What would you change about your house

Question

We're building a house right now and I know that there's always something you WISH you would have thought of before the house is finished or wish you could change. What is your story? Even if you bought a house, whether it's a different brand of windows, a better setup, an extra window, big rooms, etc.

Answer 1

Ceiling Height, because it is WAY cheaper to get higher ceilings now, but impossible when the house is built.

Answer 2

I would have made sure I had a mud room so that I could put things like litter boxes in there, the only place I have to put them is in the spare bedroom with my husbands musical equipment. I also would have tried to find a house with a 2 1/2 car garage (I have only a 1 car garage), at least 1 and 1/2 bathrooms (I only have 1), and a basement (I only have a crawl space)

Answer 3

We bought a house that was several years old and although we have altered things I would make lots of changes if I was building my own.  You cannot have too many cupboards, bathrooms or electrical sockets.  That said I would like higher ceilings and larger rooms but that is really a financial problem as I cannot afford a bigger house.  I would put the electrical sockets higher up on the walls as they are mostly used for table lamps, TV's etc.  We don't have a separate utility room, only an area of the kitchen used for this.  I would like a separate one with the garden door in it and it could be a place for dirty shoes etc.  Hope your house goes well.

Answer 4

As I am older (60) I wish that I had a one floor house instead of having two bedrooms upstairs. Even though they get used more for storage than anything else it is a pain to get up and down the stairs with my bad knees. The other thing I really wish I had was a wrap around

porch.That is a porch that goes around the house. It would be so nice to be able to sit outside on a porch and watch the world go by!  

Answer 5

The location of the office door.  Think about the placement of furniture in relation to the location of the doors into bedrooms and such.

I would have also put a ceiling fan in the kitchen since it has a vaulted ceiling.  I could probably still do that since there is electric in the ceiling, but it would have been easier if it was done in the first place.

I would have also made the master closets a little bit bigger.  We have his and hers closets and my husband's closet is a little bit small.  It's still a walk-in, but it could have been a bit bigger.

One thing I would recommend for full glass doors (like back doors) is to get the ones with the blinds between the panes of glass.  They are AWESOME!  We have a side door into the laundry room from the outside and it is a half glass door with the blinds between the glass so we could put in a dog door later on.  It's great too!

Think ahead, too, of things you may add later and what they may need.  We knew we were getting a free hot tub from a friend, so we had the patio slab poured as a thickened slab to support the weight of the hot tub and had the electricians run a 22v outlet to the patio for it.  Many people put a freezer or an extra refrigerator in the garage, but don't realize it really needs a 220v outlet so the breaker isn't tripped all the time.

Feel free to email me.  I used to work for a builder!

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