I'm so jealous!

I'd agree with the conduit, so much easier to upgrade later. I'd run up to four coax, at least 3 or 4 cat 5/6 (i'd probably run the phone over a couple if needs be), some starquad maybe even fiber. Everything running to a central point in the basement next to my SGI Onyx.....mmmm drool...... sorry drifted off for a moment there.

If you're interesting in building dream houses, try and track down a couple of episodes of 'Grand Designs' which is shown on Channel 4. Last week they had a couple who turned an old waterworks into a really cool house.