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[tomorichard]

Whoever wired that house should be ashamed. Ruff as rats😊

[jacobroberson]

EVERY HOME owner should have. Voltage monitoring and whole home surge protection!

[Strix]

My house was built in the 40-50s, let's just say that if your house has a showerhead set higher than 5'4 then I'd be happy with it.

[Crismodin]

Dedicated maintenance room.

This is often overlooked for some reason.

[moniqueortiz]

Solar, water catch system and purification, drainage system, laundry shoot, ethernet cables to each room.

[stephaniejensen]

Hot and cold outside water access. Trust me, it comes in handy for a multitude of things from a skunky sprayed dog to cleaning grease.

[basedlifeform]

Tons of great ideas in here. A few to add:
-gfci outlets and both hot & cold water near the toilets for bidets
-a specific nook for laundry hampers in the bathrooms
-outlets inside the medicine cabinets for shavers and electric toothbrushes
-drawer in the vanity for hairdryer, flatiron, etc. with a special outlet which de-energizes when the drawer is closed
-a deep sink in the laundry room
-the laundry room floor should sit a bit lower than the surrounding floors
-warming/cooling drawers in the master closet
-specific nook for your robot vacuum to dock (this fits well in a kitchen island in an open floor plan)
-finished attic; insulated, non-vented, and air conditioned (this reduces AC load and costs)
-powered storage lift to the attic
-a package delivery door at the entry; tamper proof
-And just for kicks; a drone charging station in the attic with automatic door to enter and exit

[DaleJacaway]

Gas line ran to the back porch or wherever the barbecue would be so you don’t need propane tanks

[dlbet]

Master bedroom on the first floor for when you get old.

[splah]

Insulation, insulation and more insulation.

[MamaMonkey]

Outlets in the outside softets with a switch just inside of the garage. I've installed them in every house we've owned. Perfect for hanging holiday lights on the roof.

[icuinthelight]

#1 Central vacuum, #2 designated USB outlets directly to independent solar panel, #3 tankless hot water heater.

[nigelsmith]

I would like to see installers run infrastructure wiring neatly, cable hangers in the attic as apposed to chucking in. The first shot of an empty clean attic looks like a complete mess, and other contractors can definitely cut or damage wires when left in the way or left like that. Also a few large conduits from the attic to the basement/box for future use. Lastly two or three xtra electric pulls to a box in the attic would be great!

[thenoxbox]

Indoor slide from one level to another.

[christopherballard]

Here in the south. Central dehumidifier

[sweetpie]

I'm just thinking of myself here, but large hallway linen closets with deep shelves that fit comforters and bed pillows with french doors, oversized garages (eventually everything ends up there), stairs to attics instead of those terrible pull down ladders, more closets than you think you'll need, a covered patio or sleeping porch, fruit trees of your choice, a small attached greenhouse, soundprrofing wherever you watch movies so others can sleep. I have a room off my garage just for my wild beasts, it has central air and heat so when the weather is rainy, too hot, or too cold, my crazy dogs have a safe comfy place to go.

What about things that need to go away, like carpeted dining rooms, boob lights, inconveniently located laundry area, alarm panels low enough for little children to reach?

[drkcobra]

I'm borrowing someone else's idea, but at your junction box and the entertainment connections points should have a conduit that is a bit oversized so you can easily add wiring or optical for future technologies.

[Jen.E]

Heated driveways and front walkways if it snows in your area and drains in garage floors.

[LifeWithAlliDaily]

Oh I'm loving this amd the comments!!💜💜

[louismat]

Network cat6e cabling to all rooms, similar to the wiring you mentioned about the video surveillance