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This is completely badass. Construction is so overpriced and hard to get done. He's just jumping in and doing it. Good for him. Probably would cost $500,000
by purplezooey 9y ago
This is completely badass. Construction is so overpriced and hard to get done. He's just jumping in and doing it. Good for him. Probably would cost $500,000 to build.
- bdowling 9y agoIt looks like he’s not building a house for himself, he’s getting paid to build one for someone else. Still badass though.
- lotsofpulp 9y agoIt's not overpriced. I've never heard a parent tell their child to grow up and become good with their hands and work in construction. If you're smart, you're filtered out to doctor/lawyer/programmer/engineer, who are getting paid six figures for office work. If you want talented people to work with their hands, in the heat and cold and rain, risk injury that could cause them permanent damage or render them unable to work, all without nice health insurance benefits and the reliability of a steady deposit into their bank accounts every two weeks, then you have to pay for it.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoResidential construction is a very well paying industry if you have your head screwed on. Start up your own business, get a couple of hammer hands and apprentices, and you've basically got a license to print your own money. At least that's the situation in Australia and New Zealand.
- lotsofpulp 9y agoExactly, there is nothing stopping people doing exactly what you said...except for the fact that it is hard, undesirable work, hence why it is well paying and therefore not "overpriced".
- purplezooey 9y agoMost of the money goes to the owners, not the workers. Toll Brothers for example.