Originally Posted By: thooks
Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
Originally Posted By: SeaJay
Cause we work like dogs at high paying very stressful jobs and are spent from doing all of that. With the money we make from those jobs the cost of lawn service, plumbers electrician's and the like is but a small percentage of our take home pay.
If it is important to you to save that money, and you don't mind spending all of your limited time away from your regular job on those things, then have at it.
I would find a different job--the stress you describe will squash your quality of life far more than any menial household tasks would.
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Keep thinking that way, CJ.... You claim you are from the NYC area. The rates for lawn service (who has a lawn large enough to pay someone in NYC?), plumber, electrician and vehicle maintenance aren't cheap. I'll keep a lookout on your whine thread about how much it cost to replace a 40-gallon water heater next year.
I am from the NYC area and happily pay their prices. Have never whined yet and have paid my plumber to replace my water heater twice already. It may need it again soon before I retire and move in a few years. Had my plumber in last week, he spent about 45 minutes to an hour replacing a pipe below and resealing the kitchen sink strainer to fix a leaking condition. $150 cost (which includes his travel time that can be long by me) and well worth it to me. Back when we first brought our house it was the plumber's father that did the work, now it is his son.
As I have said, if folks feel the cost is too much, they can do it themselves. If folks believe that it is a sign of laziness to pay pros to do work rather than DIY, well it is a free country.