Ideal Fraternity/Sorority House?

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Originally Posted by macallan25

Explain?

Phi Delt House at SMU is pretty damn big.

Ignore. It was late, and I was drunk rambling.

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Originally Posted by 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?

Sounds about perfect, though I'd stay away from tudor - just personal preference, and I think a stately brick house in a Jeffersonian style (columns and the like) would be a better fit on the campus of my alma mater. Also, at least at my chapter of about 85 guys, we'd need closer to 65 spots simply because most everyone wants to live in the chapter house as long as possible. We rarely have problems filling b/c our freshmen live in.