If Santa's Elves Could Fix-Up One Thing In Your Home For The Holidays...What Would It Be?
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83 answers
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My Landscape for Spring 2012!!
Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmotifs
on Dec 19, 2011
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well not in my home but the driveway has been taken out by a sink hole. I sure would like for that to be fixed!
360 Sod (Donna Dixson)
on Dec 19, 2011
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Oooh - Good idea, Yamini! Thinking "outside the house"! "Dislike" Four Season...=( Sorry! We'll dispatch the elves! (Let us know if they show up. If so we might try to summon the Easter Bunny...craving some candy...)
AK Complete Home Renovations
on Dec 19, 2011
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I have no needs inside my home just wants, so I'll keep that list aside. As per the landscaping I think it makes the 'Wants' list too, but I wish an elf can straighten up a few things for me outside.
Yamini LEED AP at Urbanmotifs
on Dec 19, 2011
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Since I only get to pick one thing, can they fix my wife so she stops yelling at me to fix the million other things around the house? :)
Dan's of Central Florida, Inc.
on Dec 19, 2011
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Dan, the Elves can't warranty that repair-:)
AK Complete Home Renovations
on Dec 19, 2011
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Regrading - so my basement stops flooding around the perimeter.
Tamara K
on Dec 19, 2011
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So many to choose from! Right now we need all the media stuff fixed. None of it works.
Carol
on Dec 19, 2011
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The insulation, etc., in the attic, as noted in a previous, sad post.
3po3
on Dec 19, 2011
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I would love to get this hot tub removed from my living room, fill in the hole and put in hardwood floors for me. http://sethfloydjr.com/blog/2011/08/17/project-airline-hot-tub/
Seth F
on Dec 19, 2011
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To fix the kitchen floor, to renovate my bedroom and other small but still important repairs. I'm sure Santa's elves will be kept busy! Hehe. ;)
April
on Dec 19, 2011
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Hmmm, a Family Room/Kitchen makeover consisting of the following: Get rid of that textured ceiling and put in some lighting so it isn't so dark. Do something about wires to house speaker system hanging out of the wall. Replace flourescent light box over island. Remove blue, striped wall paper from kitchen and paint nice earthy tone. Replace ecru-ish tile with something complementary to wall color. Replace white wall tile with earthy, stone tile with glass accents. Replace counters with granite or some other natural stone. Finally, replace old appliances that are putting a serious dent in my cooking credibility. *exhale ... that's one thing .. right?
Teresa D
on Dec 20, 2011
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Tamara, Carol, Steve, Seth..So sad! =( We're wishing you dry basements, working electronics, attic insulation & hot tub-free living rooms this holiday. We might not be elves, but if you need help - we're here!! April & Teresa...You sound like you haven't been thinking about home improvements AT all. ;-) Especially Teresa. It's just too bad you don't have an organized, logical and specific to-do list.
AK Complete Home Renovations
on Dec 20, 2011
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Seth....a hot tub in the living room....That really sucks....I have never seen that before, I hope you got a deal on the house because of that. On my list is for Santa to drop off some more wrought iron balusters so I can make more progress on the stair project.
KMS Woodworks
on Dec 20, 2011
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Hmmm. The elves could come fix our kitchen floor. Over time, people kept adding layers of flooring to the point we are at now which is ceramic tile (chipped, cracked and grout coming up) over the backer board, over linoleum and subflooring over another layer of linoleum and subflooring over the original hardwoods. All of this means that we can't have out dishwasher repaired until the floors are removed or the countertops.
Madelaine S
on Dec 20, 2011
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I laughed at Dan's answer
Harold M
on Dec 20, 2011
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Please finish my kitchen. I still have to finish painting the cabinets, recoating the countertops, installing crown molding, painting, replace and trim out the corner window and install new flooring. Calgon, take me away! lol
Richard B
on Dec 20, 2011
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Oh it would be my kitchen...it is circa 1964..pink counters and terrible layout.....plywood cupboards..worn out sink......no counter space.
Cheryl B
on Dec 20, 2011
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Wow, I sure could use some help in the kitchen. My boyfriend, who is no longer, moved out seven days after I had a heart attack in July 2011. He does fine carpentry work for everyone he works for; however, every project he started in my home, he never finished anything. Most areas of the house are livable but the kitchen is such a mess I have a hard time cooking every night. How fabulous it would be to have an updated kitchen.
