Hotrod, I'm just about finished building a new 3200 sq ft home. A few things
I put in are a whole house vacuum system $1500; wired all the rooms for
phone and cable before the wall board went up. stove vent piped to the out
side. Ran conduit under the slab to all four corners of the house foot print
from the main circuit box for future needs of electric for work shed or
Christmas lights. Made the two car garage wide and deep so there is lots of
room for work bench and a couple extra cabinets. Put the electric main panel
in the garage, I didn't do it but you might want to wire the house for
intercom and or sound system. Get the first floor wired for a security
system before the wall board goes up. I also added extra R30 insulation in
the attic (I'm in Florida).

Best of luck.
Muff


"HotRod" wrote in message
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I remember reading a bunch of posts on good ideas to incorporate into a
new
home, but can't seem to find it.
I'm almost positive that I read these posts in this newsgroup but I may be
wrong. Can anyone point me to the links?