People do not want to give up hard earned dollars, even one doallar. For the house repairwork, it usually needs to hire a few different contractor to fingure out who actually does the right work for the right price. But, not everyone thinks of that way. I prefer contractors to do the work, even it costs a little extra money, so I can earn money from my side to pay the needs of other side. But, not everyone thinks of the same way.
We have saved up to $1000 by doing ourselve for lot of small repairs/fixes. But I can find a way to earn more than this amount somewhere else, due to time of learning/searching/trying of doing the handyman's work.
The other benefit is that I actually know the steps of fixing/parts of things in our houses after this round. If it needs to fix them the next time, I can do it in a short time.