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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Hiring it out is only cheaper if your time investment took you away from generating income somewhere else.
I think the real question here is, was the cost delta WORTH your time.
Sorta like why I have lawn service.
Takes them 15 minutes to do what it takes me an hour to do and looks better so for $25.00 I'm happier to sit inside with my coffee while they do their thing.
If it was something you felt good about doing, gave you satisfaction and a sense of pride in your accomplishment then yeah, it was worth your time.
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^ assumes that you don't spend a bunch of time communicating with the builder what it is you actually wanted, and how to get it back in that direction, and then the conversations of whose fault the change is...
That is, building a deck is not like mowing a lawn. It involves design detail decisions.