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Easy/ no brainer upgrade suggestions for New house build?

Stingray said:
NO, Just no,
The last thing I want to hear is the washer out of balance or something thudding around in the dryer when I'm sleeping coming from the next room. There is not enough sound deadening to silence that.

My laundry is in a separate building 75' away from the house.
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Don't do laundry when you are trying to sleep? I'm single now and actually put my washer and dryer in the master closet. Start the fucker when I get home and change out of work clothes. Move it to the dryer while I fix dinner, and fold after I get out of the shower and put the shit away. I have heard too many horror stories of washers failing and flooding a house to do that shit while sleeping. My whole house isn't 75' feet long or wide LOL.
 
Wherever you put the drier, put it so the vent run is short and easy. Mine vents through the roof, and it sucks.

ALSO, My washer occasionally gets a clog. (I think it has to do with the grime on my stuff, lint & shit, and the open nature of a washer drain). I don't want to flood my closet if it happens. But that's just me.
 
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grumpy356 said:
Wherever you put the drier, put it so the vent run is short and easy. Mine vents through the roof, and it sucks.

ALSO, My washer occasionally gets a clog. (I think it has to do with the grime on my stuff, lint & shit, and the open nature of a washer drain). I don't want to flood my closet if it happens. But that's just me.
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One of the things I did was use a rubber coupler/reducer and hose clamped the washer drain solid so the washer pump pushes down the drain and doesn't overflow.
 
Motorcharge said:
That's really cool if you want to wait 2-3 business days to get access to your coffee pot and have 2' thick walls in your house for no fucking reason. :laughing:
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I assume that if you plan a walk in pantry behind it could be built into one of the shelf spaces of that room.
 
Putting an airline in my master bath is on my list of things to do.
(To blow out clippers, and shit)
 
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One of my last houses was an owner built and had insulation on the interior walls. Not sure what the cost adder was. Made it so much quieter, especially if someone was watching TV while another was napping, kids rooms and guests. Did make running wires a little harder, but that can be solved by doing it right the first time (2 cat 6, 1 rg 6 and 1pr SM fiber per room/tv location)

AP and camera cables

Basements should always have french doors.

Laundry room sink

Don't waste money on fancy light fixtures or sink hardware. Those are super easy to swap and the builders mark them up
 
smracing said:
Let's just change the thread title to "What features do you expect in a $1M+ house?"
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Yes... but PVC conduit under flat work, laundry room location with an eye on how your vents will run, tie the plug with your wife's curling iron to the light switch, etc. those don't add money.

When you start adding 12 Solid core doors, and radiant floor heat with boilers, walk in pantries with an extra foot of space and a garage door opener for a kitchen appliance gadget... Those add up..

He threw out spray in insulation, like it was a no money adder... Maybe I got screwed, I do .. a lot ... but spray in Icynene and the appliance choices that initiated wasn't a small number when I did it.

Granted... I wish I would have spent money on Hurricane shutters, and radiant floor heat in the master bathroom ( I didn't know how awesome that is until just this year) .. but everything is a choice and you have to make cuts somewhere.
 
Mid-height dishwasher close to sink...back saver, no extra cost.

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I didn't read everything, so may be some repeats.

For In-laws or parents, and depending on their age, I would make everything a 36" door and planned for an older life living situation, like easy access showers and toilets etc, for walkers or wheelchairs, stuff like that.
 
Pook said:
I didn't read everything, so may be some repeats.

For In-laws or parents, and depending on their age, I would make everything a 36" door and planned for an older life living situation, like easy access showers and toilets etc, for walkers or wheelchairs, stuff like that.
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I would save money by just not building a guest bedroom
cheaper, and no visitors
win win :grinpimp:
 
Motorcharge said:
My mom put one of those in their master bath a few years ago and I hate it. Makes it feel like I'm taking a shit on a ship or something with that little porthole of light overhead. :laughing:
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They sell square ones also.
Pook said:
I didn't read everything, so may be some repeats.

For In-laws or parents, and depending on their age, I would make everything a 36" door and planned for an older life living situation, like easy access showers and toilets etc, for walkers or wheelchairs, stuff like that.
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For in laws or parents I always recommend not having enough bedrooms.
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
I would save money by just not building a guest bedroom
cheaper, and no visitors
win win :grinpimp:
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Haha I didn’t even see this.

We bought a 2 bedroom house with more house space. The second bedroom is 10x10.

“What hotel would you like me to recommend?”

Both my boys have moved out, they’re 21 and 28.

Empty nest stays empty nest.
 
On air lines... my grandfather had a huge compressor in his shop

He plumbed air lines 100' to the barn and had stubs, and he plumbed air 200' up to the house, he had air in his 2 car garage for tires or cleaning things, as well as in his basement workshop, it was pretty handy

I imagine having a few 40psi related connectors in the house would be pretty sweet for dusting blinds and shelves and fans and shit.
 
Just needs frosted glass instead of clear. I like showers setup like that, but the whole clear glass thing is weird. My dad's new house has a similar shower, used it when I was out there last month and I don't really need to see myself in the damn mirror across the bathroom the entire time. :laughing:
 
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