I do all my own projects. Last one was to refurb a foreclosed home we bought couple of years ago that is adjacent to property we own. Our plan is to sell our house in the suburbs this summer, retire, move into the refurbed place and build a new home (2800 sq ft) on the vacant property with 36x72 and 80x160 barns on it. My current plan is to do everything I can myself on the new place. I'll sub out the basement, roof (8/12 pitch), brickwork, drywall and "maybe" the framing. The rest (electric, plumbing, flooring (hardwood and tile), windows, trim, painting) I'll do myself.
Wife is scared to death that I'll kill myself doing this (I'm 66, she's 65). But it would pain me to no end to be retired, stand around and watch while I pay someone to do a project I could do myself. I plan to put up the barns myself. Rest assured that I will not do anything that would be unsafe for me. I have good equipment for handling heavy loads and to do the work and plan to stay off ladders and rent lifts when needed.
That being said, I'll post back next year and fess up on what I ended up farming out because the project was too big for me. :wink:
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