One of our cable channels has been showing the week or so wall to wall extreme makeover from the States. There is also a UK version as well.
My friend Phil often does everything DIY wise and actually likes to do his own plumbing and most of the electrical work, though with new regs it is becoming more difficult to do some of these things yourself especially if you may want to sell your property in the new future because you need certain certificates to say that they were done by a professional not that the professional always does it better but it is just a legal technicality. I know in many ways I much prefer Phil to do something than a so called expert who often cuts corners and uses cheaper materials.
Geez, your government sounds like a lot of fun. What do they think? “Well, today, instead of getting rid of radical muslims in our midst, we’ll just micromanage homeowners and force them to use professionals who donated big-time to our parliamentary campaigns!”