Doing It Yourself

Viviane Azevedo, Cesar Patricio Bouillon () and Ophélie Chevalier

Chapter 8 in Room for Development, 2012, pp 211-237 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Doing things yourself is not necessarily bad. Things tend to cost less when you do them yourself and are more tailored to your tastes and preferences. But sometimes doing things yourself can take too much time, can cost more than you expected if you make mistakes, and can be dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. Unfortunately, many times you don’t have a choice. If you don’t have money to hire a professional to paint your house, you still can have that special new color on your bedroom wall if you are willing to spend your free Sunday painting it yourself. If you’re lucky, the hardware store will give you some painting tips, and the paint store will let you use your credit card so you can pay for your paint over time.

Keywords: Affordable Housing; Incremental Process; Housing Finance; Tenure Security; Microfinance Institution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137031464_9

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