Do large addition projects EVER end?

[WoodSheddin]

[windshieldbug]

Oh, you'll get to move in...

but the "project" will never end

[gwwilk]

Hmmm...punch blocks, junction boxes, networking and cable TV cables everywhere, a ton of work undone. Looks like a smart home in the making with whole house everything.

Whatcha doin'?

[WoodSheddin]

Hmmm...punch blocks, junction boxes, networking and cable TV cables everywhere, a ton of work undone. Looks like a smart home in the making with whole house everything.

Whatcha doin'?

Wired up the addition and the old house with low voltage. 11 total wall jacks each containing 2 RG6 coax and 2 Cat 5e. Two TV, 1 data, and 1 telephone ready for up to 3 lines. 66 blocks for voice. wall plates and keystone jacks on the wall for patching. Router and switch will be wall mounted. Also placed 2 smurf tubes with pull strings for future wiring if needed.

This is all getting fed with the shiny new Verizon FiOS TV and internet which just came online in my neighborhood. FiOS TV is gonna ROCK!!!

[Chuck(G)]

There comes a time in such project when one of several things happens:

• You move.
• You get divorced and are forced to move.
• You run out of money and are evicted by the bank.
• The house burns down.
• You get tired of the hassle and learn to "live with it' and those grand plans remain undone decades later.

Chuck (who's glad he ran out of enthusiasm years ago to wire the house with 10base2 coax) G

[FarahShazam]

FTR: that wiring WILL be finished. We have a contractor workin
on the rest of it. The contract didn't include data wiring; only electrical.

If he doesn't finish it, it will be covered by drywall. He did an amazing job If we paid someone else, I shudder to think how much they would have charged us.

We are having 800sq ft. added--2 levels; a family room, 2 bedrooms (in my hopes of expanding the family), and a master bathroom. We are now living in 700squ ft (only) with the kid sleeping with us.

We hope to be finished with the contractor's part in 2 months time. We will never be finished with the rest of it. On the list of things to do:
--shed
--new fence
--deck and maybe a hottub
--repiping the older part of the house (main water line needs replacing)
--paint older part of house
--fix our landscapped yard (tons of potential there).

This is just.the.start.

I'm afraid

[Dan Schultz]

I still got a dial-up

[tubatooter1940]

I spent five years restoring a wooden boat to look like new and then I made the mistake of dragging it home on it's trailer and parking it in the yard. My wife took one look at the boat and demanded, "I want my house to look like that." It took three years to do that detailed a paint job on the house. Lots-o-varnish.Then we sold the place and made a killing.
She was right.

[tubatooter1940]

If you're building a place, you have to wait to move in. I you're renovating, do one room at a time and then finish up and take a few months off before starting the next project. It is important to have an opportunity to savor the fruits of your labor before ripping into the place again.
All the kids in our neighborhood came to our house to play with our kids.
I kept the yard neat but with all the ball games in our front yard it was pointless to fuss much with the lawn.
Even today with the kids grown and gone I can still see first,second and third base in the grass on the front lawn.