austrian Vierkanthof ("four-edge-farm/court"), little bit modified to a small farm-fort-hybrid
(left one)
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loginLine up a garage, tool shed, wood storage, maybe small stable with chickens and goats and your house to a U shape and close it with a wall. Tool shed, garage etc has high, small windows, too flat to crawl through but enough for light to get in. Make the house have 2 floors and put most of the windows to the second floor, first floor windows have massive metal bars as a lot of old farms here do.
You can have a nice garden on the inside with tomatos, potatos, etc and maybe outside a small field with wheat, sweet corn (for me or the chicken) or just grass for the goats. Located sorta 20-30 mins away from the next city/10 mins away from the next train station so I have a good connection to the rest of the world in case I need a doc, grocery, etc.. A nearby forest, an own well and a nearby stream are ofc a must.
If there´s enough money I´d add a small belltower just because I´d love to have one (and so I can climb up there and enjoy the view from time to time).