Home Improvements
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* '''''9/17/06:''''' Replaced the water-damaged clapboard. | * '''''9/17/06:''''' Replaced the water-damaged clapboard. | ||
* '''''9/18/06:''''' Windows wrapped with vinyl trim, clapboard primed with one coat. | * '''''9/18/06:''''' Windows wrapped with vinyl trim, clapboard primed with one coat. | ||
| + | * '''''11/03/06:''''' Put in a new side (security) door. | ||
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* Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor. ($650) | * Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor. ($650) | ||
* Refloor dining room floor (overlay). ($650) | * Refloor dining room floor (overlay). ($650) | ||
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* Install radiator covers. | * Install radiator covers. | ||
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| + | * Replace the windows in the upstairs bedrooms and in the bathroom. | ||
* Install a new hot water tank. ($850) | * Install a new hot water tank. ($850) | ||
* Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor). | * Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor). | ||
* Install block windows in the basement. | * Install block windows in the basement. | ||
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* Have the house repainted. ($2500) | * Have the house repainted. ($2500) | ||
* Rip down old and put in new gutters. ($1200) | * Rip down old and put in new gutters. ($1200) | ||
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* Fix porch light. | * Fix porch light. | ||
* Install new doorbell. | * Install new doorbell. | ||
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* Landscape the front of the house (keep hostas and little bush). | * Landscape the front of the house (keep hostas and little bush). | ||
* Replace the rest of the old fencing in the backyard. (Check w/ Oneida Fence) | * Replace the rest of the old fencing in the backyard. (Check w/ Oneida Fence) | ||
Revision as of 18:29, 14 December 2006
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.
Current:
- Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor. ($650)
- Refloor dining room floor (overlay). ($650)
- Install radiator covers.
2007:
- Replace the windows in the upstairs bedrooms and in the bathroom.
- Install a new hot water tank. ($850)
- Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor).
- Install block windows in the basement.
- Have the house repainted. ($2500)
- Rip down old and put in new gutters. ($1200)
- Reconstruct front steps and pillar.
- Fix wiring and install light fixture in back hallway.
- Fix porch light.
- Install new doorbell.
- Landscape the front of the house (keep hostas and little bush).
- Replace the rest of the old fencing in the backyard. (Check w/ Oneida Fence)
- 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.
- Random patching.
- Replace old carpeting.
- Carpet last bedroom.
- New doors throughout the house.
