Ideal Fraternity/Sorority House?

[jwsteele]

There's been a lot of discussion in the "Post Pictures" thread along with discussions in my own fraternity about building a new house so I thought it would be cool to see what your dream house for your chapter would be.

Mine would be an old fashioned Tudor style house with a huge front lawn. On the first floor there would be a formal living room with a "gentlemen's club" type feel (dark wood panelling, leather couches & chairs), a big dining room, a television room with tons of sports paraphenalia, couches and a huge entertainment center, a pantry like kitchen fully stocked with random snacks and a soda fountain, a study room fashioned like an in-house library (once again dark wood and bookshelves) and then an area in the back with grungier furniture and carpets that would be a place to party without ruining the front rooms.

There would be bedrooms on the second and third floors and they would be mostly doube rooms with a single for the president and maybe some huge triples on the third floor. There would be a second, upstairs "party lounge" on the second floor and a study room on the third floor. Both floors would have bathrooms and a laundry closet.

The chapter room would be formal and decorated with fraternity crests and paraphenalia and would be hidden somewhere in the house with a secret location so others couldn't find it.

There would also be a basement with a TV area and a weight room/gym.

The backyard would have something fun like a sand volleyball court or a basketball court. There would be a large parking lot, a patio with chairs for grilling and a lot of grass to play sports.

The house would sleep about 40 (my chapter is about 80 men strong and we'll probably be at 90-95 by next fall) which would allow pretty much everybody who wants to live in the chance but nobody would be forced to live in.

What about you guys?