# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/101 "2009-02-24T11:27:57Z")
I want the Ingall’s house from Little House on the Prairie but with insulation and modern plumbing. If I ever win the lottery I will buy a patch of land and build that house. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/102 "2009-02-24T13:00:15Z")
I always liked the look of the house in which Opus and friends lived, in _Bloom County_. Failing that, I’ll settle for the Tracy Island residence, from _Thunderbirds_. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/103 "2009-02-24T14:15:00Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > I always liked the look of the house in which Opus and friends lived, in _Bloom County_. Bah! I can’t _believe_ I forgot the Bloom Boarding House…:smack: Does it include the dandelion patch? EDIT: Well, whatdyaknow…turns out it _does_ [exist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linsay_House)! (I think a “squee” may be in order, at this junction. Though I’ll demur, myself) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 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/486614/104 "2009-02-24T14:46:37Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > IThen, I would be build my real house which is Oak Alley on the ruins.[http://www.oakalleyplantation.com/](http://www.oakalleyplantation.com/) Isn’t that the house briefly shown in the movie: “Interview with the Vampire” ? ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/105 "2009-02-24T14:57:29Z")
My first thought was Winterfell (before Theon and the fire) because of the toasty warm floors due to the forced hot water system, but it is a bit grand. And there’s that servant issue. Do these houses come with staff?? Okay, then the Clan Mackenzie house from _Dies The Fire_. Yes, I like 'em big and grand. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/106 "2009-02-24T15:50:35Z")
I think it would be cool to live in the Thomas Point Lighthouse. Nobody could annoy me easily. Winter would suck, but it would still be pretty awesome. [http://www.thomaspointlighthouse.org/](http://www.thomaspointlighthouse.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/107 "2009-02-24T16:14:13Z")
I think I’d like to live on the Busted Flush, Travis McGee’s houseboat. Failing that, Dave Robicheaux’s house on the Bayou Teche sounds really nice. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/108 "2009-02-24T16:28:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Collinwood, from _Dark Shadows_.](http://www.collinwood.net/location/seaview.jpg) Me too! But I might avoid going through that door under the stairs. Don’t you end up in another century that way? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/109 "2009-02-24T16:51:27Z")
Darn! **koeeoaddi** beat me to Gull Cottage! I’ve wanted that house since I was a little girl. [This is the house I lived in as a kid](http://www.changingstreets.com/view/faar_mls.asp?listingid=09080878). It’s pretty much ideal. 3 storeys and a basement, two storey carriage house and 1/2 a city block for a yard. And it’s for sale. StG ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/110 "2009-02-24T17:06:57Z")
A couple I haven’t seen mentioned. The Taj Mahal. It’s soul-achingly pretty, and I’m reasonably sure there are some comfortable spots inside. Even if there isn’t, it’s still soul-achingly beautiful and I might put up with sleeping on the floor just to be able to walk around the grounds each day. Plenty of room for friends or burying your loved ones should the need arise. Mount Vernon. Been there and to Monticello, and while Monticello was much more impressive, there’s just something about sitting on Mount Vernon’s porch and looking out over the river which just makes you feel good and peaceful. Monticello was busy, Mount Vernon was peaceful. The White House. Say what you will, it’s the most modern and convenient of pretty much all the structures. Heavy insulation, wired for everything, bulletproof windows, built in kitchens, backup power, the whole nine yards. Tons of art and antiques, one hell of a nice place to live from all accounts, as long as you strip it of the burdens of the office one has to hold to live there. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-live-in-a-replicated-famous-house-real-or-fictional-which-would-it-be/486614/111 "2009-02-24T17:45:59Z")
Okay, has to be doable with modern technology? I guess that means living in the TARDIS is out then ☹ Since there seems to be a demand for Hobbit Holes (not _THAT_ kind of Hobbit Hole, you pervy hobbit-fanciers…) maybe someone should actually make them, chalk me up for a Bag End style subterranian house barring that, I’ve always liked the house on 1428 Elm Street… [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=5)