Our Home Plans For 2023

he It’s coming up to the third anniversary of when we got the keys to our house which has gone so fast. We did so much work during the first six months, and although we’ve done some things since nothing in comparison. But I have some home plans for 2023 that I want to tick off and get the home into more of a ‘finished’ state. If a home can ever be classed as finished.

The majority of these things have either already been saved for/ paid. Or they’re minimal in cost which is great. So I’d love to get all of these things ticked off throughout the year.

Finally replacing our back gates

Back in September 2021 our back gates that lead from the front garden/ side of our home to the back garden were totally broken and had to be removed. We paid a company almost £3,000 for replacements but ended up being scammed and had neither the gates or our money. We tried going through small claims who have not managed to help in any way.

So for 15 months we have not had gates as we couldn’t afford to spend that amount of money again. But finally we saved and have ordered and received the gates and fixings which Luke and his dad are going to fit themselves.

These should be done within a week or so of this post going live. So it will be one of the first home plans for 2023 to be ticked off the list.

Home plans for 2023- finishing off our front garden

My dad did an amazing job helping to sort out our tired front garden this year, but there are a few things that need to be finished off.

When the rain stops for long enough I need to finish painting a small section of the brick wall, but that won’t take more than a few minutes to do. Then we need to finish the slabs and slate around our front door as we bought new ones months ago and they’ve not yet been fitted.

Depending on the weather I’m hoping this will get done late winter/ early spring time.

Finishing our garage renovation

Now this is the biggie in our home plans for 2023 and something that has been on the cards ever since we moved in. But 2023 is going to be the year to finish the garage renovation. We get married in May and I have said that I want this done before then so fingers crossed.

Luke and his dad made a start on creating the flooring and it’s about 30% done so that needs finishing. Then the ceiling and walls need to put in plus some insulation.. Once this is done Luke can sort out the electrics throughout the space. Then he can also add the heater/ air con to his office space.

Once that’s done it will be a case of adding flooring (carpet in Luke’s office and tiling in the utility), then painting and decorating. And finally building the utility room cupboards and workspace.

This is the project I am most excited for as I am a little sick of having boxes of Luke’s stuff all around the upstairs of our house. And I want a nice utility space.

Home plans for 2023 post garage renovation

Once the garage renovation is complete there are a bunch of things that can then be completed around the house.

The third bedroom can be properly finished once Luke’s desk and books are out of there. So my Peloton Bike is going to move into this space. And I have some vinyls that need to be put up on the wall. And what’s even more amazing is that I’ll have extra bookshelf space up there.

Then our second bedroom can be properly organised, and used much more as a guest space as there won’t be boxes piled everywhere else.

Then finally the chair in our living room can go, hooray. And Luke’s gaming chair can come out of my office to make space for a plant stand and a bit more organisation there.

All of this can be done as soon as the garage is done and is more cleaning and organisation based. So very much in my wheel house.

Other home plans for 2023

There are a few more things we’re hoping to get done in 2023.

I’m in the final stages of saving for a new back door and window which will be really nice. Currently our back door opens inwards, and we’re looking to change that which will make a big difference. We’re going for a very similar colour frame as what we have now, (you’d only notice a difference up close). And slowly over time the rest of the windows in our house will be changed to match.

Another thing I want to save money for are new ceiling lights for our living rooms. The current lights were a quick decision and I’ve never been happy with them as they’re pretty dark and not big enough for the space. We already know which ones we want to buy so it’s just a case of buying them.

Then the final thing is finishing replacing the garden fences in our back garden. I have replacements for all the ones not done but it’s just been too wet to get them painted. So they’ve just been sat in our back garden for the past month.

Do you have any home plans for 2023?

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