Do you have a plan for filling those 6-8 spaces (otherwise thats just money on the table that you won't be able to capitalize on) and are they already laid out (cement pad and utilities run to them?)

The new deck was built with pressure treated wood, it's 12x14 with some stairs and cost $5300 to build (had a local one-man contractor do it). 

They do not want the posts on there new cement driveway (the driveway that encroaching on my property already) 

I saturated myself with them while I was running errands, and feel it was a great use of time to cement my knowledge.

Add a railing on the stairs leading down to the basement.4.

Followed in highschool by skilled labor working with drywall, cement, auto mechanic, dirt related construction, and still other forms of physical labor.

He indicated they use sealed/epoxied concrete in the kennel areas and a polymer/cement floor (applied as a liquid so there are no seams) in the surgery. 

So you’re actually cementing the coins into the floors and walls.

There's a concrete slab at the base of the stairs out the back door that goes into the driveway some and then oak tree roots themselves make it a little bumpy ride.

Is there anything else that I should be considering like stair tread lighting or hallway night lighting or LED ceiling fixtures in the kitchen or bathroom?