> Adam wrote: > Some more things: > > Security system comes with the house (brinks), though the monthlies > are extra after first 3 months. >
About the security system: make sure you get EVERY window and every door along with motion detectors in all major rooms. Also get key pads in all the rooms you think people will be sleeping in: the master bedroom of course, and then all of the others including a corner of the basement you think a bedroom might be in. This way people can shut off the security system when they wake up. About the basement: in MN in order to call a downstairs room a "bedroom" it has to have egress windows - that is, windows that people could climb out of in case of a fire. Getting them put in place now is WAY easier than digging up your yard later. And for resale you'll finish the basement eventually. Also I'd get a sump in your basement with drain tile all around the perimeter of the house that drains into it if there's even a hint of water in your area. Every house I've owned has gotten a flooded basement and every time people have said, "oh that never happens here. Don't worry." LIARS! After we had a wet basement twice we got flood insurance which 2 insurance people wouldn't even sell us because we didn't live on a flood plain. Finally we got the insurance and about 3 months later we got the "rain of a century" and half our town had flooded basements if they didn't cave in - house insurance didn't cover any of it and because it was only a single town there was no state or federal aid. Luckily we had flood insurance! In our current house we've got the drain tile which empties into a new sump pit and then I've got a 1/2 HP Rigid sump pump and a 1/4 HP back up pump connected to a battery. As God as my witness I will never have a wet basement again! One other thing I'd get if I had to do it again is zone HVAC. This way you can have the master cooler than the rest of the house, etc. If you'll have a finished basement it should have it's own HVAC and if you have humidity GET AN INDUSTRIAL DEHUMIDIFIER! No room in your house should have humidity above 50% or you'll get mold, musty smells, and dust mites. The basement is the place this'll happen - in fact in most finished basements the RH under the carpet is 100%. Mold heaven. I bought a Therma-stor Santa Fe which is awesome! It completely changed the air in our house. I've recommended it to some friends and they've all been really happy too. It's spendy but WAY worth it: http://www.iaqsource.com/index.php?module=product&prod_cat=2&prod_mfg=0&prod_sub_cat=0&prod_id=25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168016 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
