Dammit - you are supposed to throw insults back at me. Now you are taking my insults seriously defending yourself in ways that make you look like more of a twink which is quickly losing entertainment value and approaching empathy toward an pathetic invalid. My point is - Seek and Bua aren't even original or creative in their trolling, at best rude and frequently violent.
You do need to become more handy if you think you are buying a place at some point. The amount of money wasted on simple fixes can change your net worth substantially over time on top of the time wasted corralling tradesmen who don't want your small job anyway. Flipping a personal residence is one of the best ROI endeavors when you consider tax free gains on personal residence held for 2 years. I made close to six figures net on my first home, renovated kitchen, refinished wood floors hiding under carpet, painted every square inch, digging out 80 year old bushes bigger than the house - 84 year old house bought for $150k and sold for $270k three years later. $30k down payment, cash out $150k after putting around $20k into it. Paying contractors for that work would have easily cost 4x.
Say you are slow and somewhat uncoordinated, hypothetical of course (LOL), and it takes a full day to prep and paint a bedroom. $50 and 8 hours away from IrishEnvy on a Saturday or split across a couple of evenings. Or pay $450 to a painter. You are "earning" $50/hour for your time - after tax. Tax hell Canada probably takes over half your marginal pay so that is like making $100/hour - $200,000 full time. Paying for menial labor is financial luxury someone complaining about their cost of living shouldn't be doing. Pretty good part time gig that is totally on your timeline, at your discretion. Or jerk off to riot porn all day making $0 and complain about rich people.
