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Originally Posted by stings
We are planning on buying a house in TV this fall after our house here is sold. In looking at homes for sale in TV I noticed that there's often references to upgraded AC, water treatment, tankless water heaters etc. My question to all of you is, what upgrades would you have made to your home knowing what you know now? Are there some that you think are more necessary than others? Thanks for any insight you can give me.
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I would put location first and upgrades second. When we bought our spec home, it was our second home. Soon we tired of driving back and forth to Michigan, and this has become our permanent home. As a permanent home, we would have spent more on the view.
Also, I would, if building, put the least upgrades in (except for expanded space), as the quality of materials they use is not the best. Our home had carpeting in the living area, which we ripped out in favor of tile (two hairy dogs), and corian countertops that scratched like crazy, which we replaced with a better grade of granite than was available in a custom home. Neighbors who built put the least in as possible (lower taxes), and then moved in and replaced carpeting with hardwood floors and laminate with granite or quartz.
We tiled our lanai because the cement had so many cracks in it, and home warranty/builder wouldn't do anything about it other than offer to paint it and charge us $200. It looks beautiful, and we're so happy with it. (dark red with black grout). We installed coolaroos shades on the lanai to control the sunlight.
Later we had the garage covered with that thick speckled paint stuff. It looks terrific and is so easy to clean.
Our next plan is to address the water situation with whole house filter, recarpet the bedrooms with a better quality carpet, and finally, paint, if we ever settle on colors.
Many people have sun tubes installed to bring in light.