House List

I thought the best way to make sense of everything I need to do when I do get the keys to this house is to make a giant list.  I’m going to sit down and then priortize what needs to be done in order.

Here’s the list.

Change all locks

Fix or replace doors

Refinish Floors

Plumbing repiped

Buy appliances and have installed: stove, fridge, washer and dryer

Turn on utilities: water, electric, cable, internet

Electrical work and wiring

Get chimney cleaned

Remove large tree and stumps

Yard clean up and planting

Fix or replace fence

Schedule Mover

Paint living room

Paint Dining Room

Paint Master Bedroom

Paint Bedroom No. 2

Paint Halls

Refinish or replace kitchen cabinets/counter

Masonry work around home

Convert from oil to gas heat and hot water

Repair or Replace gutters/downspouts

Replace light fixtures in dining room/kitchen/bedrooms/bathroom

Replace flooring in bathroom and back mudroom

Remove barriers in attic area preventing roof from venting.

Remove the electrical outlets on the attic walls

Remove crazy closet thingie in the master bedroom.

Paint kitchen, install backsplash

Fix the shelves in the kitchen spice cabinet

Fix first stair leading to attic

Repair Roof

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Repair/Replace the front stairs and rear stairs

Repair or replace the walkway on the side of the house where front door is.

Repair or replace garage door

Repair or replace retaining walls in the yard

Daunting, I know.  But all I can keep telling myself is that I take this one small step at a time – one task at a time.  The first thing before I even move in is going to be the floors.  Can’t really do those when living there as the smell is bad from what I hear and the floors need 24 – 48 hours to dry.  But I am stuck because I want to convert to gas and I am told that involves cutting spaces in the floor for venting and removing radiators.  Removing the radiators will be great because they take a good amount of space in the rooms they’re in and the rooms are, not going to say small, we’ll go with intimate, to begin with.

Got word from my bank yesterday, they’re going to need a 2-week extension on the closing.  I am weary…the P&S from the bank that owns this property was pretty clear that they wanted to close on April 28 and there is a clause in there that if there is any delay on my end from that date?  It’s a $100 per diem fine.  When I talked to my attorney about it originally he said it’s a standard thing in bank P&S’s and that if the time came he writes a letter requesting the extension and asking them to waive the fee or we walk.  I don’t want to walk!!!  Fucking bank…can’t understand why they take 2-weeks to get an appraisal done.  In this market?  So please, keep your fingers crossed that the bank agrees and I don’t lose this.  This isn’t my fault at all.  The bank gets the materials they need from me the minute they ask, or at the very most, one day later.