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    Home Services And Do It For Me (DIFM) Study 

    Many home­own­ers approach their home improve­ment projects with great ambi­tion. Whether they’re skilled with their hands or sim­ply have spare time, the do-it-your­­self approach relies on the home­own­er to tack­le projects with­out out­side help.

    How­ev­er, not every project can be done with­out pro­fes­sion­al exper­tise, and not every home­own­er wants to take on the heavy com­mit­ment some­times asso­ci­at­ed with the DIY route. In either case, project plan­ners often choose an alter­na­tive route: do it for me, or DIFM.

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