Naming a house

[acidboy]

Casa de Chapero

 

[Gus]

The Love Shack

Little House of Horrors

House of Pain

Whore House

Any of the above will work, especially around your mother-in-law.

 

[LabelKing]

Wit's End.

 

[L'Incandescent]

Originally Posted by jgold47

We have decided that our new house needs a name.

Yes, your house does need a name. The name of my home is my cat's last name with the word "The" in front of it. All in all, I think that's a good way to name a house.

 

[willpower]

The Place Where We Poo

 

[ysc]

Surely the house came with a name when you inherited it? Anyway all the Americans I know are confused by named houses, no one will be able to send you any post.

Joking aside the "salient feature of the house/location" seems the best method, and it is how a lot of older houses were named back in the day. For example my parents had an old cottage in the cotswolds, it was at the bottom of a misty valley so it was called "Grey Mist".

 

[Maximus Mark]

Palace of the Level 20 Paladin

Seriously, who the **** names their house?

 

[L'Incandescent]

Originally Posted by Maximus Mark

Seriously, who the **** names their house?

What do you do when you speak to your house? Do you say "hey there house, I appreciate the shelter that you provide for my loved ones and me?"

 

[Laffertron]

How about "pretentious douche" because that is what you are unless you live on an estate

 

[jgold47]

Originally Posted by Laffertron

How about "pretentious douche" because that is what you are unless you live on an estate

Nothing like being called a pretentious douche by someone on an internet forum dedicated to clothing??


Guys, totally tongue in cheek. However, I think named houses are cool and give an air of grandeur so I was curious what the response would be. At this point I would be happy with just actually moving into the place, not spending a day at Home Depot (Going on 5 days straight) and not killing/ending/ruining my pending marriage to my fiance which at this point I would give a 45/55 chance of happening.

 

[Usul]

Cricklewood

 

[MrG]

Originally Posted by Big Pun

******* white people.

I think it's considered poor form to use profanity in the name of a house. Also, this is a pretty long name.

 

[Piobaire]

You ******* losers. I'm actually the only one that has a name picked out for his planned estate?

 

[M. Bardamu]

Sodom
Plato's Retreat

 

[Douglas]

Name your house if you want to. It doesn't have to be some big pretentious deal. It might look a little silly if you hang a sign out front or something and all you've got is a little clapboard 2-story on a 1/8-acre lot, but if it's just something you're going to use with your friends and family, who gives a crap?

Full disclosure: My family are sort of serial property-namers, though as far as I know all named properties have been 30+ acres. I think it's a nice way to refer to the place - when my grandparents had a waterfront place it was convenient and I think romantic just to say "We're going down to Tranquility for the weekend" instead of "we're going down to the Eastern Shore house this weekend." YMMV.