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Hey Jeffy....One reason I am a man of Taste is because I LIKE DESIGN. When I travel I like to look at Historic Homes in the area.

Las Vegas is the eptiome of BAD TASTE...the architecture here is terrible, interior design is purely Babalon in nature. So far the only homes that I would love to own are built by Christopher Homes, they are basically a Custom home builder, that have developed a couple of High End Tracts/semi custom homes.

The biggest consideration for buying a home in LV, besides price range was floor plan. When I saw the home I'm in now it was exactly what I had hoped for, except it was larger than what I was looking for (3700 sq ft vs 3000 apx sq ft). This home seems latrger than other homes in the area because the Builder didn't waste space on Hallways. Passage way space is incorporated into room space making the rooms look much bigger. My Kitchen and Family Room are well over 1000 sq ft. My Home Builder didn't put much phru- phru into the house, he basically left it to the owner to do. Unfortunately not many homes in my development have been significantily upgraded. Mostly people have just left them with four white walls inside. Thats just so fking common a $1M home with a sofa and big screen TV as furniture with a Thomas Kincaid faux O/C painting above the fireplace. But they also have 2 brand new MBs or BMWs in the garage. Some people might have a Ferrari intheir instead of one of the MB.

Anyway I digress, in my last home I basically upgraded it to the maximum for the hood. I spent 9K in 1990 for interior paint including faux finishes, 15K for custom drapes and 150K for landscaping.

Here I have a different idea, I'll spend about 25K on the interior, paint, some hardwood flooring, putting in a bit more floor tile, recarpeting, some built in bookcases, minor drapery. The elegance will come from the art and art objects that I allready own.

I am also thinking about a pool but space is limited, and cost maybe more than I want to put into this home.

My ultimate goal is to be able to build a Custom Home of about 4000 sq ft. However I don't know if I will be able to realize that goal.