Machine10033
Master Don Juan
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Let me start... I am no contractor. I bought my house in 2010 and was completely clueless about general home maintenance, landscaping, and repairs. A massive source of stress for me was always worrying about things breaking or leaking and having to pay someone to fix it.
so over the years I made an effort to learn how to repair pretty much everything in my home. I will not tackle electrical work. Last week at work one of the new hires 22 years old was talking about how stressed he was because the “faucet” behind his washing machine kept dripping. He said he called multiple plumbers but they were booked for weeks. I tried to walk him thru what was probably wrong with his shut off valve. He had no clue.... he asked if I could fix it... I went to his apartment and literally tightened a packing nut and it stopped ! It was 3 minutes of work. He wanted to give me 100 dollars I declined and he bought me a bottle of expensive bourbon. He has now asked me to help his friends out with home /apartment problems they have.
I am not looking for a side hustle but it appears we have an entire generation that has no interest in learning any hone maintenance skills. I would venture to bet someone with an average understanding of home repair could make pretty decent money doing this.
so over the years I made an effort to learn how to repair pretty much everything in my home. I will not tackle electrical work. Last week at work one of the new hires 22 years old was talking about how stressed he was because the “faucet” behind his washing machine kept dripping. He said he called multiple plumbers but they were booked for weeks. I tried to walk him thru what was probably wrong with his shut off valve. He had no clue.... he asked if I could fix it... I went to his apartment and literally tightened a packing nut and it stopped ! It was 3 minutes of work. He wanted to give me 100 dollars I declined and he bought me a bottle of expensive bourbon. He has now asked me to help his friends out with home /apartment problems they have.
I am not looking for a side hustle but it appears we have an entire generation that has no interest in learning any hone maintenance skills. I would venture to bet someone with an average understanding of home repair could make pretty decent money doing this.