19. Take pictures during the process. Take a picture of how the water lines flow through the slab. Take a picture of how the studs are positioned. You never know when a leak will happen or when you might want to modify something and you're not sure what's behind that wall. 20. Talk to the trim guy, ours made shelving, shoe racks, and a dresser inside our master bedroom closet for next to nothing.
On 8/4/05, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 11. If instant hot water is important, have them plumb the hot water > on a circuit and then install a circulating pump. > 12. Have them deck as much of the attic as they can. It's a lot > easier to do when they haven't put a roof on. > 13. Install a security system before the sheetrock goes up. > 14. Have the dishwasher raised a few inches, it makes it easier to > load since you don't have to bend over too far. > 15. Put space for a second refrigerator in the utility room. If you > have kids, you'll end up wanting a second refrigerator. > 16. If you have a workout room, don't carpet it. Any kind of > equipment you run on, namely a treadmill, will bounce too much on > carpet. > 17. If you have a non-brass finish on your fixtures, make sure they > still don't use brass hinges on your doors. > 18. Skip the jacuzzi tub. You'll love it for about 6 months, then > never use it. During the next few years, mold will build up in the > pipes and render it useless. > > > On 8/4/05, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Radiant barrier on the roof decking and thermostactically > > controlled electric exhaust fans. > > 2. I'd go with granite on the counters, but that's just my opinion. > > 3. Brick it all the way around if that's the standard in you area. > > 4. Make sure the air conditioner is big enough for the house your cooling :) > > 5. Got a dog? Make a dog room off of the garage. > > 6. Got a girlfriend, wife, or girls? Make sure to get toilets with a > > powerful flush. It'll save you tons of time with a plunger. I speak > > from experience. > > 7. Wire all the rooms for a ceiling fan. Make sure that you have two > > switches for each room. One for the light, one for the fan. > > 8. Want to use a room as a media/movie room with a projector. Have > > the contractor leave the wall untextured. I did this and it makes a > > pretty good screen. > > 9. Phone in the master bathroom. Every time I sit down to read, > > damnit somebody calls :) > > 10. Arrange/put multiple phone/TV/outlets in each room so that you > > could rearrange the furniture. > > > > > > On 8/4/05, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. hot/cold water outside spigots (front and back of the house) > > > 2. wash basin with hot/cold in the garage > > > 3. as someone mentioned WIRE IT NOW FOR EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF! > > > 4. get as many recessed lights as possible (They are cool, and people > > > love them, make sure they are dimmable) > > > 5. get as much room as you can in your closet if its over your garage > > > (resale value) > > > 6. get hardwoods floors if you can (At least downstairs, again resale > > > value) > > > 7. get corian counters in your kitchen > > > 8. go with custom cabinets rather than standard builder grade (All > > > towards resale value) > > > 9. get your driveway paved as part of the mortgage > > > 10. get a sprinkler system included > > > 11. make the deck 5-6' bigger > > > 12. make sure that you have all things where you want them prior to > > > the wall board going up. > > > 13. go with one flat color all over the house (paint later if you feel > > > like room needs it but let the room speak for itself) > > > 14. DONT EXPECT TO FILL THE HOUSE IN ONE WEEK. its a process not an > > > event, enjoy the nothingness of nothing :) > > > > > > again, these are strictly my opinions, but some of them we forgot to > > > do, and are kickin ourselves in the tuckus for! however, not next > > > time! we did all of the above except for (#2, #3, #10, #12) > > > > > > later > > > tw > > > > > > On 8/4/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Tony wrote: > > > > > i have a buncha things for you to make sure you ask for, or at least > > > > > think about... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Post 'em! You can never have too much house advice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168002 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
