Glad we upgraded our windows and door sizes. More natural light.

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Apr 25, 2017
10:31:09am

cougarnerd Playmaker

We are also glad we added recessed lighting throughout the main floor and in the master bedroom

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Those who have built homes in the last 5 yrs or so -

dryflyelk

4/25/17 10:14am

More hardwood, less carpet. Go with zoned HVAC system.

Flippy

4/25/17 10:16am

Zoned how?

Heinz57

4/26/17 4:41pm

Our biggest regret was not adding an additional 1.5 bathrooms.

Cosmodiar

4/25/17 10:17am

Make sure your garage is as big as possible.

PharmD

4/25/17 10:19am

Agreed. It is not possible to build a garage that is too big.

dilbert

4/25/17 10:21am

Our first house had a 2 car and a 1 car garage. The 2 car could barely fit 2

PharmD

4/25/17 10:23am

Our house has a decent sized garage, but there's a pole in the way that makes it hard to park both cars.

El Jefe

4/25/17 10:32am

Better to have the pole inside the house for climate control while dancing.

Pistol Shrimp

4/25/17 10:38am

10 foot ceilings and 8 foot doors

Cougar Geek

4/25/17 10:20am

Helicopter pad for the Chinook is a must.

Fatalplacebo

4/25/17 10:20am

I feel bad for you for not being able to afford a nicer helicopter

Backcountry

4/25/17 10:27am

It's the mini van of helicopters. I have to lug the kids around.

Fatalplacebo

4/25/17 10:47am

Can't you just park it in the driveway?

Ragnar Danneskjold

4/25/17 7:32pm

A guy in my town has two of those backed into his driveway.

Conan

4/25/17 8:15pm

RE: A guy in my town has two of those backed into his driveway.

Conan

4/26/17 4:31pm

Pistol range in the basement is nice.

CougarThug

4/25/17 10:25am

Gas stove, island and less carpet on first floor were a couple of our must haves

byusuvu

4/25/17 10:25am

Heated tile floors in the master bath.

Stocktonblues

4/25/17 10:29am

install power outlet behind the toilets for bidets. Thank me later.

BYUFBDAD

4/25/17 11:24am

Cigar room with humidor and hooks to hang monogram jackets

Ron Mexico

4/25/17 10:30am

corinthian leather sofas

dryflyelk

4/25/17 10:33am

Make a tall closet for your Christmas tree, so you can just store it fully decorated.

El Jefe

4/25/17 10:30am

and make the door that stores said tree a bookcase

VACOUGFAN

4/26/17 7:01pm

Glad we upgraded our windows and door sizes. More natural light.

cougarnerd

4/25/17 10:31am

Several things: First, pour as much concrete as you will need as part of the building process.

Pete

4/25/17 10:33am

If you have a large house/family, double water heater is really nice. We run multiple or consecutive showers or laundry

Pete

4/25/17 10:41am

All this, but I'd upgrade to Cat6 over Cat5.

El Jefe

4/25/17 10:42am

CAT6A. CAT6 can only run 10G for 55M. 6A can do the full 100M

Squeegee

4/25/17 12:16pm

But what if my master bedroom suite is more than 100m from the data center?

dilbert

4/25/17 12:55pm

SMF? yeah, but you have to watch out for kinks in the fiber entering the bedroom

Squeegee

4/25/17 1:04pm

220, 221, whatever it takes....

Mr Blue

4/25/17 5:30pm

Wow. I need to make more money.

Cougarrr

4/25/17 10:46am

Ha! I don't have all those things on my house. It's just the list of everything I'd want.

Pete

4/25/17 10:54am

Favorited for when I am ready to upgrade.

WhiteKnight

4/25/17 10:48am

Our house we are moving into in a couple of weeks

FuriousMonkey

4/25/17 11:00am

Sounds like making highlight vids has really paid off for you

cougarnerd

4/25/17 11:03am

Central Vac, wife loved the idea at first

Cougar Geek

4/25/17 10:47am

Mormal vac? Is that a mormon vacuum? Never heard of that before?

jaredm

4/25/17 11:12am

That's fat fingers typing on a small phone touch screen and not proof reading

Cougar Geek

4/25/17 11:17am

if you go central vac, install a baseboard automatic dustpan on hardwood areas

BYUFBDAD

4/25/17 11:27am

Under garage theater/storageroom/mancave

Probable Sacko

4/25/17 11:11am

I actually don't think that's cheap sq footage... the supports and architecture that would be needed to support the

jaromp

4/25/17 11:32am

Depends what the ground level is like on your lot

cougarnerd

4/25/17 11:35am

Mine was 11k on 24 x 26 footprint (624 sqft) unfinished of course

Probable Sacko

4/25/17 1:51pm

I opted for the above garage bonus room also.

Probable Sacko

4/25/17 1:53pm

1. Second (or bigger/tankless) water heater; 2. Hot water circulating pump;

Hodor

4/25/17 11:59am

For the garage door opener, the newer "sidewinder" openers are fantastic.

BYUFBDAD

4/25/17 12:10pm

Oh this list could get long, we just built a year or so ago....

byucougs10

4/25/17 1:14pm

Italian marble on the garage floor. It stands out against my Ferrari collection.

Real Men Wear Blue

4/25/17 2:30pm

Elongated toilets. Or at least one.

Unibro

4/25/17 7:03pm

3rd car garage. I regret it every day

Epileptic Beagle

4/25/17 8:26pm

RE: Those who have built homes in the last 5 yrs or so -

Ssebo

4/25/17 10:28pm

Insulation in the ceilings and walls to reduce sounds when people on another

Chambana Coug

4/25/17 10:57pm

Buy Wolf/Viking stovetop. You'll enjoy it every single day and you'll get your

Y2k

4/26/17 12:09am

Late to the Party, but here's mine (Built 2 years ago):

YouPuntYouDye

4/26/17 4:16pm

I also installed an HVAC register in the garage. It's closed off now, but if I

BYUFBDAD

4/26/17 4:32pm

great ideas. we'll be adding into our existing garage soon and will incorporate

VACOUGFAN

4/26/17 6:55pm

Bigger garage.

VACOUGFAN

4/26/17 6:35pm

a special ac unit that blows on your wife when she blow-dries her hair (you're welcome) now that she's got that, then

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