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Still working on getting moved in, have about 2 loads left at the old house.
5/3.5/3 House, built in late 2013, just shy of 5k sq ft on 0.33 acre. Coming from a 3/2.5/2 on 0.1 acre, it's a big upgrade. Have plans, just need to get moved in first & figure out a timeline/budget on things, lots of new stuff for me.
House has tankless water heater, pool/spa, solar panels on the roof, water softener & I believe is set up for some smarthome functionality.
Here's some before shots from our listing.

A few evening shots of the exterior:
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Main entryway and office:
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Kitchen:
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Living Room:
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Master:
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Upstairs bedrooms:
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Upstairs Gameroom & Media Room:
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And, the truck fits!
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Right now, it's a mess of boxes & furniture. Hoping to get some major unpacking done this weekend & start getting things where they go. So far we've been just getting everything out of our old house & working on getting some painting done.

Future plans, are putting a 55-60" 4K in the living room & getting the media room set up with a big screen & nice projector. Later, may look into adding a built in gas grill on the back porch.

justnspace

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hurry up and paint that Ugly star and replace it with the Texans Logo

justnspace

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also, 4th of july party? i wanna break in the pool!!

and Congrats!!

00TL-P3.2

The star was gone when we moved in, just the stripes are there now. Those 2 rooms are guest rooms, so they're a lower priority to get finished. The gray & yellow are the kids' rooms, so they're getting the attention. And we're working on repainting the kitchen as well.
Definitely loving the pool, especially since we picked the hottest/humidest week to move.

97BlackAckCL

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Gorgeous house!

And that pool, damn

SamDoe1

Dayum! That house is stunning! Congrats on the new place, doesn't look like you have all that much to do with it.

1StGenCL

Congrats and gorgeous place!

DarkTower19

Beautiful home man, congrats!

CCColtsicehockey

Congrats on the new place. Gorgeous home.

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Thanks guys, will get some after shots up once we get some major unpacking & painting done.

ThermonMermon

Jealous. Freaking NYC metro. That house would be 2MM w 60k/yr taxes in my town.

imj0257

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Beautiful house. Love the pool.

Pool party! Watch out Justn's crabs like water.. they will spread.

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Added a Neato Botvac Connected to the house. Does surprisingly good job on Turbo mode. Haven't run it since we added a large rug in the living room, need to test it while we're home & awake before setting it up to run at night.

Next up is swapping some chandeliers for ceiling fans in our 'shop' (former formal dining/sitting rooms), then a POE switch & some WiFi access points. With our modem/router at the front of the house upstairs, the WiFi signal is pretty weak in the master on the lower & rear of the house and non-existent in the back yard.
House has a 16 port patch panel running CAT5 throughout the house.

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Well, the Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher may soon
It's just not getting the job done & occasionally leaving the detergent tab untouched. Time to start shopping dishwashers...

CCColtsicehockey

May I suggest this for your wifi issues. It has one of the most powerful signals out there. I have mine in the front corner of my house and get signal at my fire pit which is 100ft from the house outback and all through the inside of a 3500sqft house. You should also be able to maybe put it more central since you have wiring through the house.

00TL-P3.2

We're having the ISP come out & replace the ISP provided Netgear AC1200 on Sunday. Range is so poor that I have about 50% indicated WiFi strength in the living room, about 30 feet from the router.
Router is located in a front bedroom upstairs, but is line of sight plus 1 wall to the living room. About 5% reliability of WiFi in the master at the back of the house. I can see about 5-6 neighbors' routers from my house, but can't see the one 30' from me.

Plan is to get a PoE switch & 2-3 access points to place throughout the house.

Flipster23

iTrader: (15)

Damn. Them Texas homes. I wish I could get my wife on board to go to Texas. I have her on board to go to Arizona.

That house is amazing. Probably under 500k. House like that out here is probably 1.2 million.

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No dice getting the ISP to do anything. The tech set up a Nighthawk AC1900 & the WiFi performance was about the same. Guess I'll be buying a PoE switch & a couple access points. Benefit there, is I can get all the CAT5 ports around the house active.

CCColtsicehockey

Ahhh bummer. Only other option would be customer firmware and boost the signal strength but not really worth it since the house is already wired.

ACCURATEin

Beautiful house! The pool is phenomenal and I love the garage doors.

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Thanks, still slowly making progress on getting settled in. nearly done painting the first guest room, need to get the second one done after that. Then, perhaps start working on the media room

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

I'm not joking bout that fking pool party maybe when the Cowboys play the Texans

00TL-P3.2

Will have to see if the wife has any out of town trips in the works with the kids.
Pool party in exchange for a spin in the AMG.

SamDoe1

Another (probably better) option would be to do a mesh network throughout the house. You can add nodes as you see fit to fill dead spots as you go.

00TL-P3.2

Just dropped some $$ on Christmas lights. Wasn't as bad as expected, but I'm sure I'll come up short somewhere.

Now to see if any neighbors have an extension ladder. Probably get done over the 4 day Turkey weekend.

TLDude876

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Just put mine up yesterday. There are two crews who are doing almost the houses in the neighborhood relatively cheap but I decided to DIY anyway

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My neighbor got hers done Friday, I'm a cheapass & will DIY too
Refusing to do it before Thanksgiving.

Flipster23

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I can't do mine until after Turkey day, thanks HOA. But, the tree went up last night, wife wants to decorate it tonight, but I'm not feeling it...

1StGenCL

I fucking hate HOA's but may have to side with them, weird to see lights this early.

That being said, I'll come help you put them up because F HOAs.

imj0257

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We don't have lights, but we do have a Christmas door wreath that was can't put up til after Thanksgiving .. HOA.

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SamDoe1

I'm not doing lights because I'm lazy and it's too cold to go string lights on the roof. I'll put up a tree sometime this weekend.

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Currently 62º at home & due for highs in the 70s for the next few days.

1StGenCL

Getting chilly here too, down to 68 tonight

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Took all day Friday, but got it done....
Not happy with the gap on the 2 windows, but the ladder I had wasn't tall enough & I didn't want to get on the roof

TLDude876

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Get on the roof man Don't think I'd get up there if I had a 2 story

Here's mine

00TL-P3.2

Nice work & nice house.
I can actually get to the top of the roof from the back yard & walk up the back of the house, just wasn't in the mood. Was coming down with a head cold & just wanted to be done.

It'll get done better next year & with a longer ladder.

rockstar143

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I need to move from South Florida.
What a gorgeous house!

00TL-P3.2

Come on over. There's a few houses for sale around here. None flooded after Harvey, so it'd take a Noah's Ark level of rain to flood over here.

TLDude876

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Thanks. Has to actually borrow my neighbor's ladder to get most of it. Home Depot had an extension ladder on sale black Friday so I picked one up.

Been telling you for a while now
Indeed!