Thursday 13 - 13 Jobs That Need Doing Around my House

13 things that need doing around my house

1. FENCE - A job my hubby would like to tackle himself but is complicated by the fact that next doors garden is 2 foot lower than ours. So where do you put the fence? What do the posts have to bed into? It absolutely needs doing NOW, so we'll probably have to get a local fencing contractor to come do it. Dread to think how much that will cost.
   
2. Need to replace the doorstop that stops the front door bashing into the wall. The rubber on the old one is degrading and I noticed the other day when the door swang open, that the handle hit the wall. That's a hole in the plaster waiting to happen. That should cost pennies and take minutes though, just need to remember to pick the new one up!
   
3. When we moved into this house there were polystyrene tiles on the ceiling in the living room and the main bedroom. We took the ones down in our bedroom (health and safety if there was ever a fire), but have never gotten around to removing the remaining glue and painting that ceiling.
   
4. Need to finish fixing the shower cubicle. Hubby has the bits and pieces he needs, it's just a matter of finding the time to get the job done.
   
5. Hole in the kitchen wall that is hidden by the fridge, needs a piece of plasterboard cut to size, fitted in and painted over.
   
6. When we had the new double glazed unit put in the back door, they left us with the piece of skirting board to finish off that tiny stretch. We haven't got around to doing that either.
   
7. Do something about the floor in the kitchen and dining room. Lino? Laminate? Hard Tiles? Skim it and paint it?
   
8. Deal wit those polystyrene tiles mentioned above, in the living room, on the ceiling.
   
9. There is a false fireplace in the living room that the previous owner put in. Trouble is, even if you were to put an electric fire in there, there are none that fit the gap that he made! arrrgghhhh! So we need to remove the fireplace, sort out any mess that leaves behind on the wall.
   
10. Then we will remove the surrounding floor tiles, that will mean re skimming the floor under those, and then we'll need new carpet, because the existing one only goes as far as the tiles.
    
    
11. Replace carpet in eldest son's room.
12. replace carpet in youngest son's room.
    
13. consider redoing whole plumbing system in kitchen!
    
    
So, not a lot really, we should have it done in no time. What's that you ask? How long have we been here so far? ermmmmm, yes, well, errrm, maybe it will take a few more years then!

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