I hear this from people a lot. "You must really love doing renovations", "at least you are doing something that you love". Or random people commenting saying how much they "love doing renovations".
I absolutely HATE renovations with a passion. I would rather be punched in the face repeatedly rather than undertake another renovation project...however I suck it up and do it anyway because hard work can pay good money.
I love the result of the renovations = nicer house = nicer equity = nicer rental return.
But honestly how can people love the actual renovations?
The people that say that, must surely be the sorts of people that when they say they "renovate" they actually mean they "ring tradies to come and do all the hard work". But even then...you are having to deal with bloody tradies!
But to actually do all the work yourself... and still "love it" baffles me.
Working in horrible conditions, relentlessly, for months on end, using all your holidays from your regular job to spend renovating... spending 10 hours straight on a hot roof in the sun laying down sheets etc... constantly smashing yourself with hammers, dropped bits of wood, kicking your toes, visits to the emergency ward to get stitched up, burning yourself with welders or hot drill bits, constant trips to bunnings, spending all of your money, spending all of your free time....
How can people "love" that?
Maybe take out the time pressure and the money pressure and it would be okay...ish. But honestly since when do you get a building/renovating project that doesn't have time or money pressure?
I'm really at a loss with this one. Am I missing something that makes renovating super enjoyable?
Honestly if I had to put a dollar in a swear jar every time I swore at my house while doing renovations it would be cheaper for me to pay tradies to do all the work.
I absolutely HATE renovations with a passion. I would rather be punched in the face repeatedly rather than undertake another renovation project...however I suck it up and do it anyway because hard work can pay good money.
I love the result of the renovations = nicer house = nicer equity = nicer rental return.
But honestly how can people love the actual renovations?
The people that say that, must surely be the sorts of people that when they say they "renovate" they actually mean they "ring tradies to come and do all the hard work". But even then...you are having to deal with bloody tradies!
But to actually do all the work yourself... and still "love it" baffles me.
Working in horrible conditions, relentlessly, for months on end, using all your holidays from your regular job to spend renovating... spending 10 hours straight on a hot roof in the sun laying down sheets etc... constantly smashing yourself with hammers, dropped bits of wood, kicking your toes, visits to the emergency ward to get stitched up, burning yourself with welders or hot drill bits, constant trips to bunnings, spending all of your money, spending all of your free time....
How can people "love" that?
Maybe take out the time pressure and the money pressure and it would be okay...ish. But honestly since when do you get a building/renovating project that doesn't have time or money pressure?
I'm really at a loss with this one. Am I missing something that makes renovating super enjoyable?
Honestly if I had to put a dollar in a swear jar every time I swore at my house while doing renovations it would be cheaper for me to pay tradies to do all the work.