Home Remodeling and Renovation for the Do-It-Yourself Person

September 11, 2010

Home Remodeling and Renovation for the Do-It-Yourself Person

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In my attempt to help the average man be able to realize their "dream home" my blog gives several ideas and links to projects that can make our homes nicer and contribute to increasing the resell factor. After all, our homes are our biggest investment, so why wouldn't we try to get the most out of it? I will discuss the reasons fo......r choosing the DIY method over contracting. I will point out that no one can do the job better than ourselves. In conclusion I wiilhelp to overcome the obsticles that usually stand in our way.

Allow me to start by saying a little about myself; I have been in the home-remodeling or related field for over ten years. In that time I have encountered many different problems and challenging tasks, but I always finished the job and have not received any negative feedback. Home remodeling and renovation is 90% preparation and 10% labor. It is important to know exactly what you want and what is needed to get the desired results. All materials and help need to be on hand before the job gets underway! Even if the job requires several days to complete, with everything on hand you won't be making extra or unnecessary trips to the store.

Saving time and money is the key to having a good and rewarding time with your new remodeling project! With this in mind, it is a good idea to keep your eyes open for sales, rebates and discontinued items prior to starting your job. However we cannot use this as an excuse to put off starting our project. A simple technique to curb this sort of procrastination is to develop a time-line to when you will start. By having this time-line you will be sure that all your material will be at the site and your help will be on hand as well.

If you are reading this you may already know the obvious benefits of doing a job yourself over hiring a contractor. I will just briefly list a few here such as;

You pay no overhead which you would hiring a contractor; insurance, licensing fees, transportation expenses.
You must work around the contractors time-line.
You have strangers in your home. Most (but not all) contractor employees don't have to undergo very strict background checks.
Any material sales and rebates are not given to you as a discount.

I think you get the idea--Why hire a contractor? A famous quote we have all heard is:"If you want something done right,do it yourself." That saying holds more true even today with everyone racing to the "check" No one cares much about anything else than getting paid! This is our home, and if we can swing a hammer, read a tape-measure, and follow simple directions we are halfway there.

In conclusion, the only obstacle in our way is our self! We now know why we should do it our self and we know a little about how to get started. Our next step is to put it into action and get building something!

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