# If you could live in a replicated famous house (real or fictional) which would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614 "2009-02-19T21:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/41 "2009-02-20T07:29:05Z")
Xanadu, if you consider “stately pleasure-dome” as being synonymous with “house,” which I and all right-thinking people certainly do. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/42 "2009-02-20T08:10:46Z")
The Four-Story Mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/43 "2009-02-20T12:17:57Z")
Hill House. The Halloween parties would be spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/44 "2009-02-20T13:20:46Z")
[1313 Mockingbird Ln.](http://www.classictvhits.com/munsters/images/1964House.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/45 "2009-02-20T13:40:17Z")
When I was a kid, I was going to make it my life long ambition to live in the **Wichester Mystery House.** Now, I’ll go with the **Playboy Manchine**. Just because. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/46 "2009-02-20T14:09:55Z")
I’ll go with Castle Dracula from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I’d never get bored exploring that place over and over again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/47 "2009-02-20T14:11:46Z")
The Truebas’ home in _The House of the Spirits_. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/48 "2009-02-20T14:37:15Z")
_Snug Harbor_, from Robert A. Heinlein’s The Number of the Beast. :: crossing fingers that I beat **What Exit?** to the punch :: ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/49 "2009-02-20T14:46:25Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > The Four-Story Mistake. Awww . . . with the cupola! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/50 "2009-02-20T15:42:07Z")
Monticello, but mainly for the wallpaper. Other than that, I’d pick the magical mansion my dad looked at for a family dwelling in the center of Mayville, NY. I call it a mansion because although it looks like your typical square Northern house, it is on a medium-sized plot with an orchard and used to have out buildings. I call it magical because although it looks like it has 2 main floors, a basement and an attic, it really has 3 main floors, a basement, an attic, and a Cape-Cod like semi attic with 2 bedrooms. It’s in the middle of town so walking is possible (now it’s a small town so not to a _bunch_ of places but still.) I’d prefer it to a traditional-looking mansion in the middle of a small town since it would look too much like a funeral home. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/51 "2009-02-20T15:48:54Z")
Ooh ooh ooh, the Hemingway house on Key West. Totally. It has a whole acre of well-planted land to itself, a saltwater pool, awesome outbuildings, and the house itself is just the kind of dignified symmetrical floor plan I like… and done in just the whites and pale blues and dark brown woods that I like. Plus, there are lots of cats. And it’s on Key West. No brainer. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/52 "2009-02-20T16:16:16Z")
Easy. The Ponderosa. Or the Lutz’s house from The Amityville Horror. I’m easy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/53 "2009-02-20T16:29:06Z")
It needs to be place that we can build today. I’m assuming I don’t have to worry about upkeep and taxes. I would build a family compound like the Don had in the \*Godfather \*and installed it with Solar, Wind and Geothermal to ensure I would be producing far more energy than I need and can sell it back. It would invite my family and some friends to move into the compound. I would probably stay in my current town. I would maximize energy efficiency, ensure it was well above sea level and have two deep wells. I don’t remember Snug Harbor well enough to desire it and while I would love to visit Middle-Earth, just replicating Bag-End does not do much for me. No basement shop, no garage and very little land around it. Nope, not for me. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/54 "2009-02-20T16:30:45Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > \*\*I don’t remember Snug Harbor \*\*well enough to desire it and while I would love to visit Middle-Earth, just replicating Bag-End does not do much for me. No basement shop, no garage and very little land around it. Nope, not for me. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/55 "2009-02-20T16:39:09Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > :eek: Hey if I get all the gadgets in Snug Harbor and everything I would take it of course. But I just get the house and grounds without the gadgets I can do better. As to Bag-End the ceilings are low, it really is not that large. It would be very well insulated at least. But I need a place for my woodshop, cars and other stuff. It just is not a good fit for me. Another one I have always like was Tamson House, but without the Magic it is just a giant place in icy cold Ottawa. (From the books [Moonheart and Spiritwalk](http://www.sfsite.com/lists/cdl.htm).) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/56 "2009-02-20T16:41:02Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Hey if I get all the gadgets in Snug Harbor and everything I would take it of course. But I just get the house and grounds without the gadgets I can do better. > > As the Bag-End the ceilings are low, it really is not that large. I would be very well insulated at least. But I need a place from my woodshop, cars and other stuff. It just is not a good fit for me. Another one I have always like was Tamson House, but without the Magic it is just a giant place is icy cold Ottawa. (From the books [Moonheart and Spiritwalk](http://www.sfsite.com/lists/cdl.htm).) Seriously, what the hell are YOU, an adult and presumably non-midget human, going to do with Bag End? Do you LIKE walking around bent double all day? Not to mention the fact that there is probably no toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/57 "2009-02-20T17:29:48Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Ooh ooh ooh, the Hemingway house on Key West. Totally. It has a whole acre of well-planted land to itself, a saltwater pool, awesome outbuildings, and the house itself is just the kind of dignified symmetrical floor plan I like… and done in just the whites and pale blues and dark brown woods that I like. Plus, there are lots of cats. > > And it’s on Key West. No brainer. Ach! You beat me to it! What if I take the first floor and you, the second? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/58 "2009-02-20T17:54:33Z")
Winchester “Mystery” House. > **[Winchester Mystery House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House)** > > Reportedly haunted locations: > The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winchester's death in 1922. The Victorian and Gothic style mansion is renowned for its size and its architectural curiosities. > It is sometimes claimed to be one of the "most haunted places in the world", but there is no evidence to... ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/59 "2009-02-20T18:34:44Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > does this mean we can also afford to live in it? > > if so, then Belcourt Castle in Newport RI .. > > If not, a more affordable, and mre reasonable one would be [a house built by my great grandfather](http://www.nothnagle.com/properties/details.asp?mlsid=1&mlnum=812416) Ha! I used to work at Belcourt. Its supposed to be haunted, you know 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/60 "2009-02-20T18:40:09Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Manderley, maybe. > > Before the fire. This is my vote, also. And my first action upon arriving is: “Mrs. Danvers, you’re sacked. Don’t bother packing a bag; your belongings will be sent to you. If I see you on the grounds again, you’ll be the tragic victim of a hunting accident.” Then Joan Fontaine and I would… well, I’ve said too much already. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614.md?page=4)