Between being ghosted by tradesmen and charged exorbitant rates, women are taking matters into their own hands and learning DIY skills
Kelly Warburton bought her first home, a long-vacant Victorian terraced house in Cork City, in January. Photo: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
Chirp. Chirp. Chirp. The smoke alarm on my living-room ceiling chirped every 40 seconds throughout the entire St Patrick’s bank holiday weekend.
I’d spent most of that weekend wearing noise-cancelling headphones and frantically googling “how to fix a smoke detector” while my compatriots were out drowning the shamrock.
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