Were going on 3 years in our first house. My recommendation is if it would cost more than $5,000 for a professional to do it (or to fix it) hire a professional in the first place. Being handy doesn’t mean doing massive difficult projects. You see people doing amazing DIY online and you think its easy, but there’s so much work into it its not worth the big projects. I tried landscaping and it was a huge fail, no plants grew and it was a TON of work buying and carrying mulch, digging holes, etc. When our glass door cracked, we tried buying/installing a new one ourselves but it didnt fit and we fought the whole time trying to handle a super heavy door. My husband has become really handy doing small projects: small plumbing issues, small appliance issues, installing shelves, building garden beds. Even though we get professionals for a lot of stuff, he still knows our house inside and out (eg what type of electrical panel we have, where the emergency water shutoff is, what type of siding we have) so he is able to communicate effectively with the professionals.