IF you've ever wanted to make your house into your child's dream house, this might be it - just don't ask how much it costs.

Youngsters often have unusual ideas about home improvement, so one company decided to make use of this imagination and carried out a survey.

The bad news is that Chad Valley discovered that the home of their dreams in Hampshire would cost £30million.

No fewer than a quarter of children said their ideal home would be a traditional castle, while 40 per cent plumped for a swimming pool and 32 per cent for a bouncy castle.

Other desirable features included an ice cream maker, a trampoline, a football pitch, and a bowling alley.

Andrew Russell from Strutt & Parker's National Country House department said: "Interestingly, many of the top features that children would like to see in their dream home are features that adults want in real life.

"Whilst not everyone can have a castle, more and more houses being built include swimming pools, cinema rooms, built in trampolines and tree houses.

"I have seen a number of houses with vast entertainment areas including discos, bowling alleys and even car museums, where parked cars revolve on rotating floor plates.”