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* Have the house repainted.
* Have the house repainted.
* Rip down old and put in new gutters.
* Rip down old and put in new gutters.
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* Reconstruct front steps and pillar.
* Fix wiring and install light fixture in back hallway.
* Fix wiring and install light fixture in back hallway.
* Fix porch light.
* Fix porch light.

Revision as of 14:18, 16 September 2006

Listed in order of importance/projected time frame.

Current:

  • Rip out bushes in the front of the house. Completed 8/18/06.
  • Replace all the windows in the sun room. Completed 9/15/06.
  • Replace the water-damaged clapboard.
  • Have windows wrapped with vinyl trim.
  • Put in a new side (security) door.


2006:

  • Install a new hot water tank.
  • Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor).
  • Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor.
  • Refloor dining room floor (overlay).


2007:

  • Have the house repainted.
  • Rip down old and put in new gutters.
  • Reconstruct front steps and pillar.
  • Fix wiring and install light fixture in back hallway.
  • Fix porch light.
  • Install new doorbell.
  • Replace the windows in the upstairs bedrooms and in the bathroom.
  • Landscape the front of the house (keep hostas and little bush).
  • Replace the rest of the old fencing in the backyard.
  • Replace the windows in the downstairs bedrooms.
  • Replace the windows in living room, dining room, and stairs.
  • Landscape the back of the house.


2008 and beyond:

  • Redo the first floor bathroom.
  • Refinish the attic space (either as master bedroom or play space).
  • Construct a second floor bathroom.
  • Refinish the basement.


Ongoing:

  • Random painting throughout the house.
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