bright sparks
04-05-2013, 09:55 AM
Kind of, pretty much, slightly unrelated to daycare...hence why its posted in "This and That"
I moved into my current home in August 2012. I have no intention of moving again as this is my 5th house in 12 years. I have this new found pride of ownership that I have never had in any of my previous homes. This morning I just had someone round to make arrangements for duct work cleaning, furnace and fireplace cleaning, and while it is pricey, I am very happy that for the first time I am taking steps to preserve my home in the hopes of preventing costly repairs down the road due to lack of maintenance.
I am also having a plusaire system installed as I have an 8 year old house which is rediculously tight so we have an alarming amount of condensation inside the house which I have already had to treat for mold when we first moved in.
I am replacing three windows too, as for some bizarre reason the builder didnt install frosted glass in any of the bathrooms. It will be so nice to take a relaxing bath with some natural light coming in without the need to close my california shutters and put the lights on in the middle of the day.
In the next 4-6 weeks I will be FINALLY getting my garden fence posts put in and then my husband will finish the panels. Just in time for summer. Prior to this though, we have a huge old maple tree in a neighbours house that hangs over our house an awful lot and it is easily 10-15 feet taller than our two story home. A tree surgeon is coming in to give it a good downsize without killing it. That will be taken care of in the next couple of weeks.
Once all this is done my daycare room will be built on the main floor. It was the plan to do it immediatly but instead we have had the daycare room in the "master" space and used the main floor closed off dining room as our bedroom. Its very small now only 10x12 but it is next to a laundry room space (we relocated all plumbing and washer and dryer to the basement a couple of months ago) and when they are knocked through together we will have an irregular shaped 12x17 playroom with double french glass doors. I cant wait for a main floor playroom again and my wonderful 13x18 master bedroom back :-)
I am so excited to play house :-) I sound like a first time homebuyer lol
I moved into my current home in August 2012. I have no intention of moving again as this is my 5th house in 12 years. I have this new found pride of ownership that I have never had in any of my previous homes. This morning I just had someone round to make arrangements for duct work cleaning, furnace and fireplace cleaning, and while it is pricey, I am very happy that for the first time I am taking steps to preserve my home in the hopes of preventing costly repairs down the road due to lack of maintenance.
I am also having a plusaire system installed as I have an 8 year old house which is rediculously tight so we have an alarming amount of condensation inside the house which I have already had to treat for mold when we first moved in.
I am replacing three windows too, as for some bizarre reason the builder didnt install frosted glass in any of the bathrooms. It will be so nice to take a relaxing bath with some natural light coming in without the need to close my california shutters and put the lights on in the middle of the day.
In the next 4-6 weeks I will be FINALLY getting my garden fence posts put in and then my husband will finish the panels. Just in time for summer. Prior to this though, we have a huge old maple tree in a neighbours house that hangs over our house an awful lot and it is easily 10-15 feet taller than our two story home. A tree surgeon is coming in to give it a good downsize without killing it. That will be taken care of in the next couple of weeks.
Once all this is done my daycare room will be built on the main floor. It was the plan to do it immediatly but instead we have had the daycare room in the "master" space and used the main floor closed off dining room as our bedroom. Its very small now only 10x12 but it is next to a laundry room space (we relocated all plumbing and washer and dryer to the basement a couple of months ago) and when they are knocked through together we will have an irregular shaped 12x17 playroom with double french glass doors. I cant wait for a main floor playroom again and my wonderful 13x18 master bedroom back :-)
I am so excited to play house :-) I sound like a first time homebuyer lol