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Post by mikklynn on Sept 13, 2020 13:17:19 GMT
Big or small, what would you like to improve in your home after COVID, when you can shop freely or have workers inside?
For me, I desperately need new carpet in our bedrooms.
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Post by Linda on Sept 13, 2020 13:26:52 GMT
I want to finally get the circuit breaker fixed so I can use my stove/oven again - it's been a long, long time and I'm SO over cooking with small appliances
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Post by Sarah*H on Sept 13, 2020 13:30:58 GMT
We want to redo our deck, make a portion of it covered and create an outdoor living area. Even if we could find someone to do the work this year, decking material is non-existent.
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Post by anniebeth24 on Sept 13, 2020 13:33:33 GMT
We really need to replace our deck boards, but prices for treated lumber are ridiculously high right now due to high demand and supply shortages. Hoping they will come down in the spring?
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Sept 13, 2020 13:58:41 GMT
It's outside work that is the problem here. It's amongst the only work that is allowed to carry on at the moment, so of course it is in high demand and all the tradesmen are booked solid. We need the wall at the top of our garden to be rebuilt, and the gate post and its wall need repairing. But that's going to take a loooong time to arrange.
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 13, 2020 14:07:56 GMT
I hear you on the decking material. My parents have 2 decks that need replacing. Their contractor can't source the material right now.
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Post by catmom on Sept 13, 2020 14:10:36 GMT
Too much of the house, so we decided to sell it!
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Post by J u l e e on Sept 13, 2020 14:15:06 GMT
My friend was telling me about replacing a few boards on his deck recently and the price he had to pay. I had no idea!
We plan to rip up all the carpet and put down a luxury vinyl plank at least over the first floor. I’d love to do the upstairs too, but we may have to wait on that.
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Post by ntsf on Sept 13, 2020 14:50:02 GMT
we are putting in a perimeter fence in a few weeks..I need to call a leak specialist and fix our living room ceiling. will start that next week. I need to replace 4 more windows.. will do those maybe this fall
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Post by milocat on Sept 13, 2020 14:52:34 GMT
My friend was telling me about replacing a few boards on his deck recently and the price he had to pay. I had no idea! We plan to rip up all the carpet and put down a luxury vinyl plank at least over the first floor. I’d love to do the upstairs too, but we may have to wait on that. I pulled the rest of my carpet up from my main floor and put down vinyl plank last year. I love it. I don't know if it's the plank itself that really is that great or the fact that it is a hard surface because the carpet is gone! |
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Post by beaglemom on Sept 13, 2020 14:52:53 GMT
We want to build out under our house, I guess it is like a walkout basement? We are built on a hillside and there are 2 floors that are wall framed out with foundation and dirt. We want to finish out a floor to add more space. The current office is now where dh is working full time and it is also where all our exercise stuff is. Before it wasn't a problem because he never worked in there, but now that he is working in there full time it would be nice for him to have his own space. Also, my sewing stuff is all in one of our bedrooms and our youngest is almost old enough that her being in the crib in our master closet isn't going to last that much longer. So we would be adding a workout room, a sewing/craft room, a media room, a mini-kitchen, wine cellar, a guest room, and some needed storage.
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Post by paigepea on Sept 13, 2020 14:54:37 GMT
We’ve had workmen and delivery men in our house. Back in April we had to have an exterminator 👎. We have a painter coming to do an estimate on Monday.
We currently are redoing older dd’s room. After that I want to redecorate younger dd’s room.
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Post by mimima on Sept 13, 2020 15:27:44 GMT
I desperately need to paint the inside of the house.
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Post by ~summer~ on Sept 13, 2020 15:51:41 GMT
We just did a huge exterior project (started in January and finished in July with some pandemic stalls): replaced all of our huge outdoor redwood decking, all siding on house, roof and fencing.
We still need:
Exterior lighting installed (I have the boxes sitting in my entry)
We need to paint our bedroom and a couple other rooms.
Ideally I also want to redo our hall bathroom. I did it about 10 years ago and it has never worked.
I would also love to do some wallpaper, either an accent wall in our bedroom or in the hall bathroom.
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Post by needmysanity on Sept 13, 2020 15:53:39 GMT
Moving hopefully. Our 1 year plan is to have our house up for sale by the end of 2021 and get out of California for good.
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Post by breetheflea on Sept 13, 2020 15:58:32 GMT
We're in the middle of having our siding replaced, and probably new gutters because the old ones are going to look really bad next to the new siding...
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Post by katlady on Sept 13, 2020 16:15:44 GMT
We’ve always had plans to redo the master bathroom and the upstairs flooring. We may try to do that in the next year or two. Only thing really holding us back is that I don’t want to have move out everything. Lol.
Right now we are making arrangement to have our landscaping done. They are so busy it is taking three weeks to just get an estimate. I expect he probably can’t start work until October at the earliest.
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Post by christine58 on Sept 13, 2020 16:19:07 GMT
Big or small, what would you like to improve in your home after COVID, when you can shop freely or have workers inside? For me, I desperately need new carpet in our bedrooms. Well I've had a plumber in with no concerns...other than needing to replace the two toilets, if I had the money, I'd turn my basement into a craft/living room area |
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Post by lesley on Sept 13, 2020 16:41:40 GMT
My builder had been here the last week putting up a fabulous garden building, which we have named the BFH. (Big Fancy Hut). 😊 He’s coming back in a few weeks to put decking all around it.
We also had a discussion about all the work he’s going to do indoors once our local lockdown is lifted. I’m getting built in bookcases in my living room, new flooring, and he’s on the lookout for a big chunk of oak for a mantelpiece. Then I’ll have a break before doing the bedrooms!
