Best of luck to you! My wife and I are pretty lucky that my best friend is a licensed and insured handyman. If he can pull himself away from his business long enough, he is always ready and willing to help us out. Right now funds are definitely and issue for us and we are running into the fact that we have so many things we want to renovate that it might just be smarter to buy a new house.
Mates rates are better than retail, so that's handy. I have a few friends so I'll be calling in favours, putting on a few BBQ's after the work is done and all. We have a healthy barter system going really, and are also just willing to help each other. It's what's making me want to do the renovation myself...the fact I have expertise at hand and will learn some new things along the way.
Funds man...always an issue and I'm always mindful. I guess I don't want to over-expose myself financially as there's plans for the present and future that still need to happen. It's a balancing act I guess.
I think it's always a balancing act at least until you get to a certain point of being wealth. I'm not sure I would ever want to be at that point. It keeps you honest! I have grilled more than a few steaks for my friend as payment for his help!
Steak payments...the best ever as one gets to partake also. 🙂
Absolutely!