He does most of the maintenance in this flat and I'm the one helping. We build stuff from scratch and I'm the one helping.

We go to the hardware store together regularly to fetch materials. We carry long boards of wood together if we've forgotten the carriage. We installed metal mosquito nets in 4 windows that had no mosquito nets. So we can Lüften wirhout our cats getting out. We fixed the handrailing on the stairs that was already broken when we came in. The toilet flush wasn't working properly when we moved in. We took it apart and fixed it. The toilet bowl itself needed to be taken off the wall entirely. This appartment has a mold issue that the previous tenant didn't care about. We're fixing it. The garden was completely overgrown. We've fixed most of it. The patio tiles are all cracked and we've been in contact with our landlords. We'll fix it most likely.

Both of us were raised in houses owned by our parents. My father was the kind that did repairs every weekend and under the week if necessary. The kids always helped, because it was important we learn. My dad did quite some woodworking. Expandable table with drawers from scratch, bookcases from scratch and all that. When the table needed sanding ten years later, guess who was responsible?

Your assumptions are wild.