outside, there's a fish pond (mostly koi), there's frogs in the area too, though lately the pond has a mesh over it after the herons showed up.
Backyard is gargantuan... main reason we chose this house, so the dogs could have room to run. You could build another house out there. There's like 150 trees on the property, because... oh I dont know why. There's a big wall of plants with a stream running through it on one side, I assume the frogs mostly hang here. It's best not to get too close to it, because we have lots of ticks in the area.
The front yard is definitely a yard. Someone decided that the driveway needed to be 5 miles long. Or at least that's how it feels when I have to back out of it with the car, or walk to the stupid mailbox. Lots of plants that need watering all the time. More trees.
We're out in the absolute middle of nowhere too... neighbors are all quite a distance away (relatively speaking), the view from the front yard is a blank lot with trees across the street, and turn to the left and there ya go, endless farm fields and grass. Most of this state is grass and farms.
Downside: the power here goes out frequently. Which is what happens when you're super far away from everything else in a windy place that gets lots of storms. Also we're on a well or cistern or whatever, we arent connected to any city water supply or anything. Just too far out for that. If the power goes out, the water also stops working because the pump shuts down. I keep a lantern nearby always when I'm down here. I've got a battery unit or whatever it is that all of my electronics are plugged into, so those dont immediately pop if the power goes out. Gives me a chance to shut everything down properly when the place goes dark.
Also if you dont like spiders, this is a bad time unhappy place for you. So many spiders. I caught some super closeup footage of huge bola spiders making a web, like REALLY closeup, I'm going to upload that soon to show because it is cool. There are webs absolutely everywhere outside. It's best to be careful of what you put your hands on out here in case it's covered in ticks or like centipedes or something. Or just more spiders.
The big benefit of the place is mostly the location. The previous house was even more bloated (but with a tiny backyard due to the crowded nature of the area) but the location sucked. It's one of those "everyone wants to move here" places, and I've never understood why, I hated every inch of that region. So much traffic. These days I only have to go near there if I have a physical therapy appointment. Hate driving through it, so much. But here? It's all blank. There's just not much out here. And a nice forest preserve is just 2 minutes away. There are a lot of those in the region. You have to be careful though. If your car were to break down anywhere out here, and you dont have a phone with you, you're in for some big trouble, because it's probably miles to get to, you know, anything at all.
It can be kinda unpleasant here though if I'm the only one here. Right now the rest of the family is up at the Wisconsin house, so it is just... very quiet here. Too quiet. Anxiety usually rides higher than normal.
