Triple digit golfer wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 1:07 pm
Sounds like somewhere close to $1,000 is probably more realistic.
My Dad did side jobs like this 30 YEARS AGO (I tagged along on many)...he wouldn't take any project for less than $1000.
As others have said, there has been extreme lack of skilled labor in this country for many years.
The stay-at-home orders and stimulus checks have exasperated the problem.
A few hundred dollar job simply isn't worth a skilled tradesperson's time.
You can find Craigslist hacks all day long that will come out and do a crappy job, many of which are likely to rummage through your house looking for prescription drugs and other valuables.
This is why I do 99% of household/automotive tasks myself.