580 Linwood

about what we want to do with the place. It’s now early 2006, we have lived in the house for a little over a year and have a good feel for what we would like to do. We both sat down and came up with a list of things we wanted done. Then ranked them and marked which were must have vs. want to have. Combined we ended up with this:

• Fix the stairs – stairs going to the bedroom are old attic stairs, rise/run is awful and not to code. Can’t get anything up there of size, like a queen bed because of them.
• Master suite – meaning walk in closet, dual sink vanity, big shower, big master bedroom.
• Three bedrooms – regardless how master is added, bottom line we want three bedrooms, of which one will be my home office. The other our guest room.
• Update/Remodel Kitchen – out with the 2nd hand cabinets and 1970’s appliances.
• Fix upstairs bath issues – If you look at the pictures you will see the upstairs bath is pretty cramped due to low ceilings and odd angles.
• Windows – replace and fix where needed.
• Update HVAC – current system wasn’t sized right for house including a pretty old Westinghouse furnace.
• Update Electrical – Prior owners updated some electrical, but also left old knob & tube wiring all over the place.
• Misc repairs – like new drywall on the ceilings as plaster isn’t all the great.

There we a few more details to each item above, like what we want to see in the kitchen; dual-ovens, wine fridge, etc… but that about covers our agreed upon list.