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Post by J u l e e on Sept 13, 2020 16:54:50 GMT
My friend was telling me about replacing a few boards on his deck recently and the price he had to pay. I had no idea! We plan to rip up all the carpet and put down a luxury vinyl plank at least over the first floor. I’d love to do the upstairs too, but we may have to wait on that. I pulled the rest of my carpet up from my main floor and put down vinyl plank last year. I love it. I don't know if it's the plank itself that really is that great or the fact that it is a hard surface because the carpet is gone! I am so jealous!! |
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Sept 13, 2020 16:57:44 GMT
I need to re-do both bathrooms and the carpet needs to come up in all 3 bedrooms. Also need new windows. Was planning on doing this but then COVID happened and I don’t want people in my house right now.
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Post by gizzy on Sept 13, 2020 17:04:43 GMT
I can't wait to be able to have someone come in to rip out the carpet and put vinyl flooring in.
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Post by Peal on Sept 13, 2020 17:12:19 GMT
We actually have an extensive list of things to do inside and outside. We want to refi the house and get a home equity loan to cover the construction cost. We cannot get any contractor to even call us back to get a quote. We are prepared to drop a lot of $$$ for this work. I don't think we will ever actually get the work done.
We want to redo 3 bathrooms
Pave our circle drive
resurface the enter exterior
build a pool building/pool
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 13, 2020 18:10:19 GMT
We’ve had workmen and delivery men in our house. Back in April we had to have an exterminator 👎. We have a painter coming to do an estimate on Monday. We currently are redoing older dd’s room. After that I want to redecorate younger dd’s room. I would have workers in, in an emergency. But, DH has cancer and is on dialysis. I don't think we can be too careful. |
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 13, 2020 18:11:21 GMT
I can't wait to be able to have someone come in to rip out the carpet and put vinyl flooring in. I want to do that in our basement. I already pulled up some of the carpet, due to a leak. |
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Post by tenacious on Sept 13, 2020 19:59:52 GMT
We actually have an extensive list of things to do inside and outside. We want to refi the house and get a home equity loan to cover the construction cost. We cannot get any contractor to even call us back to get a quote. We are prepared to drop a lot of $$$ for this work. I don't think we will ever actually get the work done. We want to redo 3 bathrooms Pave our circle drive resurface the enter exterior build a pool building/pool I have been trying to get a landscaper to come in at a reasonable price on a total re-do of our large property, and I can’t get anyone to do it. We have been staring at a dust/weed pile since Feb/March, with money in hand, and looks like we will have to wait until next spring to get it going. It sucks!! Good luck with your project! |
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Post by lisae on Sept 13, 2020 20:11:01 GMT
I need to finally do something about my hardwood floors. Some areas are damaged and some areas are good as new but there is enough damage now that I think it is time to do something. They are prefinished hardwood that can be refinished once, so I was told. I suspect though that they really can't be refinished and I'm looking at replacing them. If I replace I'll likely use some type of manufactured flooring that will be easier to clean. We also need to repaint the downstairs.
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 13, 2020 20:30:18 GMT
We got help from my BIL in our basement. We did some re-configuring with doors. There is now three doors in a hallway off to the side of the family room! One at each end and one in the middle. The best part is my son's swing is now in the family room. BIL had to go back to being a principal, but we'll eventually put a casing around the opening, trim around doors, and extend the laminate floor. No rush, I'm ecstatic to have things blocked! We did paint the new area Pale Oak by Benjamin Moore (but bought at Sherwin Williams because of a discount we got). Hoping to paint the main areas of the house that color.
My husband is going to replace a lot of boards on our deck and stain them. Quite the saga today with him and customer service concerning the correct length of screws he ordered. 
My dream list of improvements
-desperately need carpet in three of the bedrooms too. -Flooring in the laundry and a space for storing vacuums and mops -patch and repaint in my son's room -repaint the entire house -paint kitchen cabinets -paint bathroom cabinets -update medicine cabinets -built in storage along one wall in the living room -more shelving in the basement -make one side of the lower basement all mine
*If anyone has suggestions of a tub that fits in a standard sized bathroom but holds more water, let me know.  My master bathroom is tiny. We can't go any wider, but taller perhaps? 
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Post by Peal on Sept 13, 2020 20:42:07 GMT
*If anyone has suggestions of a tub that fits in a standard sized bathroom but holds more water, let me know.  My master bathroom is tiny. We can't go any wider, but taller perhaps? 
Would a walk in tub work? I don't know much about them, but they look bigger and I think are designed to fit the same space as a regular tub. My only concern with them is you have to sit in the tub freezing as the water drains out before you can walk out again. |
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 13, 2020 20:43:01 GMT
We really need to replace our deck boards, but prices for treated lumber are ridiculously high right now due to high demand and supply shortages. Hoping they will come down in the spring? I'm starting to wonder if that 20% discount my husband got wasn't that great.  We plan to rip up all the carpet and put down a luxury vinyl plank at least over the first floor. I’d love to do the upstairs too, but we may have to wait on that. I've been very happy with our laminate flooring. When we put it in, vinyl plank was just starting to become popular. I do prefer that more. I'd like to put it in all the bedrooms.
Back in April we had to have an exterminator Ugh! Us too!
We actually have an extensive list of things to do inside and outside. We want to refi the house and get a home equity loan to cover the construction cost. We cannot get any contractor to even call us back to get a quote. We are prepared to drop a lot of $$$ for this work. I don't think we will ever actually get the work done. I know a guy! I'll send you a pemail. No idea if he's busy, but I at least know my sister and BIL were satisfied with his work. They did a big addition to their house |
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My master bathroom is tiny. We can't go any wider, but taller perhaps? 
My master bathroom is tiny. We can't go any wider, but taller perhaps? 
