Things I did and love
Hot water outside on the drive way and by the back patio
natural gas on the back patio
Double throw disconnect even if you don’t have a large generator for the house. You can hook up a small one and not run extension cords all over the place.
Pot filler behind the stove.
two separate hot water heaters.
Put a 2 inch pipe in the wall behind the TV. Make it come into a 4 gang box. That way when new technology comes out easy to get wires to TV.
If you have a fireplace put plywood under the sheet rock so you can hang things every where you want.
I also have the entire wall between the living room and master bed room sheeted with OSB. The kids can yell in the living room and I cannot hear them in the bed room.
Stub out several places through the slab with conduit and wire or at least rope running back to the breaker box so if you ever want to run additional wiring out you have it. Be sure to cap it off.
Make sure you stub your water and electrical out for future shed. It will make it much easier when the time comes.
Run a few pieces of 1 inch OVC capped off under drive way and sidewalks in case you ever need to run electrical or water across it.
sunken floor safe in the closet
Things that I wish I would have done
Used area under the stairs as a gun safe. It is a lot cheaper than you would think.
Floor receptacles in the living room
2x6 behind where the toilet paper and other areas where you would hang things.
More faucets outside
Door coming into the utility room
Floor drain for ice machine in the garage
Ac duct in the work shop. It is insulated but does not have ac
Larger patio. We spend more time out there than in the house
Stub out for speaker wires out to the patio. Running them after the fact was a pain in the butt
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