Engineer agrees to help friend’s mother-in-law with renovation as a favor, quits when she treats him like a servant: '[She] learned that professionals can in fact walk away'

Home renovation looks so easy on social media. Every other influencer has a dreamy time-lapse of them turning a crumbling bathroom into a luxury spa in a single 60-second clip. They casually rewire light fixtures, knock down walls, and transform entire kitchens without breaking a sweat (or their budgets). So you think you can try it yourself, but then reality hits pretty quickly. You realize you don't own half of the tools you need, the ones you do have you have no idea how to use, and you end up frantically Googling "how to fix a broken pipe." Not speaking from experience or anything.

Eventually you push aside your pride and decide to bring in the professionals, only to get absolutely shell-shocked by the quotes. Thousands of dollars? Six-month waitlists? Apparently, "simple" renovations aren't so simple after all.

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