We are going through with the house! The electricity is going to have be done one outlet at a time. It's an unknown as we open each outlet. Some are fine, others need work. We've found no ground, cut ground wire and a wired box, but not the wires themselves. We also need to get the electric box inspected. That work will be done first. We are hoping to move a light switch or two, and add outlets in the kitchen, but that will be decided that day as we go and depending how much it costs. I'm chomping at the bit to do some projects, but I can't spend any money to do them yet. So I will be coming up with projects for which we have materials.
The electricity is one thing I cannot and will not do myself, so we have to pay to do it. For the safety we have to do it now. So we are packing! The house is more than halfway packed up. We will still be living in it for 2 weeks after we close so we are packing everything except what we will be using daily. We will be sleeping here and working on the new house. We close on Tuesday the 17th at 10 AM. Hubby has the day off, so we can get a bunch done the first day and then our electrician comes! We are getting excited!
Here's the list we could do depending on time and cooperation of children the day we close:
Begin removing wallpaper in the kids room (need supplies)
Paint laundry room floor brown (Concrete paint)
Paint school room- sage colored. (clean and paint closet)
Garden- move our square foot garden box and dirt and plant. Cost free (labor- lots!)
Check out wood in shed- find wood for different projects.
Rent sander? At some point the kids room and the bathroom need to be sanded before we paint. I'm hoping to borrow a sander, but may need to rent one.
Other things to do:
Get estimates on Arborists to remove tree 4 feet from house
Find wood and put up fence
Install water heater
These are all based uppon what supplies we can find and what the cost of the ELECTRIC work ends up being.
I have a list of supplies to pick up at the store, as soon as we've closed or right before. I'm using cash and keeping the receipt!
Here we go!! :)
Willow
The electricity is one thing I cannot and will not do myself, so we have to pay to do it. For the safety we have to do it now. So we are packing! The house is more than halfway packed up. We will still be living in it for 2 weeks after we close so we are packing everything except what we will be using daily. We will be sleeping here and working on the new house. We close on Tuesday the 17th at 10 AM. Hubby has the day off, so we can get a bunch done the first day and then our electrician comes! We are getting excited!
Here's the list we could do depending on time and cooperation of children the day we close:
Begin removing wallpaper in the kids room (need supplies)
Paint laundry room floor brown (Concrete paint)
Paint school room- sage colored. (clean and paint closet)
Garden- move our square foot garden box and dirt and plant. Cost free (labor- lots!)
Check out wood in shed- find wood for different projects.
Rent sander? At some point the kids room and the bathroom need to be sanded before we paint. I'm hoping to borrow a sander, but may need to rent one.
Other things to do:
Get estimates on Arborists to remove tree 4 feet from house
Find wood and put up fence
Install water heater
These are all based uppon what supplies we can find and what the cost of the ELECTRIC work ends up being.
I have a list of supplies to pick up at the store, as soon as we've closed or right before. I'm using cash and keeping the receipt!
Here we go!! :)
Willow
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