When my mom bought this house we knew that we were going to need to put a lot of work into it to get it to the way that we want it. It has been a couple of years and although walking into the house you would not know the progress unfortunately. We have done a lot of it by ourselves though. We do know that there will be some work that we can not just do by ourselves.
A couple of those jobs are things such as the roofing and the siding. I do not think the siding on our house has been done in a good couple of decades. If you are in New York shingles are hard and troublesome to put on yourself. Strong Side Builders is a good company that does a lot of home improvement jobs that you may not want or are not able to do. There is a gallery with a lot of pictures from their past jobs that are very impressive! I really like the kitchen work that they do. If you can not or do not want to do a certain job then get a professional to do it for you. I know when we do our roofing and siding we will definitely be hiring someone else to do it. Go big or go home!