Home Improvements

From Gothpoodle

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.

Current:

• Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor. ($650)
• Refloor dining room floor (overlay). ($650)
• Put in a new side (security) door.
• Install radiator covers.

2006:

• Install a new hot water tank. ($850)
• Finish the kitchen (cap pipes, re-walling, fixing damaged floor).
• Install block windows in the basement.

2007:

• 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.
• 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. (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.