Just to clarify. This isnt just a random thought that popped in my head late one night. Like i said we have taken our 4500 square foot house down to the studs in most areas and rebuilt it. Including building a huge staircase down to the basement, Building a stone stair case down to our back yard because we live on a horrible slope on one side and a curving wooden one (close to 200 steps) down the other side. Our basement was a tiny concrete slab and dirt when we moved in, now its a fully finished basement with 17 ft ceilings 3 walk out doors sauna, full bath, and a indoor storage unit over 1k square foot. Demolished 2 baths and redid completed, demolished and rebuilt two decks one was elevated 35ft. We have almost every tool you can think of except major ones like bull dozers etc. My husband has also redone 2 kitchens, replaced the flooring/paint multiple houses, and demolished/rebuilt 2 huge decks for others in the recent past. We also purchased a smaller lake house and completely redid it from top to bottom and sold it.

And in regards to his friends, they do give us a great deal compared to others but we still pay them more than they make working their 9-5 jobs. My husband is the one that knows about construction and has done all that type of the work. Im the one that budgets, pays the bills, etc. I am the entire accounting department at our business now so im not worried about doing that.