90 is the new 70! :D
I traded a built 327 cid Chev for a complete ceiling renovation. That guy was a friend and we BOTH thought we had stolen from the other
My brother would have thought you got a raw deal :D
I will say that you can do it. Any of it. Seriously. It just takes you a hell of a lot longer than an expert.
When it comes to the plumbing and electricity, it has to be with receipts here in case something happens and, for the legal considerations if we ever want to sell it. I am looking forward to learning a lot more of what I can do however - including a little bit of simple electrical work.
I have a plummer friend here and now that you could seriously use. He charges fair rates and does first class work. He's semi retired, takes what he wants and leaves the rest. You'd like him...
This sounds like our carpenter :)
Here, and in Washington where I lived before I sucked up to the inspectors for pluming and electric. I'd leave everything open and MAKE SURE he inspected. I never had a problem with that... They were actually pretty good about it.
Finland is weird with these things in this respect in my opinion, although not as strange as in Australia (where I am from) where there is very little a person can do without having a trade license. At least that is what it was like back in the day.
One thing I do like in Finland is that in general, the people aren't incapable of doing a lot of the work themselves still and even the younger generations get their hands dirty.