re: #108 lawhawk
Everything but the landscaping and a few smaller projects (like redoing closets with new shelving systems) was in oversight. I have some skills, but not the time to tackle those projects. Did the landscaping myself though. Good exercise.
If if suits your personality, accumulating manual skills is very profitable and satisfying. Bureaucratic work, never seeing the real end of effort, made me want to make things I could bang with a hammer. When we’re done building a house, there’s a damn house there.