Home Improvements

From Gothpoodle

Revision as of 23:45, 26 July 2007

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.

Current:

• Landscape the side of the house. (7/07)
• Landscape the front and back of the house. (8/07)
• Refinish sun room floor.
• Refinish dining room floor.

2007:

• Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor).
• Install block windows in the basement.
• 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.

2008:

• Install radiator covers.
• Install a new hot water tank.
• Replace the windows in the upstairs bedrooms and in the bathroom.
• Replace the rest of the old fencing in the backyard. (Oneida Fence)
• Replace the windows in the downstairs bedrooms.
• Replace the windows in living room, dining room, and stairs.

2009 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.
• Random patching.
• Replace old carpeting.
• Carpet last bedroom.
• New doors throughout the house.