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Yeah, I agree. Tool costs for smaller jobs often mean it's cheaper to pay a pro to do it. Similarly, sometimes you might just want to pay a pro to do it. A lot will depend on your financial position and the amount of free time you have. With 2 young children, I can imagine that in the future I'll be paying a pro to do a thing much more often than I did in the past!
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That is a big shed! I think the savings on a standard 6x8ft or something would be marginal depending on how you count the tool purchase costs.
Any of these jobs I think it's only worth doing DIY if you have the time to take your time and you actually enjoy doing it. I loved building my workshop, so I was happy that it took 3 months and I learned a lot in the process. I didn't enjoy laying our patio so was less thrilled about it taking a similar length of time and happily paid for help to get it done quicker.