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* '''''10/29/07:''''' Put new release valve on furnace.
* '''''10/29/07:''''' Put new release valve on furnace.
* '''''2/22/08:''''' Replaced side door (cosmetic damage on original installation).
* '''''2/22/08:''''' Replaced side door (cosmetic damage on original installation).
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* '''''6/09/08:''''' Finished construction of stone planter in front of house.
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* '''''6/09/08:''''' Completed painting of garage, arbor, and warranty work on house.
'''Current:'''
'''Current:'''
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* Paint garage and arbor. (Third week of May.)
 
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* Touch up chipping portions on house. (Third week of May.)
 
* Fence off back of property. (Oneida Fence, after painting.)
* Fence off back of property. (Oneida Fence, after painting.)
* Landscape the side of the house.
* Landscape the side of the house.

Revision as of 18:21, 23 June 2008

Listed in order of importance/projected time frame.

Completed:

  • 7/09/05: Carpeted upstairs side bedroom.
  • 3/31/06: Replaced carpeting in living room, all hallways, and stairway.
  • 8/18/06: Ripped out bushes in the front of the house.
  • 9/15/06: Replaced all the windows in the front room.
  • 9/17/06: Replaced the water-damaged clapboard.
  • 9/18/06: Windows wrapped with vinyl trim, clapboard primed with one coat.
  • 11/03/06: Put in a new side (security) door.
  • 7/18/07: Had the house repainted.
  • 10/29/07: Put new release valve on furnace.
  • 2/22/08: Replaced side door (cosmetic damage on original installation).
  • 6/09/08: Finished construction of stone planter in front of house.
  • 6/09/08: Completed painting of garage, arbor, and warranty work on house.


Current:

  • Fence off back of property. (Oneida Fence, after painting.)
  • Landscape the side of the house.
  • Landscape the front and back of the house.
  • Replace the windows in the upstairs bedrooms and in the bathroom.


2008:

  • Install new furnace.
  • Install new hot water tank.
  • Install radiator covers.
  • Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor).
  • Rip down old and put in new gutters.
  • Fix wiring and install light fixture in back hallway.
  • Fix porch light.
  • Install new doorbell.
  • Refinish sun room floor.
  • Refinish dining room floor.


Maybes:

  • Install block windows in the basement.
  • Reconstruct front steps and pillar.
  • Replace the windows in the downstairs bedrooms.
  • Replace the windows in living room, dining room, and stairs.
  • Redo the first floor bathroom.


Ongoing:

  • Random painting throughout the house.
  • Random patching.
  • Replace old carpeting.
  • Carpet last bedroom.
  • New doors throughout the house.
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