Dorothy Y
on Dec 20, 2011
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please santa i have been so good, windows for my leaky cold drafty built house.
Mary D
on Dec 20, 2011
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my windows because the cost of heating my house is becoming to high and we are falling behind in other areas just to stay warm.
Colleen R
on Dec 20, 2011
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redo my inground pool and bring it up as a salt water pool with landscaping and new poolhouse.
Bj M
on Dec 20, 2011
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It would be an extra room added on for my dad to live in since he was recently widowed and I am in need of getting him a place to live back here so I can take care of him. Merry Christmas!
Ramona F
on Dec 20, 2011
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Sam my wifes back, she needs surgery and the insurance will not pay for it.
Samuel W
on Dec 20, 2011
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I don't have a home I rent an apartment .. But I would like them to go fix my friends Bathroom .. It had to be torn out because she had a leak she wasn't aware of and insurance hasn't helped her fix it .. SHe used the last of her money to pay a contractor .. he tore it out , then he had to file bankrupt and didn't hear from him again.. and then she didn't have any money to have it rebuilt.. and she had her worker's comp cut so she can't afford to get it fixed .. She needs a main beam and the whole floor and things put back in.. :(
Kristine E
on Dec 20, 2011
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My bedroom needs a lot of work. Still looks the same as when we bought the house in 2000 even the wall color is the same. Please help.
Vera D
on Dec 20, 2011
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The ceiling in my Mom's house, there is something black growing on it and the paint is peeling.
Marla D
on Dec 20, 2011
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My driveway...the retaining wall washed into driveway by the rain...can't get in and out.
Carmo F
on Dec 20, 2011
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As a first time home buyer I have a huge list but I would have a hard time choosing between the bathroom (with known rot behind tile) and swapping out the oil furnace (cost of oil is too high).
Carroll A
on Dec 20, 2011
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My bathroom. The floor is about to cave in and the walls are rotting.
Melissa S
on Dec 20, 2011
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The hardwood floors in the kitchen and dining room and entryway! Little elves in sandpaper booties, then in slippers to shine a new coating for the floors...wouldn't that be amazing?! :)
Leslie D
on Dec 20, 2011
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New flooring, had to pull up all the carpet due to 7 leaks in the roof-which is now repaired. The concrete slab is chilly!!!
Christian F
on Dec 20, 2011
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Please, please fix my bathroom plumbing...have to flush the toilet with buckets of water and pipes are leaking between the walls to the shower. I have to turn the main water valve on & off in the bathroom. Please, please Santa fix my bathroom. I don't know if mold in between the walls is making my son sick. We need a Christmas Miracle!!
Karen H
on Dec 20, 2011
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The leak around our wood stove. I've called 4 people for estimates and they all said do it yourself. I'm scared to climb a ladder at my age.
Linda R
on Dec 20, 2011
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wish my walls would get done, had to fix the roof due to a leak and because my husband works so much cant seem to get the job finished gotta finish dry walling and then the rest so we can paint. Cant stand looking at the dry wall any more!
Mary H
on Dec 20, 2011
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My home was built 4 years ago, I am still waiting to have the master bath finished, so that would be my choice! We have a tub and shower, toilet and sinks, tile floor. It just needs the finishing touches. We have no shower door, no molding up, no socket covers, no storage either.. And to top it off no money to do these things... Arghhhh...
Kristen M
on Dec 20, 2011
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I work hard to provide for my family. I own my home and it's older with a very small bath. If I could make a wish come true for my family, it would be to give my wife and kids a bathroom they could be proud of. As everybody knows times are tight and there is never any extra to do home maintenance. Make my wish come true?
Rob S
on Dec 20, 2011
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well it would be for my daughter, she is rapidly outgrowing her home with 7yr old twins girls and 20mo old, I would say take out the hot tub room and make a larger living room!! And remove the fireplace
Gayleen B
on Dec 20, 2011
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I would love to have a main floor powder room so I don't have to keep running up 13 stairs to avoid accidents.... hate when that happens....
