Could this be possible?

[mrsbrown]

One of the things on my list of things I could do in the next few years is a baby. I don't want to have two, but I want a child to have siblings - how could I do this?

What sort of house/living arrangement would be required to house 4-6 adults, 3 teenagers, 2 dogs, and 2-4 small children?

Bedrooms
communal kitchen
private lounge spaces
communal sewing room
communal computer centre - with broadband!!
garden
bathrooms -- at least 4
communal tv/lounging space
workshop large enough for 3-4 to work at the same time
Storage!!!
private small kitchen spaces

Near public transport to workplaces and schools
Near good shopping centre

Anything else?

Options to make it happen:

Buy the house across the road and build 2 units at the back
Rent out existing houses and rent a really big house or a set of townhouses
Sell existing houses and build the perfect communal living arrangement

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[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

We chase away our neighbours and you buy their house. It's large and on a good size block.

There is also an option on renting a unit on the other side (the unit owned by the neighbours we like) and as the street is full of unit developments, there is nearly always one on the market(and we've looked inside a couple - they're usually pretty good). Or chasing away the neighbours two doors down as well. We don't like them much either.

We knock down the fence(s). Close to schools, shops, public transport. Because of the massive increase in arable land, you guys can build a bigger shed.

Then we all live happily ever after.