In light of this, we've decided to hire someone to finish the electric in the attic. That way it's DONE and we're one step closer to getting our master suite to a livable state.
Once the electric is set we can start building the frame for the bathroom and around the stairwell. I'm hoping our miter saw will come in handy here!
Little steps at a time... This master suite is going to be awesome! In case you were wondering what needs to be done:
- Electric finished and re-inspected
- Frames for bathroom walls and stairwell built
- Plumbing routed for bathroom fixtures
- Windows replaced
- Drywall all the things
- Install overhead lights
- Build built-in wardrobes
- Paint... there will be so much painting...
- Install flooring
- Install bath fixtures
- Furnish/decorate
It's a pretty long list and I am fairly certain it will take at least another year to accomplish. This year alone, we'll end up spending close to $4,000 (but probably more) getting the construction portion of everything taken care of. I think installing all of the pretty elements will end up waiting until next year.
However.... my 30th birthday is coming up in August and the coolest present would be to paint the bedroom. I found an awesome tutorial on how to paint clouds on the wall - click here. How awesome would that look?
When we moved to NY my mom painted my bedroom with clouds. It looked so awesome. It was the best bedroom ever. I have some pretty awesome ideas for this room, but it will take a few years before it completely comes to fruition.
So since we had the escrow check refund happen to us, a friendly word of warning: you might want to save some of that if you don't have it in savings anyway. Our bank just sent us a lovely note saying our escrow account was underfunded by more than $500 -- this after sending us a sizable reimbursement for overfunding that is well more than the amount we are currently underfunded by.
ReplyDeleteThis means, if your bank is as dumb as ours, you will be sent a letter at some point saying by the way, you are underfunded and we either need an extra check from you for x amount OR your monthly payment gets jacked back up. Cheers.
(commence snarling)
so yeah. Just a heads up.