I've never spent longer than 5 years in one place for my whole life. Looks like this house will be the one I stay in the longest though because it's in my name and I'm looking to reno it so I can stay and it will be the ex who moves. I've been here 5 years.
What are you doing to your house? Be careful I don't want to see you on Holmes on Homes
http://www.makeitright.ca/makeitright/index.php
I promise I won't end up on Holmes!
But I love watching that guy.
What I'm doing to the house. Oy. The list is long. I be doing it all in 2010 but this is the whole list:
Already Completed:* New Furnace (2007)
* New Airconditioning unit (2009)
* New roof (2008)
* New Garage doors
* Landscaping (front and backyard) & front walkway (2009)
* Added shutters for the windows (2009)
* Built a shed (2008)
Still Have To Do:* Front door (2010)
* Side doors to the garage (2010)
* Interlocking brick (straight in/out replacement)
* All of the tiling on the main floor (which is the front foyer, powder room, laundry room and kitchen)
* Replace the kitchen
* New oven and fridge
* Add an elevator (Mum is disabled and can't do that many stairs. It has to go from the basement to the third floor)
* Gut the basement and add a media/games room and exercise room Get rid of the sauna.
* Gut the master bath
* Minor cosmetic changes in the main bathroom and the guest bathroom
* Finish the laundry room (nearly done)
We have an awesome contact. An old Italian guy who does our landscaping. He's a general contractor and everyone he's reccommended to us thus far has been awesome. So we're going to have him oversee everything. We've been working with him for 4 years, we pay him in cash, and he's very, very good to us.