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I would quite prefer a “Wizard’s Tower”.

A 4+ story vertical structure with 1-2 rooms per level, leaving more ground space for a garden/hedge maze etc.

I wonder if more of us introverted techy types would prefer that too.

Would it be impractical?

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Yes. It'll be fun, and magic, and amazing. And then you need to get a new piece of furniture on the 4th floor. A little bit later, you break a leg, and everything but the ground floor is off limits for weeks.

You slowly age. Climbing stairs is not as easy as it used to be. Whenever you want to talk to your spouse, they're guaranteed to be 2 floors away.

It's a dream home, but I'm not sure it'll survive reality.

Yes, that raises the question of how the heck does the old wizard archetype manage to climb up and down all day?

old wizards with high level either levitate, teleport or summon minions who carry them up obviously

The medieval solution is pulley and rope at the top of your tower

Let's say you're on ground level, and need to fetch something from the fourth floor. The walk upstairs, even if you're young and healthy, will increase your heart rate and, esp. depending on temperature and what you're wearing, can get you sweating a little bit. Who needs it in their daily lives.

True, but maybe that would encourage us to really think about what we place on each floor, to partition them for different workflows/mindsets/moods without overlap, which could lead to better focus, better work and better play.

yeah doing some physical activity, that sounds horribly wrong and so underclass...

it it a proper concern for elderly/disabled, but for young what you describe sounds more like an advantage

Why not wear backpack full of rocks the whole time then, it's an extra activity, makes you stronger etc. I think the reason why people don't do that, is that, while often the extra activity/burden is really beneficial, the fact that you can't turn it off can really be a problem sometimes. Say - you have a bad flu and can barely walk around the house, or are in a hurry to get out of the door, but need to run to the fourth floor to fetch someting (it takes a while - I know, I live on a fourth floor in a building with no elevator). The non-optionality is the problem.

Funny you mention rocks in the backpack, that sort of resembles my training when I go for some higher mountains (walking up stairs with heavy backpack). I guess everybody has different perspective on life and priorities

That's training, the rocks in backpack make sense then (I too sometimes load my backpack with heavy books when I go for a long walk). It's very different from it having strapped to your body forever.

Sounds like a lighthouse to me.

Owning a lighthouse definitely qualifies as Dream Home.

At least it does for me.

I had a 3 story apartment once with like a room on each level. It sounds cool, but it’s terrible. Don’t underestimate how terrible it is to climb 30 flights of stairs a day.

I am researching building an earthbag house in Australia. But I am scared it will look bat-shit weird and no one will buy it.

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