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Originally Posted by Katsunami
When selling the house: "I did everything myself."
Potential buyers of said house: "Yeah, it really shows!"
And then one thinks that is a compliment... 
You shouldn't do things if you can't do them properly.
My dad did everything himself in the house, and he did it impeccably. Now he still does things himself, but I think there actually isn't a way of doing them worse... Fortunately he's not doing any building anymore. It's all things that can be easily fixed if need be. New wallpaper, new paint job, that sort of thing... when sold, the new owners of the house will probably replace the kitchen first thing, as it's now almost 30 years old and about to fall apart.
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In the last house we owned, I used to make some wooden furniture as a hobby. In fact I did make some stools and bookshelves and a side table with drawers for myself. I was particularly proud of that furnuture and showed that to the prospective buyers of the house with a remark "I made it myself."
When the house was finally sold about five years back, the buyer politely offered me to keep the table with me and I was overwhelmed with his appreciation for my handicraft and his generosity. When we were leaving the house with our other stuff and my table in the truck, it was my wife who rolled her eyes at me an said "Did I not you tell you earlier that no decent person would like to keep that piece of junk with him...."
