Hired someone to rake leaves and mow my lawn, which ended up being surprisingly difficult
First, I tried posting in my town’s Facebook group, but a lot of people were offended that I asked for someone that would be okay working without power tools and instead using a rake and push mower that I provide (for $20/hr).
I didn’t expect it to be controversial, but people seemed to think it was obnoxious to ask for no power tools, though a few people thought it was a good idea.
I ended up posting the same job to craigslist for $22/hr and got a bunch of responses quickly
The guy who took the job was late and kept giving updates saying he was close and then being later.
He showed up and worked really fast, but he left after 2.5 hours leaving about 20% left and said he’d come back later, but I just said I could do the rest.
So, much bumpier than I expected. I was hoping to find someone who we can occasionally hire when we don’t have time for raking/mowing without a service that’s super noisy or creates a ton of emissions.
Cleaned the exhaust of my pellet stove
This was a huge pain, but there turned out to be a lot of ash in there, so I’m glad I cleaned it out.