I LIVE in ****** ***** “Estates”, a condo community built on the backside (but waterfront side) of a former very wealthy landholder, complete with “Estate”-like Big House.
Myself, I’d rather it were NOT “Estates” … pretentious, IMHO. It could have been “Homes” or “Place” just as well.
We jokingly named ours shortly after we moved in in 1999. My wife paused on her way to the basement to admire our first backyard out the back window. As she stood looking out a hawk took a pigeon out of the sky and landed with it in the middle of our back yard. She was horrified.
It being just before the change of the century we decided to call it Millennium Falconcrest.
Ours should have a name, but none of the ones we’ve tried have ever stuck. It had seven giant maples, but “Seven Maples” doesn’t flow. Since it goes so far back in our family, everyone calls it Grandma’s house. We’ve owned it since 1996.
Our house already has one. We have no kids and a few extra bedrooms, so we’ve had some parties over the years, and we’ve had more than a few hookups at those parties.
At some point everyone started calling it the “Stabbin’ Cabin.”