There’s a house near me that actually has this. I lust for it.
A gas stove. A laundry room. Another bedroom. But most of all, a self-grooming front yard
But for the most part our house is good: great location, great neighbors, etc.
For the most part, I love my place and I’m very, very happy with it. But, there are two things, a balcony and a washer/dryer.
As far as the balcony, I didn’t think I wanted one. When I was looking, I saw some places with them - and didn’t really see the appeal. Now, I think I’d like a tiny bit of outdoor space every so often. I did see the appeal of a washer/dryer, but it wasn’t a deal breaker for me. I now think that it probably should have been. There are laundry facilities in the building, which is good, but it would have been so much better to not have to cart laundry out of my own personal space.
At least I did learn from the last place, this time a garbage disposal and dishwasher were requirements.
Doesn’t that make you dizzy after awhile?
Studio apartment, 1960s highrise in Chicago.
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More kitchen storage space.
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2 passenger elevators and one freight elevator that work 24 hours a day!
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A fuse that doesn’t blow half of the time when I start the microwave.
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No dogs allowed!
A wrap-around porch and a huge roof overhang, at least 6’ wide. A hand pump for the well, for when the power goes out. A sunny open space to have a garden.
sounds like a very nice neighborhood.
if I had to pick one thing - I’d want my house to be somewhere better. like Colorado.
I’d like to pick my house up and move it to a 100 acre pasture, mostly flat, oh, and don’t forget an established home fruit orchard with a deer fence around it, and an old California barn with a new foundation and roof.
Sometimes.
But otherwise I’d just like a mud room.
God one.. Our 70s pink bathroom tile is going out this summer.
Servants.
I was going to say an elevator, since my house has 6 levels. But all the stair climbing is good exercise. More wall space would be nice - like panache45 I have more art than walls. More sunshine would be great - I live under the forest canopy and would like to get rid of some trees so I could have a small garden. But the one thing I really really want is central heat.
A garden. Or a yard, or roof terrace, or large balcony. Some outside space big enough at least for a table and chairs, a paddling pool (that temporary six-inch-high plastic thing just big enough for a toddler or two to cool off in) and some plants in pots.
I’ve been daydreaming of a garden for my entire life, and I design gardens in my night-time dreams.
I’m surprised that this is an uncommon wish.
But does it have a secret bookshelf door? That would be living large. It doesn’t even matter what’s behind the door.
Silver Tyger, to take the place of a kitchen island, how about a “TV tray”-sized thingy that could be folded up when not in use?
I’d like a hot tub to stay in till I turned into a prune.
Risers on our main staircase. It’s an open one, like the one on The Brady Bunch.
I’d also like a library, since we have a lot of books. When I mentioned this to my husband, he said, “We have a library. We just don’t have the rest of the house.” 
There are a a lot of features I want but the main one is a range hood that works and doesn’t vent smoke right back into the kitchen after sending it through a useless ‘filter.’ The smoke is supposed to go OUTSIDE, you dicks.
It would be nice to cook a steak without having to disable the smoke alarm and open every window in the place.
Air conditioning that works properly - some rooms just get no airflow out of the vents.
More usable and better laid out work space and cabinet space in the kitchen. I think our kitchen was designed for bachelors who own only one or two plates, three forks, a spoon and a coffee cup, and nuke their meals.
Water pressure and/or flow, please!
I would like a dock.
Actually, inadequate kitchens are a mark of ‘scientific cuisine’ - better eating through modern industry. Back in the late 20s / early thirties food science for lack of a better word took off. Convenience foods [packaged mixes, frozen and canned foods and so forth] and the burgeoning of recipes developed in industrial kitchens based on the convenience foods along with the industrialization of women during WW2 made cooking different. Women, instead of dedicating long hours to food prep were buying food in component form instead of taking the time and effort to prepare it so kitchens got smaller. Literally you are correct that most kitchens are designed for the dishes, flatware, glassware and someone to put the Stauffers lasagne in the oven, 2 pots on the cooktop for boiling the vegetables, making a tossed salad, and setting out a storebought cake and ice cream for dessert. Minimal counter space, everything purchased in almost completed format. Small dinette set in a nook off the kitchen. Cooking as a hobby took off in the late 60s and early 70s as it became fashionable to want to go ethnic in cooking to get back to your roots or celebrate the individuality of Guyana or somewhere in the news [and that is also when more diversity in the grocery store started.]
I am also stuck with ‘an efficient kitchen’ designed for non cooks. sigh
Really huge 60 lb washer and dryer like they have at the laundromat. It never ceases to amaze me how much laundry two people can create. I’d love to just do three loads a week - Dark, medium and bleach.