Anna O
on Dec 20, 2011
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It would be the whole darn thing, The bathroom has a hole in the ceiling, the floors all need new carpet and tiles, the panneling is falling apart, and it's freezing so needs a basic renovate my trailer.
Jaime
on Dec 20, 2011
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My floors are in desperate need, especially in the kitchen and bathroom. I mean, who in their right mind puts carpet ONLY in the kitchen and bathroom?! (or at all?)
Sorilea
on Dec 20, 2011
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We need a handicapped accessible bathroom with a roll-in shower stall for our disabled daughter. We're hoping to finally make that a reality possibly this coming summer.
Brenda S
on Dec 20, 2011
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I'd love a band of elves to sneak in and finish the upstairs bedroom renovation.
Carol M
on Dec 20, 2011
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Thank You AK- I am now counting all of my many blessings. :)
360 Sod (Donna Dixson)
on Dec 20, 2011
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My kitchen.......cabnets are the most important
Margaret A
on Dec 20, 2011
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I'm a care giver for my mom (89) who is recovering from a broken hip, so I'm all about safety. I wish for an even floor transition from the dining room to the bathroom. Or a bathtub she is able to get in an out of safely
Carol S
on Dec 20, 2011
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my whole house, pls.....& have mahogny kitchen cabs from the 50's to start with, hmm ideas on the horizon ♥
Cindy
on Dec 20, 2011
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( Couldn't agree more, Four Season! ) We hope EVERYONE gets their holiday wish! Your elves may appear when you least expect them?!
AK Complete Home Renovations
on Dec 20, 2011
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Finish my basement so I had a room to work in!!! :)
Carrie C
on Dec 20, 2011
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Wood Floors instead of the carpet!
Kristen B
on Dec 20, 2011
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Put flooring in. I took out a wall in 2010 then one daughter got engaged so the money went for the wedding. Thought it might happen this year but another daughter will marry in April. I want wood floors throughout
Belinda T
on Dec 20, 2011
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Replace some double pane windows that have "gone bad!" They look terrible, I can't see out of them, and they obscure the sun. My guess is that they've lost their efficiency, too.
Jane@Cottage at the Crossroads
on Dec 20, 2011
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I would fix up my bathroom and of course my wood working shop
Richard T
on Dec 20, 2011
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I have a bathroom that needs to be gutted around the tub, re-plumbed and re-tiled, I know there's water getting back there!!
Cynthia K
on Dec 20, 2011
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I'd really like the floor of my wheelchair ramp painted so anti-slip treads can be glued down for my special needs daughter.
PATRICIA N
on Dec 20, 2011
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I'd love to have the drainage in my back and side yard fixed and the uneven trim replaced in my house
Faye
on Dec 20, 2011
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I would like to get my house finished up from the house fire we had 2 yrs ago & would like to have dishwasher
Jackie H
on Dec 20, 2011
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Replace the worn, matted, builder grade carpeting on my first floor with hardwoods!
Suzy @ Worthing Court Blog
on Dec 20, 2011
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I would like for Santa to fix the bathroom. The toilet leaks the hot water handle on the faucet is broke and I am disabled and bought a used tub that has jets and it fills up after you close the door (I dont know what there called) and it is sitting ouside at the side of my house cuz I cant find anyone I can afford to put it in!!!!!
Bonnie S
on Dec 20, 2011
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We live in a '76 model mobile home and am very grateful for a place to call home. We do all of the upkeep but had to have the livingroom ceiling replaced last year because it was falling through. Now the kitchen and my bedroom ceiling are starting to do the same thing. That would be the first thing on my list. Merry Christmas to all.
Vickie G
on Dec 20, 2011
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Need a new foundation on my 100 year old home. The back porch interior light hasn't worked for about 10 years. I hired someone who messed up the belly board on the back of the house and it now doesn't line up properly with the rest of the house. Now the sewer which goes into my neighbors yard has a whole in it and recently backed up and spewed under my back porch. Some additional minor issues.
