Buying a home is not enough. One has to make it livable as well. Sure, you may save the major renovations for later. However, no matter how much you postpone the renovations and home improvement plans, you will have to take care of it someday.
So what are the things that you will have to take care of? Painting is one. Nobody wants to live in a home where the walls are chipping. Another is plumbing. You want to avoid having the pipes in your bathroom keep on drip, drip, dripping twenty-four hours of the day. Then again, you would not want to have a roof that leaks during the rains. These are necessities that ideally should not be postponed if you can help it.
Then we move on to the things that are lower down on your list of priorities. These would include turning your boring and ordinary kitchen into one that is completely state of the art. Then, you might want to break down a wall to merge two different rooms. You might be planning to make additions to your home like maybe a new storage area. You might even be looking at completely remodeling your bathroom — from fixtures and tiling to changing the dcor.
Then again, if you are looking to make your...