Mostly insulation and weatherstripping as the two main concerns (see response above).
Not sure about tackling this on my own; the information that they gave me was great, but at the same time I'm starting to have the realization that when it comes to my house I might prefer that folks with more experience than me handle the management and execution (which isn't to say that I wouldn't want your help if you're interested in doing the project and could use me as a grunt, but that I don't feel like I'd be particularly good at saying "Okay, first I need you to do this while we do this, and then you do that and I'll do this and you do this other thing, etc.") In other words, for the major stuff like the upstairs insulation overhaul, I'll be giving some serious consideration to contracting it out (another benefit of the company that I went with for the inspection is that they have a network of contractors they, and previous customers, feel are very good at doing these things and they'll make recommendations for the different subprojects so that hopefully I won't end up with another contractor like the one that did my roof and siding).
On the other hand, there are also plenty of less-functionally-critical projects that I feel much less nervous about taking on myself, such as repainting, or drywalling the basement ceiling, and odds are much higher that I will ping you about help with those ^_^
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Not sure about tackling this on my own; the information that they gave me was great, but at the same time I'm starting to have the realization that when it comes to my house I might prefer that folks with more experience than me handle the management and execution (which isn't to say that I wouldn't want your help if you're interested in doing the project and could use me as a grunt, but that I don't feel like I'd be particularly good at saying "Okay, first I need you to do this while we do this, and then you do that and I'll do this and you do this other thing, etc.") In other words, for the major stuff like the upstairs insulation overhaul, I'll be giving some serious consideration to contracting it out (another benefit of the company that I went with for the inspection is that they have a network of contractors they, and previous customers, feel are very good at doing these things and they'll make recommendations for the different subprojects so that hopefully I won't end up with another contractor like the one that did my roof and siding).
On the other hand, there are also plenty of less-functionally-critical projects that I feel much less nervous about taking on myself, such as repainting, or drywalling the basement ceiling, and odds are much higher that I will ping you about help with those ^_^