Price: inexpensive in relation to other larger housing contained on bigger property lots in the area
It is also convenient and prudent to position the front entrance of the house closest to the driveway for easier access when carrying into the house, groceries for one example. In conjunction with this affordable housing development idea, one would like to offer architectural ideas to reduce wasted living space within one’s home. Over the past years, one realized that two interior hallways leading to the bedrooms consumed much potential living area within our home. Should another architectural design been offered for construction workers to follow with a reduction of hallway space, spouse and I would easily have had an additional room in our home. Perhaps then the living room could serve as a homes’ focal point with doors leading from the living room to bedrooms. The concept of a small hallway foyer at the front entrance of the house is however desirable to probably many people because a foyer affords privacy to most of the interior of a home. In other words, people who call for another at the front door do not have a view of the living room or other areas of the home. In addition, one has found that having a lavatory in one’s master bedroom to be annoying. Showers, baths, and various odors can aggravate a spouse who is also in the room resting or sleeping. Also to provide for sound barriers from other rooms within the home, one may consider installing insulation between the interior walls as well as the exterior walls, at the time of the homes construction.
Another tradesman changed old and unreliable for light delivery, recessed lighting fixtures in the kitchen. These were replaced with modern fixtures providing a “cleaner” appearance to the kitchen. The tradesman also rewired a non functioning hanging tiffany style lamp that provides extra light to the kitchen table. He also replaced other electrical outlets in the house that were no longer delivering electricity to lamps and appliances. After completing this maintenance and improvements, I repainted the kitchen, applied a new wall border and re-varnished the oak cabinets. Almost pleased with the new appearance of the kitchen, I stated to spouse that a new countertop may be needed as the old countertop clashed with the multicolored mosaic tiled wall behind the countertop. Realizing that a new countertop would be of a considerable expense, I searched the internet for tile paint where it was discovered that a waterproof tile, fiberglass, and porcelain paint did exist and was available for sale. The paint was purchased and applied to the tile where I was most pleased with the result. In addition to the above home projects, I repainted most of the rooms in the house with a fresh coat of paint.
The sunroom that was installed on a backyard deck in 2002 began to leak rain water inside the room beginning in 2008 where the sunroom met and was joined to the house. Believing this to be a problem with a seal, an employee of the sunroom company who constructed the room was hired to hopefully fix this problem. The employee stated that there was a problem with the back roof and that a costly reconstruction of the roof was necessary to fix this problem. One stated that the room only began leaking in rain water in 2008, suggesting a cracking or problem with a seal between where the house ended and the sunroom began. The employee insisted there was a problem with a back section of the house roof but with my insistence of a seal problem, he apparently chalked the area between the roof and the sunroom for a considerable amount of money. Shortly thereafter and during a rainstorm the leaking was noted to be worse than before. Exacerbated, as I viewed puddles on the floor and furniture