My husband is honestly the absolute best! Every single contractor we reached out to for our home addition tried to overcharge us with all these fancy phrases and made-up words about things we supposedly “needed.” I swear, we must have talked to at least two dozen of them and every one kept insisting we had to follow something called “code” and put in reinforced foundations and a bunch of other blah blah blah. Well, my husband wasn’t having any of it. He said, “Screw that noise,” rolled up his sleeves, and went straight to YouTube.
And guess what? He learned everything he needed and built the entire addition all by himself. That’s right, you overpriced contractors, he did it for just ten percent of what you quoted us. Once he figures out why one corner keeps sinking a little, we’ll finally be moving our downstairs gym into the new addition because, honestly, going up and down those stairs leaves me breathless.
Do not let contractors scare you into overpaying. If my husband can do it, so can you. I hope our story inspires more people to take control and do it themselves. You got this 💜