We took possession of our new-to-us house on the 17th. This is a list of home improvements completed so far (other than repainting the awful colours):
-Replaced old 1981 furnace with a craked heat exchanger with a new high efficiency furnace (95%), new Honeywell Prestige thermostat - wifi enabled.
- Brought power out to the garage, where no power had ever been run to. Previous homeowner ran an extension cord to open the garage door. While we did that, the electrician put in a three way switch that controls the outdoor lights on both the house and the garage, which switches inside both the house and the garage. I didn't understand why this was a good idea until it was done. Seriously, this is the bet thing ever. Never am I going to have to fumble around for keys in the dark going between the house and the garage.
-Installed a dishwasher - there was never one before. Removed a 24" wide section of lower cabinet, ran the power, hot water, anddrain pipes under the corner cabinet, and brought them up under the sink. Fortunately, someone had previously roughed in under the sink for a future dishwasher. The take off of the hot water line, the nipple for the dishwasher drain, and power under the sink were already installed.
- Replaced nearly all of the incandescent track lighting with LED bulbs. It was painful thinking of the potential power bills when you have multiple rooms with 1000W of lighting if you turn on all the lights.
-Have started replacing the ivory plugs/switches with ugly wooden coverplates with white decora style switches.
- Switched the door swing of both the washer and dryer.
-Replaced ugly curtain rods and Valences with modern ones (still in progress for whole house
- turned alcove with nick nack shelves near the back door leading to the garage into a place with hooks for jackets and lower shelves for shoes. As generally, the back door is going to be our primary entrance point, and there wasn't any closet near that door, something was required.
-One bedroom had to have wall paper removed prior to painting. What a pain. No one in their right mind should ever install wall paper.
Yet to do:
-Showerhead replacement
-Light fixture replacement in several places.
-Thinking of doing a more thorough kitchen remodel, which will include removing a pantry closet and removing some false bulkheads. Will open up the space between the kitchen front entrance and living dining room. Also, we don't need to have a place for two separate tables for eating. The Kitchen can use the extra space where the breakfast table dining area is.
-Landscaping - including raised garden beds.
-Kids play structure
etc.
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