Hi people.. this is how my dream house might look like... i made it in 3ds max 7 and used mental ray for rendering the scene.. i had to use only global lighting because my comp can't handle final gathering.. because it is a low end one.. this image itself took more than 26hrs to render(that too without final gather..)

me used poly modeling for the modeling part.. also me used mostly architectural materials for mapping.. used IES lights for lighting..