Progress continues for “Operation Re-invent My House”, with all but one quote now dealt with, and one project about to be completed. This means that my part in all this will soon switch from planning and finding people to do the work I can’t do, to me doing the decorating things that I’ll do myself. Exciting times? Well, yeah, but it’s been pretty exhausting getting to this point.
A couple weeks ago, I talked about the patio cover I’m having installed. I received an update from the company that the production is scheduled, and they’ll have it installed by mid-January (which would be in time for my birthday…), but, if possible, they’ll try to get it installed in December. I’m actually fine with either, but it would be nice to have it finished earlier so I can use it for more of this summer.
This week I got a call from the company that’s installing the blinds in the toilet (room, not throne), bathroom, and en suite. They’re ready and will be installed on Tuesday, so tonight I made the final payment (they require it two days before installation, they have to be receive it by tomorrow).
Finally, tonight I finally accepted a quote for ducted air conditioning and paid the deposit. Both companies quoted on the same system, but the first company I met with also quoted on two others. In the end, I accepted the lowest quote from the first company because that system had the best warranty (six years), and it also had excellent reviews—though all the proposed systems had good reviews. The warranty decided matters for me mainly because the current split unit for the living area failed in its sixth year—after its warranty expired. There wasn’t a huge price difference between the system I chose and the mid-priced option, but the better warranty gives me a bit of reassurance for what is nevertheless an expensive thing. The most expensive system was considerably more expensive and also had the lowest heating capacity of the three systems, so I ruled that option out early on.
That leaves only one quote I haven’t accepted or rejected: The window screens. I’m still torn about whether I want to do it or not. The pull is that I could open the windows in nice weather and not let the flies in, but the push is that they’re not common in New Zealand, and so, it’d just be something for me. Do I really want to spend the money? I still have a couple weeks to decide before the quote expires.
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"it’d just be something for me" - you write that as though it might be a bad thing. I think it would be a nice feature now for you and a quirkily nice feature when you sell.
Yeah, I probably should've been clearer about that. The issue, as I put it before, is "if I can’t have what I want, should I then pivot and want something just because it’s what I can have?" I was also thinking about how there are a lot of things I'd rather spend that money on, including stuff just for me.
Having said all that, I asked the company if they can quote on doing all the windows with the less expensive magnetic option, and part of the reason for that is actually that I think it'd be better if all the screens worked exactly the same way. AND it's less expensive. I'm still undecided.
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