House wishes if you had 50k?

[Loopdilou]

Say someone hands you 50k specifically to do things to your house.. What would you do?

I'd redo my floors, put a library room into the empty half of my living room, landscaping including a patio, house painting, amd new furniture..

Another dream would be lowering my bedroom ceiling to add an attic craft room.

[thyme4change]

New floors, new doors, new baseboards. It wouldn't cost me $50k, but it rhymes.

[shanendoah]

Knock down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room, redo the kitchen completely, plumb the house for natural gas so that DH can have a gas stove and I can have a tankless gas water heater, then repaint the entire interior and replace all the carpets, and replace our windows.

[8 Bit WWBG]

If it can't be a down payment on a better house so I can convert my current one into a rental, then it would be a great kitchen remodel and the remaining areas converted to hardwood.

[thyme4change]

If it was more than $50k, I would rip the roof off and vault the ceilings.

[Deleted]

Add master bath over garage. If anything left over open up kitchen to dining room. Move kitchen cabinets and appliances around. If money left over, landscaping.

[bean29]

enlarge my dinette, possibly an exit from 1st floor to backyard (enclosed). A deck. Add some cement on the side of house to increase parking area. A new kitchen table. New Furniture for living room.

Deck and Living room furniture will happen within the year.

[Loopdilou]

Aug 17, 2012 15:05:07 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

If it was more than $50k, I would rip the roof off and vault the ceilings.

And I would do the opposite!

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Aug 17, 2012 15:05:07 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

If it was more than $50k, I would rip the roof off and vault the ceilings.

Tear the Roof off the Sucka.
Tear the Roof off the Motha Sucka.

[thyme4change]

And I would do the opposite!

Yours would be much, much less expensive than mine. All you need to do is throw in a couple of beams and dry wall. I would need to recofigure the whole structure.

[Deleted]

I don't know if 50k would cover it but I desperately need more space for my studio.

[Deleted]

If I was Dark I would put it in a shoe box and store it under the bed.

[Sam_2.0]

Add on two bedrooms and a deck, and sell the sucker

[Tiny]

50K doesn't go very far in my area I have a 26K estimate to rebuild the bathroom in my basement with all the top of the line bells and whistles.

With 50K I think I go for the full gut of my 1940's era kitchen... there's probably some asbestos abatement that needs to be done (the floor specifically) so I suspect that project would eat up 50K.

Otherwise, I'd go for a more moderate rebuilt basement bathroom, maybe some additional finishes for my unfinished basement, and then landscaping (got a 15K estimate for that...)

[kittensaver]

Take care of the last two rooms of the house that need work (rehab/update the kitchen and gut/completely re-do the 2nd bathroom).

[thyme4change]

I have a 26K estimate to rebuild the bathroom in my basement with all the top of the line bells and whistles.

Wow - we took ours down to the studs and redid everything, with really nice finishes, and that was under $15k - so, your bathroom is going to kick major ass!

[Sum Dum Gai]

Uh... the empty half of the living room is the future home of my pool table. Keep your ruddy books out of there!

[Cookies Galore]

There's my down payment for A house. Thanks loop! ;D

[Loopdilou]

Aug 17, 2012 15:23:33 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Uh... the empty half of the living room is the future home of my pool table. Keep your ruddy books out of there!

You can redo the garage and put it in there

[Sum Dum Gai]

I can't, there's too much random crap in our garage. *cough* church pew *cough* doll house *cough* *cough*

[t-dog]

build a gold plated fence! Just kidding - I'd put in a pool and landscape.

[Loopdilou]

You could help me redo the pew and then once I have my craft room we can put the doll house in it ;D

[Sum Dum Gai]

build a gold plated fence!

LOL!

[Sum Dum Gai]

Wait, what? Where the heck are we putting a craft room? For that matter, where is the pew going? In your library? Sounds uh... cozy.

[Loopdilou]

Aug 17, 2012 15:33:44 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Wait, what? Where the heck are we putting a craft room? For that matter, where is the pew going? In your library? Sounds uh... cozy.

Above our bathroom when we extend the attic and the pew is getting sealed and going on the patio.

[shanendoah]

Aren't you reading Dark? Loop already said she wants to drop the ceiling of your bedroom and add a loft craft room. Keep up, man.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

New cabinets in the kitchen, new countertop, new appliances, I'd get the carpet in the bedrooms ripped out and replaced. If there is enough leftover I would redo all the windows and get a custom made shade for the picture window.

[thyme4change]

Would also have organizers installed in all of the closets.

That is my other project on my punch list. I knew I was forgetting one that is looming already. I am going to hollow out both of my reach-ins and make one giant long closet, with huge sliding doors.

[Sum Dum Gai]

You realize your attic craft room will be like a bagillion degress six months out of the year right?

[t-dog]

shanendoah - that was my thought exactly! some days I feel like I am eavesdropping on Loop and Dark just by reading a thread!