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Closing Time
By Jesse Morgan | June 22, 2008
So we’re finally closing on the house. We close on the 27th, and take possession on Sunday the 29th. We have a lot of work ahead of us.
The Todo list goes something like this after moving everything and getting settled:
- [X] Change locks
- [X] Build child door over stairwell
- [_] Replace broken glass panes in both bedrooms
- [_] Clean out bird nests in vents in roof, add screens outside
Next up is things we should do over the next 2 months:
- [_] replace latch/fix front storm door
- [_] replace leaky pipe over utility sink
- [_] Install faucet on utility sink
- [_] Add railing to stairwell
- [_] Replace front steps
- [_] Replace bathub hardware and reseal bathtub
- [_] fix/replace leaky sprayer on kitchen sink
- [_] install no-backflow spigot in back of house
Items that we’ll need to buy immediately:
- [_] Foot coverings for furniture (bed, dressers, crib, couches)
- [\] stairwell door, hinges and latch
- [_] staplegun
- [_] screen
- [x] shop vac
- [x] dehumidifier
- [\] Two brooms [1 already]
- [\] Two mops [1 already]
- [\] Two mop buckets [1 already]
- [_] Trash bags
- [_] Trash cans
- [x] Duct tape
- [_] Fiberglass ladder
- [x] Garden hose
- [x] 2-3 plungers
- [_] Biggest multi-pack of Chlorox wipes that you can find at Costco/SAMS
- [_] Biggest multi-pack of paper towels that you can find at Costco/SAMS
- [_] Biggest multi-pack of TP that you can find at Costco/SAMS
- [_] Door chains
- [_] Pole/type door locks if they fit your doors.
- [\] Light bulbs [already have big box of energy savers]
- [_] Duster on a stick (for cobwebs)
- [x] Lawnmower
- [x] Heavy Duty Extension Cord
Anything else I’m missing?
Topics: The House |
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Two brooms
Two mops
Two mop buckets
Trash bags
Trash cans
Duct tape
Aluminum ladder
Garden hose(s)
2-3 plungers
Biggest multi-pack of Chlorox wipes that you can find at Costco/SAMS
Biggest multi-pack of paper towels that you can find at Costco/SAMS
Biggest multi-pack of TP that you can find at Costco/SAMS
Door chains
Pole/type door locks if they fit your doors.
Light bulbs
If you can buy all of that crap in one shot, you will probably save half a tank of gas because those are the things you will be buying 2-3 at a time over the first month at the house.
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Ladder?
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
The largest gun the state will permit you to own.
A rocking chair.
A megaphone to yell at the kids to geddoffmahlawn.
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
We already have the rocking chair, it’s just a matter of where to put it.
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Let me see what I can do about a lawn mower but keep you eyes open. There is one out to mom’s that hasn’t been started in a few years. See if I can get it running.
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Lawn Sprinkler, so fertilizer, etc. can be soaked into ground after I do my elve thing to it.
June 24th, 2008 at 6:07 am
the house has hard wood floors, right? If so, I would suggest getting some Pledge Wood Floor Cleaner. that is what we use on our floors - works wonderfully! Plus, you probably don’t know when the last time they cleaned the floors was and you should do that about every 2 - 3 months.