I hate decorating and painting or should I say all DIY, but constant nagging usually means I end up doing it. My daughter has just bought a house which is going to cost + £30,000 to do up, I will give you one guess who she comes to pay for the house and renovations, we found there was rising damp, wood worm (all new floors and joists), a complete rewire, new central heating, walls all need replastering, new gas and water pipes (old ones all carroded, an extension on the back, the garage all needs repairing, plus decorating and furniture. You think that as your kids get older they will fly the nest and you can enjoy retirement, ha that is a joke....I think my son is a bloody Ostrich and will never fly 29 and still living at home.