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[quote=Anonymous]No, don't do this.

I used to work in residential real estate, and knew a guy who tried to* build a round house. It is stupid. Forget furniture -- laying out plumbing and HVAC, and trying to locate major appliances, is a huge headache for no good reason. Staircases, closets, you name it. You wind up making a million bad compromises just to make it work. And why?

There are some beautiful houses that incorporate rounded elements -- a curving wall here, a round staircase, a circular foyer. There are ways to add that softness without making the entire house round. But for engineering and architectural reasons, you want plenty of square corners in your home. Trust me.

*I say "tried to" because he ran out of money midway through, realized he was in over his head, and wound up putting it on the market with just the frame and exterior walls in place. It didn't even have windows. It kicked around for a couple years and then I believe got auctioned off. I forgot about so I don't know what happened to it. I toured it twice. It was a giant problem.[/quote]

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