You'll want attic stairs. You can do it yourself if you are handy. If not, there are many folks happy to help you. We had the garage floor epoxied after closing, so it was cured and ready to go when we moved in. We did the rest of the concrete later.
We ordered and installed blinds ourselves. You can get plantation shutters, which are gorgeous, but they also cost much more, and the frame blocks light from entering your home.
A water softener is good, but you don't need to go all out unless that is important to you. You can pick up a fine model at a big box store, install it yourself, of hire a handyman.
Washer and dryer. Ours were 12 years old; we sold them with the Northern house.
Don't landscape too quickly. Go a full season and look at everyone else's stuff. We landscaped too quickly and made mistakes which had to be corrected later.
Take a good hard look at your possessions. That oak furniture that looks so good up north ~ it just doesn't transition well. The resale stores are full of it.
IMO, most everything else can be done later, as you adjust to your new expenses.
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