Home Improvements
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'''Current:''' | '''Current:''' | ||
* Rip out bushes in the front of the house. '''''Completed 8/18/06.''''' | * Rip out bushes in the front of the house. '''''Completed 8/18/06.''''' | ||
| - | * Replace all the windows in the sun room. | + | * 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. | * Put in a new side (security) door. | ||
'''2006:''' | '''2006:''' | ||
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* Install a new hot water tank. | * Install a new hot water tank. | ||
* Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor). | * Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor). | ||
* Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor. | * Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor. | ||
| - | * | + | * Refloor dining room floor (overlay). |
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'''2007:''' | '''2007:''' | ||
| + | * Have the house repainted. | ||
| + | * Rip down old and put in new gutters. | ||
| + | * 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. | * Replace the windows in the upstairs bedrooms and in the bathroom. | ||
* Landscape the front of the house (keep hostas and little bush). | * Landscape the front of the house (keep hostas and little bush). | ||
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* Construct a second floor bathroom. | * Construct a second floor bathroom. | ||
* Refinish the basement. | * Refinish the basement. | ||
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| + | '''Ongoing:''' | ||
| + | * Random painting throughout the house. | ||
Revision as of 16:10, 15 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.
- 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.
