09-11-2017, 06:48 AM
Shrek soap :lol:
Most home stuff is EASY and the systems are usually designed and laid out simple. You arent building engines or gearboxes here. There's no secrets in contracting, there's a hundred youtube videos for every job, just get the right tools, have a plan, phone a friend, make some practice cuts and then get into it. Get it close enough and put some trim or caulk on it and paint it. If you can build a race car (hell, if you can change brake pads) you sure as shit can remodel a house, assuming you're not getting into shit like custom carpentry work. Seriously. Things get a little more complicated when you do stuff like tear down walls and change the floor layout, but its just a bunch of small problems to solve not decoding the matrix.
It doesnt hurt to have an eye on the $$ in vs. resale boost later, and what the rest of your neighborhood looks like either but that's part of making a plan. If you're not sure where to go some $ up front for an interior designer or architect can give you some vision and help you get started - I didnt do this, but having lived in the house for 6 years I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted out of this. I would have loved to rip out the kitchen and Leeroy Jenkins some walls but I would have never gotten that $ back, I dont think we'll be here another 5 years. Home materials are generally not expensive, depending on where you're looking, you're mostly paying for labor and experience when you hire out a contractor.
Plus you get to buy cool tools like a demo hammer to tear up a tile floor and a nail gun. PEW PEW PEW.
Most home stuff is EASY and the systems are usually designed and laid out simple. You arent building engines or gearboxes here. There's no secrets in contracting, there's a hundred youtube videos for every job, just get the right tools, have a plan, phone a friend, make some practice cuts and then get into it. Get it close enough and put some trim or caulk on it and paint it. If you can build a race car (hell, if you can change brake pads) you sure as shit can remodel a house, assuming you're not getting into shit like custom carpentry work. Seriously. Things get a little more complicated when you do stuff like tear down walls and change the floor layout, but its just a bunch of small problems to solve not decoding the matrix.
It doesnt hurt to have an eye on the $$ in vs. resale boost later, and what the rest of your neighborhood looks like either but that's part of making a plan. If you're not sure where to go some $ up front for an interior designer or architect can give you some vision and help you get started - I didnt do this, but having lived in the house for 6 years I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted out of this. I would have loved to rip out the kitchen and Leeroy Jenkins some walls but I would have never gotten that $ back, I dont think we'll be here another 5 years. Home materials are generally not expensive, depending on where you're looking, you're mostly paying for labor and experience when you hire out a contractor.
Plus you get to buy cool tools like a demo hammer to tear up a tile floor and a nail gun. PEW PEW PEW.