Own effort - What can be sold well at the bank?

This is not about a few hours of personal effort as compensation for work or for the feeling of accomplishment (I have done some things myself as well). It is about the scope of 25-30K€ for the OP, based on the total construction sum of 620K€. Whether I build for 620K€ and put in 30K€ of personal effort, or whether I build for 600K€ and only put in 10K€ of personal effort and skip the golden faucets, in my opinion, is so irrelevant. But maybe I am just not status-driven enough.

So your husband worked less than usual. So much for the job being done as always. q.e.d.

Sure, because otherwise he would be busting his ass. And who thanks him? No one! He worked his 40 hours a week and got everything done. As I said, so well that he even got a raise, and a decent one at that!

I don't understand what you want to tell me - maybe I'm just blocked right now. What does the construction sum have to do with it? It's not meant to be universally understood - maybe he is building overall (too) expensively? We also have the amount in EL...

: Exactly, no one thanks you anyway. I worked very hard before and told my employer that he can't count on me in the usual scope for about a year. At the moment, I somehow only have half or 3/4 weeks

Sure, because otherwise he tears his a** apart. And who thanks him? No one! He worked his 40 hours a week and got everything done. As I said, so well that it even resulted in a raise, and a decent one at that!

Women and logic!!! Because the man works less, the boss is now more satisfied than before.

It may be that he worked well and that the a**-tearing is now being rewarded after all those years, but there is certainly no raise because someone delivers less performance than before, at most because they are supposed to be motivated to work more again

Your calculation has a catch: it practically only applies to self-employed people or those who work on a commission basis or similar...

No, it has no catch. Musketier happened to choose the salesperson as an example. Take a worker and the equation still holds.

I am glad that the OP wrote at the end of his report that he would not have tackled the topic of EL to the described extent - as a partner within a relationship. Because a relationship suffers from extreme EL; not a few couples end up with a nice single-family house at the end of this phase, but no joy from it, because strangers live in it.

And whether it "pays off" to put in a lot of EL, I would also doubt; as well as some statements like "my work is better than that of the professional." If that were the case, there would be no need for specialist trades or masters.

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No, it has no catch. Musketeer just randomly chose the salesperson as an example. Take a worker and the equation works just the same.

Even a worker receives a fixed salary – and as mentioned, not every employee is a salesperson. More likely a minority...

That is definitely a big catch.

And whether it "pays off" to contribute a lot of EL, I also want to doubt; as well as some statements like "my work is better than the professional's". If that were the case, you wouldn’t need specialized trades nor masters

It pays off if you save money – it’s that simple. It doesn’t pay off if quality and/or other trades suffer because of it. And especially not if the family suffers from it in the long run.

And there are certain tasks that a builder CAN perform more carefully IF they take their time, because it’s theirs. This includes, for example, screed insulation, which usually neither a master nor a skilled worker does. But there are also plenty of things where you like to think you can do it well... but that is not the case.