This page is to provide us with a record of changes made to the house.
Dec. 2006: New 80-gallon water heater.
July 2007: All west-facing windows tinted.
Fall 2007: Interior repainted
All walls, ceilings, trim, doors, cabinets, etc. were repainted, as well as the rails on the deck. In order to spray paint
trim and cabinets, everything else had to be covered with plastic, including putting up floor-to-ceiling barricades.
New handles were put on all cabinets throughout the house and new backsplash in the kitchen.
New study furniture:
June 2008: Landscape.
Pine bark mulch was redone in the back yard, an old oak tree that died was removed, the part of the driveway which was not originally rip-rapped was done, and the path around the back two sides of the house was built up with city pit, covered with gravel, and rip-rapped.
May 2009: New HVAC system.
After a couple of years of problems with the HVAC, it was replaced with a new unit of a larger capacity which was also much more energy efficient.
May 2011: Stucco exterior of house and garage and the posts at the street were repainted.
A product named Rhino Shield was used which has alife-time guarantee. (We'll see...)
July 2011: New deck
It cost over $1000 every time the deck had to be power washed and resealed, so we finally decided to replace the wood deck with synthetic decking.
May 2012: Bought lot next door
We always regretted not buying the lot next door for better privacy and over the years had made offers to the owners which were turned down. In 2012, they asked us if we still wanted it and we bought it. See more info and pictures.
June 2012: Remodel
After 14 years, the carpet was looking bad and several tiles were cracked. We had put off several other upgrades and repairs, so instead of just new carpet, we did a major renovation. See more info and pictures.