When I was younger I'd have done it myself. I'd have looked at the estimate and thought "No way am I paying THAT!!" and I'd have found time to do it myself. And what I was willing to do to save a buck covered a wide breadth of "skills":
- Auto maintenance
- Home remodeling & repairs
- Tree cutting
And for every one of those projects, I've got a story to go with it where something didn't go quite right. Sure, I might have had the tools to do the job, but I didn't always have the knowledge and proficiency that went with those tools.
A spring pops out, how do I get it back in?
Who'd have expected the water lines to be THERE??
But yit was supposed to fall THAT way!!!!
I learned lessons the hard way and today I'm much more willing to write a check and let the pros take care of what I need done.
Today we've got a crew of house painters working at our home taking care of some exterior work that needed done before the cold weather sets in. Those three guys in one day have stained our deck (and it's good sized), color matched our new garage doors, stained our porch ceiling, touched up the porch columns, and painted our home's foundation.
It's something I COULD have done myself, except it would have probably taken me weeks to find the time. And when I found the time, it would have taken me WAY more time to do the job than the folks that do it for a living. No, I'll easily concede these painters know more than me about their craft, and are way more efficient with their time. I'll happily write the check to have this done in a day versus me doing it in weeks of "spare" time that I just don't have to spare.
Now if you're thinking about selling your home on your own, you COULD do that. The tools are out there, but do you have the proficiency with those tools that an experienced agent team has? We have the experience to make your selling a house as easy as my day of "painting"!
Just give us a call at 513-520-5305 or email Liz@LizSpear.com and we can discuss how we can best help you!
Serving Warren County area home buyers and sellers,
Liz and Bill aka BLiz
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