Mansioncraft!

Are you a multi-millionaire looking for the perfect home to show off what a multi-millionaire you are? Worried you’ll look silly compared to Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Well fear no more, incredibly wealthy person that I would like to be! I have just the place for you.

Built by Col Fetters, this mansion sits right by the coast and boasts a mind-boggling number of features and facilities, including a boathouse, rooftop lounge, gazebo by the beach. You name it, this place probably has it.

“Not being a millionaire myself,” says Col Fetters, when I ask him about the sprawling household, “I had to look up what types of rooms would be found in a house like this. I'm sure I got a few details wrong - so, millionaires, feel free to chime in here!”

He also used WorldEdit through Forge, but insists this is merely a time-saving endeavour and not for the purposes of creating something otherwise impossible. In fact, he’s tried making this exact build in vanilla Minecraft too and though it’s entirely doable, he says “it looks awful!”

“To be fair,” he continues, “it was built using block textures that don't exist in the vanilla game. I think that if I had built it using the default textures from the start it would have turned out OK.”

I think Col Fetters has done mansions across the globe proud. Or else, maybe he’s just made them feel really self-conscious. It has everything that I never knew I wanted in a house, and then some. So, is this his aspiration? The dream home?

“I’m not going to lie,” says Col Fetters when I ask, “I would love to own this house - who wouldn’t? But I don’t know that I would call it an aspiration. It’s one of my most ambitious projects and I’m pretty pleased with what it’s become.”

Frankly, I am amazed at his lack of enthusiasm for it. Think of all the clothes it would take to cover that floor! I would have so many clothes, and all of them would be Ryan Gosling’s jacket from the new Blade Runner. But that’s just me. I ask Col Fetters what he’d do with the place if it was his private home.

“Well,” he starts, “if this was my house I’d definitely take advantage of the private rooftop lounge. A couple of my favourite spots are the basement den, the beachside gazebo - with all of the sea breezes and none of the sand! - and the pool. I’m also a biologist and love the outdoors, so I would probably spend a lot of time out on one of the boats fishing. Although I should probably spend some quality time in the gym…”