Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Sep 22, 2014 11:11am
The list of summer project got altered a few times:
Done Items
The (40 yards of mistaken mulch) has been spread
All the windows scraped/ caulked and house wood framing painted (decision was made to replace next year 6 of the windows)
New stone flower bed was built
The big tree was taken down and cut and split
House was powered wash
All the gutters have a leaf guard protection on them
Mail box rebuilt
Garden was attended to daily
New bushes planted (3 butterfly and 4 rose bushes was kill over the winter)
Dog kennel was taken apart a rebuilt (improvement)
Wait till next summer;
Rebuilding the stone back porch step
Building a fence around the garden
Replacing the back porch door with a new storm and door
New chimney cap on the one side of the house (we have two chimney)
Adding more dirt to the front ivy bed
Maybe building a new and bigger shed w/ work area
Front bushes will be cut back next year
What did you get done this summer and what has to wait till next year….
Done Items
The (40 yards of mistaken mulch) has been spread
All the windows scraped/ caulked and house wood framing painted (decision was made to replace next year 6 of the windows)
New stone flower bed was built
The big tree was taken down and cut and split
House was powered wash
All the gutters have a leaf guard protection on them
Mail box rebuilt
Garden was attended to daily
New bushes planted (3 butterfly and 4 rose bushes was kill over the winter)
Dog kennel was taken apart a rebuilt (improvement)
Wait till next summer;
Rebuilding the stone back porch step
Building a fence around the garden
Replacing the back porch door with a new storm and door
New chimney cap on the one side of the house (we have two chimney)
Adding more dirt to the front ivy bed
Maybe building a new and bigger shed w/ work area
Front bushes will be cut back next year
What did you get done this summer and what has to wait till next year….
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Sep 22, 2014 11:12am
Had planned to put a deck on the back of the house but that will have to wait. Currently putting a sidewalk in front of the house.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Sep 22, 2014 11:17am
New roof on the detached garage is gonna have to wait but I completed a few projects I wanted to do like redoing the deck, driveway and expanding the garden.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 22, 2014 11:55am
Had to do some painting this weekend to get house ready to sell. Here is a before and after:
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 22, 2014 11:56am
I'm hoping that next summer we'll be living on a farm house (we've bid on one), and there will be PLENTY of work to do on the property.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Sep 22, 2014 12:15pm
Any pictures of the farm house?ernest_t_bass;1656471 wrote:I'm hoping that next summer we'll be living on a farm house (we've bid on one), and there will be PLENTY of work to do on the property.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 22, 2014 12:23pm
Why, creep?justincredible;1656476 wrote:Any pictures of the farm house?
Actually, no, none yet. I'll PM you the listing. It sits on 3 acres. Probably 2 acres are buildings and pastures. Buying it for the horse set up. It's about 1800 sq. ft. house, detached garage, huge empty barn to use as an indoor arena, a corn crib building with a lean-to, chicken coop, and a horse barn with 5 real nice stables. The pictures don't really do the house justice.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 23, 2014 7:23am
So we've been getting our house ready to "show," since it's on the market. Still about a solid full day's work to put into it. Get a call from the realtor at 9:00 p.m. yesterday... "Hey, we got a showing on Wednesday!!!1!!" FML. While it's good to have a showing, nothing like staying up til 12:30 working on shit.
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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Sep 23, 2014 8:35am
We just moved in this year.
- Landscaped the front yard adding flower beds and a couple bushes.
- painted and sealed the mailbox
- cut down 3 large trees in the backyard
- cleared out the woods in our back yard to our property line (about 500 sq feet) It was horrible
- sprayed the area about 3-4 to prevent weeds from growing in
Next Year -
Since the ground will have settled by then we will
- fence in the backyard
- build a patio and fire pit
- put down grass seed in the area I cleared this summer
- remove the stumps (I'll hire someone for this who said he will remove the 3 for only $100)
- Landscaped the front yard adding flower beds and a couple bushes.
- painted and sealed the mailbox
- cut down 3 large trees in the backyard
- cleared out the woods in our back yard to our property line (about 500 sq feet) It was horrible
- sprayed the area about 3-4 to prevent weeds from growing in
Next Year -
Since the ground will have settled by then we will
- fence in the backyard
- build a patio and fire pit
- put down grass seed in the area I cleared this summer
- remove the stumps (I'll hire someone for this who said he will remove the 3 for only $100)