Home Improvements

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Listed in order of importance/projected time frame.

Completed:

  • 7/09/06: 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: Had the windows wrapped with vinyl trim.
  • 9/18/06: Had the clapboard primed with one coat.


Current:

  • 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).
  • Rip out the sun room carpeting and refloor. ($600)
  • Refloor dining room floor (overlay). ($600)


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.
  • Block windows for the basement.


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.
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