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[quote=Anonymous]Just want to point out how dumb this is: "I don't trust people to do their own repairs and wish there would be a big sign on all houses as to whether the seller had a husband who thought they were Mr. Fix It (it'll come back to haunt you 5-10 years later)."

Let's say you don't want to spend your time doing repairs and prefer to pay someone else.  How would you know if they're doing it right if you don't bother to learn anything about it?  I know several people who do residential construction, plumbing, electric, landscaping, and carpentry and charge people a lot of money for their services.  Most of them are actually very good at what they do and operate their businesses with a high degree of integrity.  But they will be the first to tell you that few of their peers do high quality work.  My dad is not a licensed electrician, but his job in the military for 20+ years involved working with electricity. He was visiting when we were having our kitchen remodeled and saw that the subcontractor's guys were not doing part of the project correctly.  We had to make the GC get the master electrician out there the next day to correct things. Me and my high income would have just paid for the shoddy work.

Not all projects require the high skill level of a master electrician though.  Installing crown molding, repainting, changing the faucet in a bath vanity, and all sorts of other projects can be done by anyone with the ability to learn and follow directions.  If you can make a pavlova, odds are that you can patch a hole in your plaster wall. [/quote]

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