Musketier
2015-02-11 18:46:16
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Here’s a brief summary of my experience with DIY work: Thankfully, we had a turnkey build. I only contributed DIY work in the areas of computer networking, painting, and flooring. During the construction, my wife and I were on parental leave (although never at the same time), so we always had the little one with us. Fortunately, my wife was able to coordinate quite a bit with the tradesmen/construction manager/director during the day because of the parental leave. When I drove by the construction site in the evening, there were no workers left on site. Unless I spent the evening at the construction site or at the hardware store, we usually discussed construction progress, ideas, offers, etc. until about 11 p.m., and also did a lot of research on the internet. Saturday was usually the only chance to check out furniture stores, plumbing suppliers, or tile dealers. However, it was regularly interrupted because the little one needed his bottle or jar of food. Sundays were often spent on the construction site. However, on Sundays, you always had to consider what could be done without making too much noise. On Saturdays, the tradesmen were regularly on site, and sometimes our tiler worked on Sundays as well, so effective work was only possible to a limited extent if you didn’t want to walk over the freshly laid tiles. For us, the time during which one could really do effective DIY work was relatively short. Our parents don’t live nearby, and the helping hand from my darling was not always available due to childcare duties.