To-Do List

House Systems

• Get the sewer main cleared. The high-pressure water-blasting device freezes if the weather is too cold, so the service call was rescheduled for a few days later, when we are expecting warmer temperatures. Then the plumber can run the camera down the line and see just how damaged it is, and we can decide what to do about it. Maybe replace the line, maybe just pour root-killer in every so often. We shall see.
• Fix deadbolt on door to deck (even though the current security brace is kind of interesting to look at).
• Replace existing vintage (programmable?) thermostat with new programmable one. I think the old one has character, but I can't find instructions for it, and the hubby does not trust it, so away it goes.
  
  
  
  
• Put a filter in the HVAC system. The mildew remediators said they went to remove the old one and found there wasn't one at all.

Appliances

• Buy a refrigerator. There currently isn't one.
• Trade dishwashers between current house and new house.

Flooring

• Installation of unfinished hardwood flooring in living room. Will be red oak 1/4" x 2 1/4" to match that on the stairs up, and in the upstairs hallway and bedrooms. Have not yet decided on finish. Am consulting a post on Retro Renovation: "What color stain to use for mid-century oak flooring?"
• Refinishing of stairs and hallway, repair and refinishing of hardwood flooring in bedrooms. At least one plank is termite-burrowed, and the other room has a poorly-putty-filled hole.
• Do we want a carpet runner on the stairs? Here is one way to do it, again from Retro Renovation: "Carpet runner for the oak stairs"
• Installation of ceramic/porcelain tile in entryway, probably over the original vinyl/linoleum flooring (I feel like we should keep it, buried in the precambrian layer, as a record of what originally was there).
• Replacement of tile flooring in kitchen, to match that in the entryway. Even though the kitchen floor is functional, as long as the workmen are there, it makes sense to do this now.

One of the bidding contractors (the only one I thought to ask, duuuh) said he could start January 9 and the project would take about four weeks. Which means we wouldn't be able to move in until February. How frustrating...I want to have my tiki-themed housewarming party now! *pouts and stomps feet*