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[quote=Anonymous]I am in the same boat as a lot of the PPs.  We bought a 6 year old house which is now 14 years old.  Biggest priority project is getting the exterior paint trim re-painted, repairing some rotted wood, and repainting outside handrail.  Had to fire first painting company b/c they just painted over old paint.  Now waiting for 2 new companies to provide estimates (assuming it'll cost a lot more than 1st one given how unprofessional they were--just wanted to slap paint on house and say it was done).

List of immediate stuff:

1) repair loose bricks on exterior front stairs.
2) add two more downspouts to front porch roof.
3) trim tree branches near roof (damn squirrels getting into our attic crawl space!!!)

List of other stuff:
4) repaint bathrooms (at least 4) b/c prior owners used wrong kind of paint (fortunately we have fans in all of them though) (one bathroom needs to have towel rack and toilet holder put back on wall (both fell off at one point)).
5) switch out hideous light fixture in eat-in kitchen and dining room
6) remove café curtains from kitchen and eat-in kitchen (part of coordinating new light fixture)

Eventually
7) repainting hallways and living room (these rooms never repainted and have scruff marks but will probably have to wait until our youngest who is 15 month old gets older before tackling that.
8) tackling backyard (adding porch--got estimate at least 12K but need to wait until nanny costs are done).
9) tackling hideous lighting fixtures in hallways
10) repaving stones (can't find stones that match but have only searched Home Depot and Lowes periodically) in back patio area and removing mulch/bushes from the back yard (to expand patio area)
9) updating bathroom fixtures

Oh and given the age of the house, our appliances will all start to crap out, I'm guessing.  So far DH has repaired the washer (with my help) (installed new mother board), the oven mother board and one of the air conditioners (thankfully only needed a $3 capacitor (other air conditioner cost us $4k to replace)).  Would like my front load washer to die first as it's a pain to close and the mold issue (cleaning it out can be a bitch).  And our stupid microwave is only 3 years old but the damn light won't go off inside, and so it doesn't work unless you open and shut it half a dozen times to get the light to turn off.[/quote]

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