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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
People have no clue what Reno’s like that take lol. The amount of sweat equity your friends put in would likely never be realized in their gains, but by doing it yourself you’re really just paying yourself back with the equity gained.
Most people can’t change a light switch themselves. I have a few things in my own home that I did that were so over the top and weird I don’t think a contractor would even know what to charge for them
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I did a cosmetic (lipstick) reno on my untouched-from-1970 kitchen during the pandemic. Out of necessity - nobody had any cabinets in stock, supply chain issues, etc. etc. Even just being a superficial reno it was a lot of work. Like an additional part time job kind of work. I'm sure part of it was because I am a home reno noob and there was lots of learning, but still, it's not like it was a one-weekend project.
To do a cosmetic update on an entire house is not a trivial amount of work and I agree with others saying that there's value add there. What is that work worth? I don't know but I guess the market decides.
EDIT: May as well brag a bit, here's the product of a pandemic's summers worth of evenings and Saturday afternoons. At least it was a break from WFH Zoom hell:
