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Old 02-24-2025, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by biggamefish1 View Post
Window blinds, upgrade landscaping, paint driveway, complete interior paint with enamel at wet areas and washable flat wall, garage storage cabs and shelving, solar attic fan, and solar light tubes as needed, plywood attic area for storage, replace bug screen on the lanai with solar screen, front door storm door with pull down screen, roll down solar screens on all west facing windows, pour or pave a rear patio for grilling and entertaining, and more. Bring your checkbook, lol. Enjoy!!
This is excellent - thank you!

I would probably include:
  • Your first three: blinds (plantation shutters, to be exact), upgraded landscaping, and painted driveway within my #9 "touchups" one as we'll definitely want to do that, just need to prioritize financially.
  • The attic fan and plywood attic area within either the insulation (#3) and/or garage attic stairs (#7) since the contractor(s) will be up there.

And the garage shelving and storage would probably be DIY and definitely will need it eventually, but not immediately so #10+ on the list, similarly with the solar shades and screens, and definitely the patio which we'll probably add a small bird cage over with spa.

RE: the painting - specifically "enamel at wet areas and washable flat" - is it that bad? Definitely something we should probably do now before we're fully moved in, regardless.

Thanks again!