Continuing exploration of dream house, focusing exclusively on back of main floor and basement.
(NB: a couple of things hint that this might not have been the dream house per se. The location was not dream subdivision, but was instead the village of K. Also, the wood panneled party room from the basement of another dream was absent, so either THAT wasn't the dream house, or this dream wasn't.)
The house was every bit as eclectic as usual. There were odd rooms and hallways, all disjointed. One of the two most memorable features of the back of the main floor, the back stairs to the top floor, were not seen. I also think the covered piano room was absent, but I think that's at the base of the stairs.
The premise was looking for a room for a house guest. As we wandered, we encountered pets. There were some cats (at least 3) at the back. I asked if they were being fed, and I realized I'd been living in the house for just a few days. Some kids had been feeding them. There was also a VERY inaccessible back patio/room, which contained a dog and a caiman. These two were likely influenced by Agatha Christie's Hastings character (I watched an episode of Poirot last night), so maybe they're not permenant fixtures. The back left (facing the back) of the house is the single least seen part of the dream house, so that patio and the small pool that was outside are new, but not surprising.
I think the dream started on the main floor, with a guest room. There seemed to be stairs to the basement in the middle of the house. From there, towards the left side (facing the back) was a short hallway with like 3 rooms. Then there was a hallway towards the back, which hooked left to the caiman room. I recall there being two bathrooms practically side-by-side, though one unexpectedly had some kind of a whirlpool/jacuzzi/hottub in it. I have vague recollections of a room with an ensuite in it, but I can't remember exactly where it was. After the caiman room, we headed towards the back right (facing the back), and there was a room with a dentist chair of some sort in it. The room was L shaped, and at the back was something that made more sense, but I can't remember what.
I also have the vague impression we knew both the neighbours, which is something that doesn't always happen in dream house dreams.
So, from what I can tell, there were at least 5 bedrooms in the basement, and we only wandered half the floor.