How about build a house.

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Twenty years ago we moved into our home. It was started in September 1999 and we moved in March of 1990. That was a real job. First of all, land was cleared because it was all timber. Cut the wood down into lengths and then pile it all. Then the excavater came in and moved stumps and brush all the while we continued to cut trees. Oh boy, now the clearing was finished and the hole was dug. I came home from work to find the excavator and the concrete guy argueing in the hole. "Calgon Take Me Away". I was supposed to pay them both that day and was so mad that I tore up both checks, threw them in the hole and went home to where we were staying at the time. Finally, the house was taking shape, yippee!!! Then they hung the dry wall during hunting season. We had to have a "makeshift" furnace put in so they could hang drywall. They hung it and left for hunting season. Things warped. Like dummies, we had paid them and they wouldn't come back and fix - stupidity on our part. Electrical was a minor issue, as they cut into the drywall after it was hung, because the electricians couldn't remember what they had done. Finally, we were in the house. Hopefully, we will never have to build another house. It is beautiful and worth the effort but there were definitely rocks on the road!!!!