Quote Originally Posted by limewave View Post
WoW! I did not know replacing windows would be that much money!
I think our house was built in 1940's. And it needs new windows. We did a new roof last year.

Our strategy, thus far, is do a window or two a year. Thankfully, DH is very handy and does an excellent job with this kind of work. When we did DD's nursery a few years back, we went ahead and did new windows in her room. We did the same when we did DS's room. This year we're hoping to replace the window in the kitchen and one in the bathroom.

(uh oh, I was looking for "like" button. I think I have a problem)

Count your blessings. I play chief gopher with all these projects: making sandwiches, running out for parts, etc while he does the heavy work. So far we've done two bathrooms, a roof, a new deck, about 1800 ft-sq of hardwood laminate, and doors and windows. I think part of the "problem" is that DH just can't sit still. Every time we look at bringing a contractor in, we do the math on hiring someon versus losing a couple of weekends and the lost weekends win.

..and dealing with contractors... we WERE going to have one do the second bathroom just for time reasons. We contacted several, got no return calls, and got one return call NINE MONTHS later. "You still want your bathroom done?". Jeez.