Marla B
on Dec 20, 2011
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A new roof. We have places where the shingles have actually come off and the gutter in the back of the house is hanging half way off the house. Our house has many other issues, like a front window that doesn't completely close and needs to be replaced. But, I think the main thing is the roof so we can keep the rain out. Thank you....Grandma G
Caroline G
on Dec 21, 2011
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Aww thanks, AK! Merry Christmas to you and to all! Thanks for spreading some Holiday cheer! I agree with Four Seasons too about counting blessings. :)
April
on Dec 21, 2011
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The one thing would be an oven. It broke two years ago and i have become the extra larger toaster oven and crock pot queen!. During the holidays though some things just don't work out well with these pieces of equipment. Especially the traditions of baking and decorating cookies with the kids. I miss those moments. But it will happen when it happens and we will do what we can to make those special moments again.
Debbie P
on Dec 21, 2011
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aaaaww Santa ....MY KITCHEN ..............your little elves would make an old lady SO HAPPY
Jane C
on Dec 21, 2011
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For those that commented on my living room hot tub comment above... Its sunken down into the slab. I got a steal on the house since it was bank owned. The hot tub is definitely a conversation starter but it has to go. I plan on leaving the electrical and plumbing in place and stub it out of the floor. In its place im putting in a large saltwater aquarium once I fill in the hole with concrete. One of my many projects around the house.
Seth F
on Dec 21, 2011
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Please, Santa, please, install the light in my dining room so I can see in there and get to renovating it.
Tamara K
on Dec 21, 2011
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We bought a home 5 yrs ago and found plumbing and tiling problems. The outside wall over the tub fell into the tub while we were applying primer with a roller. We need to replace the wall .
Diana C
on Dec 21, 2011
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I have one big wish, three yrs ago I had a slight disaster, it was never fixed right and the people who fixed it keep comin back to still try to fix it. With no prevail I am still flooding in my livingroom with no answers for they can not find out why......I am in question and despair...
Silvana F
on Dec 21, 2011
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Replace my ancient stove. The broiler doesn't work at all and the knob on one of the large burners broke off. I think it's from the eighties.
Janet C
on Dec 22, 2011
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Santa's elves can take a break at our house. My husband and I finished the basement all by ourselves this year! 2 bedrooms, 1 bath with a tiled floor (including tiling around the tub with our son's help), a kitchen with a eating area, living room, laundry room, storage room, hardwood floors in all the main areas, sheet-rock ceilings in bedrooms and bathroom (tough!), and tongue and groove ceiling in the rest! It's been a fun year!
Debbie N
on Dec 22, 2011
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Debbie...you should post some pictures here....that is a lot of work and you should share it with the Hometalk family
KMS Woodworks
on Dec 22, 2011
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Dear Santa, Please send an elf/plumber to crawl into my elf sized crawl space and hook up the waste line for my washer and dryer. The laundromat is seriously getting old.
Kathleen M
on Dec 22, 2011
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New windows and siding. Got single pane windows, and old vinyl siding that's not installed properly, want hardi siding.
Clay B
on Dec 23, 2011
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Kathleen....small houses have many advantages...and yours is cute to boot.
KMS Woodworks
on Dec 23, 2011
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MY UNFINISHED LEAKY BASEMENT...THANK YOU SANTA'S ELVE'S :O)
Christine O
on Dec 23, 2011
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My broken dishwasher ... especially if they could do something about the leaks and messed up drywall under the sink when they tie it in! ;)
Trisha U
on Dec 23, 2011
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My siding .... oh please..... please ... my siding
Natalie W
on Dec 23, 2011
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They could build more durable toys that last longer than a year. Since you did ask what they could fix- they could rebuild all of the broken toys so we could donate them instead of recycling them.
SawHorse Design Build
on Dec 25, 2011
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Window sills!!!
Heather B
on Dec 25, 2011
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Just read all of the items on your list. Looks like you all need to call AK or some of the other contractors listed on hometalk.com. To find a contractor to help you with your wish list use this function- http://www.hometalk.com/?search=contractor
SawHorse Design Build
on Dec 25, 2011
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Lots of wishes listed....my wish is to remove wall between kitchen and dining room. I have a pic of my dream kitchen on my fridge.....been there since 2001!!!!!
Frankie L
on Dec 25, 2011
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I know this is late, but maybe it'll be in time for next Christmas -- renovated bath. I only have one and it's put together oddly!
Miranda B
on Dec 27, 2011
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