I've been in mine for a few months now and here are the things I notice and have or don't have.

- laundry room connected to master closet. Sounded gimmicky but it's really great.
- door to your patio space should be on one side of the patio, not entering in the middle. Mine is on the side, but my neighbor has a door coming out to patio in the middle of the space and he has to break his patio furniture up. It's pretty bad if you have a tv hanging and want one big shared space.
- spray foam. Just do it.
- buy insulated garage doors. Mine face west and are not insulated. I'm looking at kits to do it this winter now. Can fry an egg on that thing.
- run cat5 to every spot you might have a tv one day for hard wiring internet.
- also run an outlet to where you think a tv should be hung to prevent cables down the wall (or drilling into sheet rock to fish down)

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Posted by RougeDawg

Member since Jul 2016

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Posted on 8/19/23 at 6:51 pm to thegreatboudini

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laundry room connected to master closet

We actually took this out of our plans to get more usable space in the laundry room and master closet. Ensures the wife gets a little more exercise too.

- Buy extra 3/4" OSB sheets and have them put it in the attic while they are framing so you have it there to floor later.

- Use radiant barrier sheets for your roof decking.

- Use tinted windows if you have a lot of windows facing south and west.

- Water shut off valve on exterior of house where it is coming into house. Lot easier to turn off the water in an emergency than trying to find the valve in a flooded box.

- Have the plumber run a drain line from your A/C pan in the attic to a soffit or other drain in the house.

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