What are some necessary home improvement/home modernization items for you?

[jgottsman11]

I want to do some stuff to my house. New outdoor fan, new outdoor speakers, reseal my saltillo tile indoors...

What were some things you did to your home or have in your home that made life easier, nicer, more fun, etc

[JasoninDenver]

My wife and I were talking about this last week after living in our renovated house now for 4 years.

Radiant in-floor heating for winter and a variable speed A/C unit for summer.

Also, an induction cooktop. Helps keep the kitchen cooler when I am cooking big meals.

[RichardBartlett]

Consider solar if buying electrical goods to improve your lifestyle

[Blansky]

Getting a pretty 22 year old Swedish nanny.

I don't have kids but ......

Seriously, to me its, always kitchens and bathrooms along with a great outdoor living space.

[Krash]

Pool, screened-in lanai, outdoor TV, indoor-outdoor living.






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[enjoythemusic]

Power wash the driveway and house.

[1st amg]

Generator to power the whole house in case of severe weather events

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by 1st amg

Generator to power the whole house in case of severe weather events

This above all.


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[RyanJ]

Get your garage floor done. Not epoxy but step up to polyaspartic. I have had 0 problems in the past 2 years. I get more compliments on the garage floor than anything else.

Super easy to keep clean. I use dawn dish detergent and water. Pretty simple.

[AzPaul]

Need to replace the foil over the windows with curtains or shades or something.

[White Collar Boy]

Originally Posted by Krash

Pool, screened-in lanai, outdoor TV, indoor-outdoor living.

That looks so good!

[Krash]

Originally Posted by RyanJ

Get your garage floor done. Not epoxy but step up to polyaspartic. I have had 0 problems in the past 2 years. I get more compliments on the garage floor than anything else.

Super easy to keep clean. I use dawn dish detergent and water. Pretty simple.

Absolutely. I did that too.


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[VictorGMT]

Originally Posted by RyanJ

Get your garage floor done. Not epoxy but step up to polyaspartic. I have had 0 problems in the past 2 years. I get more compliments on the garage floor than anything else.

Super easy to keep clean. I use dawn dish detergent and water. Pretty simple.

Pretty much similar recommendation, but I use Swisstrax. No fumes, no prep, can't peel up, can't chip, and if I ruin a tile with weld spatter etc, replace one tile in two minutes. Easy install, the garage shown was about one hour alone, then two hours cutting the yellow pieces to fit precisely.

Has channels underneath to let you pressure wash from front to back, it all drains.

$1,700 shipped as shown.

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More enjoyable daily: HomeKit. HomePods in every room, and a pair for every TV. MyQ garage door adapter, and replacement exterior door locks. HomeKit secure doorbells and video cameras. All with 2FA, end to end encryption, actual qualifications before a device gets HomeKit approval, etc.

Easy to create scenes such as saying "Hey Siri, arrive rear". When approaching the house with such a command, garage door opens, pathway door and kitchen door unlock, pathway lights and kitchen lights come on, thermostat changes and music can start if desired. On and on and on.

Easy to add a guest temporarily and training is about one minute for a new user in the home.

My $.02.

[Avs Fan]

Exterior deck space for fun, interior baths and kitchen for value... at least at our location

[Rbdport]

In the last 4 years I’ve replaced my roof, installed a whole house generator, replaced the pump and salt cell for my pool, had custom plantation shutters made and installed in all the front windows, pulled the carpet in the only 3 rooms that had it and installed wood flooring, replaced all 3 elf-height toilets with older adult height toilets, painted every room but the master bedroom, had custom made full floor to ceiling height bookshelves (12 ft) with a custom library ladder and relandscaped the front yard. I’m 100k into this update. I still need to update the master bedroom and replace all (7) ceiling fans in the house with necessary electrical work. And in another year or two we plan to gut the master bath, shift the master closet and move the laundry into the master closet and turn the current laundry room into a proper butlers pantry.

[Kowaco]

Tire covers for the trailer


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[mikea]

Our garage updates

Polyaspartic flooring, custom cabinets and slatwall and full view garage doors

[Zartan]

To each their own as they say…
Home automation has made mine more comfortable: Nest thermostats, Sonos speakers, Hue lights, Roombas, Dysons fans,.
Did solar around 10 years ago and it covers half our usage, I believe it’s time to add another 4kws and battery backup while the government is back financing it and the weather is likely to create more havoc.
I really enjoy growing cactus and succulent’s in the ground and in pots. Our fruit trees are doing great also.
I’m still working on staying in the same house while my better half shops for new ones :)

[Mifune]

Originally Posted by jgottsman11

I want to do some stuff to my house... new outdoor speakers

Klipsch

they have 'professional' solutions also.

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in as far as other home upgrades... I suggest doing an addition to your home, like building on a Bell Tower.



I've always wanted one... and I know where to get new manufactured brass bells.

[JTL31]

Originally Posted by Krash

Pool, screened-in lanai, outdoor TV, indoor-outdoor living.






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Okay, I’ll say it before Paul @TheVTCGuy says it, is my room ready yet?

Looks incredible! Enjoy the heck out of it this Summer :)

[JTL31]

I just moved into a 1970’s Condo unit. While it had some nice upgrades already done by the seller, I chose to do the following. Some necessary, others I simply wanted.
Electrical upgrades, new SS kitchen appliances, upgrades to entry way and master BR walk in closets, and major bathroom renovations, along with new AC wall units. In time, I’ll swap out laminate kitchen countertops to quartz.

[SSGMT1]

We/I have done some form of upgrade to every room of our house and the best have been the bathrooms. We were considering moving closer to where I work and when looking at houses in our price range, none of the bathrooms compared to what I did to our master bathroom. We never moved.

[m j b]

Fortunately the previous owner did this, not me, but I'm loving our screened-in porch.

[carwash66]

Hope to build a new deck with lap pool below. Certainly not necessary.
Will start a thread when we get permits and begin.

[carwash66]

Originally Posted by Krash

Pool, screened-in lanai, outdoor TV, indoor-outdoor living.






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Very nice!!

[330ci]

Heated towel racks.

[airchitect]

Originally Posted by 330ci

Heated towel racks.

Need these


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[fishoop]

A few things that are worth it for us, kind of all over...

Super high quality towels
Nice coffee machine
Proper wine fridge/cellar
Garage fridge for beer/overflow
Nice blinds/shutters

Refreshing area rugs goes a long way to freshening up the space.

I could go on...

[espanol]

Originally Posted by Krash

Pool, screened-in lanai, outdoor TV, indoor-outdoor living.






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Wow!! Looks great.

[espanol]

I need to do so much work to my townhome. It’s your typical 1920’s metropolitan townhome. Structurally built well, but no imagination in the design or layout. Semi-updated, but would need more money than I’m willing to part with to make it ideal.

Maybe one day. I’ve got 27 or 28 years left on a 2.0% fixed mortgage so it’ll be around for a long, long time. Don’t love it at all, but financially it’s been an incredible purchase.

I often wonder how many people are in the same boat. Bought pre-C19, low fixed mortgage, no intent on selling. Just an opinion, but the old philosophy of trading up to a forever home might become a thing of the past, and replaced with renovations/updates to accommodate lifestyle changes. Contractors should have a great next few decades!