It's been said thus far up-thread but damned if it isn't so true it's a law of nature. Home project "mission creep" has been the rule now that the "new" has thoroughly worn off my house or contents therein.
What's most responsible lately are replacement parts that are not compatable with aging appliances or fixtures. This causes me to either engage in a search for parts that will work, or to have to update the fixtures, structures, or appliances ( as the case applies )
Then there is the small project "creep" that upon closer examination reveals itself beyond by capabilities/resources. The white trim is looking dirty and faded. A reasonable amount of it looks pretty snappy after scrubbing off the mildew and rinsing it. The rest needs some paint here and there. The simple paint touch-up job of the trim with a quart of paint and some brushes and a tube of caulking. Then after scraping some loose flakes the flakes get bigger and reveal some wood rot. Off I go for some wood filler. Back to it I discover the wood rot is more pervasive, the paint in worse shape the closer I get to it. Worse than that, it extends higher than my ladder will safely take me. But what I am able complete looks pretty good. So good in fact, everything else looks pretty ratty by comparison. Hire a guy to pressure wash the house. Looks better except the paint looks thinner and flkes off everywhere. The house looks like holy hell.
Fast forward: A few thousand clams lighter in the wallet after I hire someone to replace some rotted wood and paint everything else. Looks really nice now, the neighbors give me compliments, which make me feel good. However I can't get away this all started with 5 dollars worth of paint, a little can of 'Plastic Wood', a tube of 'Dap' caulking, and a coupla' cheap paint brushes. I should have spent that paltry sum on beer and hire someone from the get-go.
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