Well, that's not exactly fair. The house was in pretty good shape and I didn't need to sink a lot of money into it for essential repairs, just cosmetic stuff. It was completely rebuilt from foundation up in 1999 and has new plumbing, heating, windows, insulation etc. The roof needed some work which was done prior to closing, and basically everything I have done is something I wanted to do like painting the interior throughout, refinishing the living room floor, replacing the dining room floor and totally trashing the yard.
Of course, there is still a long list of want to's and some of them are actually need to's (just not immediate - but some of them are imminent). Here's a look:
1)
replace thermostats with programmables (purchased 9/25/11; wrong kind ... 2nd purchase 10/8/11) DONE!
2) replace kitchen and dining room lights
3)
replace medicine chest in upstairs bathroom (purchased 8/14/11; installed 9/3/11)
4)
buy a bed! (ordered 9/17/11; will take 8 weeks to arrive and then need to finish ...) DONE!
5)
buy a sofa (ordered 9/8/11; delivered 10/8/11)
6)
buy an entertainment cabinet (ordered 9/18/11) DONE!
7)
replace 1st floor toilet (Sunday, August 14)
8) fix bilco door area
9) replace basement window (and radon remediation?)
10) replace 2nd floor bathroom light and guest room light
11) ceiling fan in master bedroom?
12) closet fixtures in dressing room closet
13)
fix closet doors in guest room and dressing room
14)
fix front porch outlet (Saturday, September 17 - just needed to reset GFCI switch!)
15)
paint wainscotting in 2nd floor bath (Sunday, August 14)
16)
remove trees in back corner of lot (DONE 7/2/12)
17)
gutters on porch (Can't be done - had a guy come to do quote and I don't have enough of something to hang them.
18)
replace vent cover on second floor bathroom
19)
finish planting hosta in side yard (Saturday, August 20)
20)
finish moving red stones so you can plant in front of porch (9/17/11 working on it ...9/25/11 call it done; plants planted and mulched)
21)
plant trellis and climatis (Saturday, August 13)
I'm sure there's more but that's a pretty good list to start. And I've already got quite a bit done. I can post photos but best place to go is
Facebook where I can put before and after pictures next to each other.
