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You are just lucky that template happened to work for your situation. Most of those overpriced bundles are just generic stuff you could find for free with a little digging.

Yeah some inspectors just breeze through like they're checking boxes instead of actually looking. Your best bet is small claims court, even threatening it made my cousin get a full refund plus the cost of fixing the mold they missed.

Man, does that ever hit close to home? I think we all get caught up trying to beat the clock, especially when you've got a whole list of stuff waiting. That retired electrician had a point though - fast work usually means you're gonna be back there fixing something later anyway. My dad used to say "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" and I never really got it until I started rushing and messing up simple stuff. It's like your brain just skips over the little details when you're in a hurry, and those are the things that come back to bite you. I've started telling myself that if I can't do it right the first time, I'm just gonna have to do it twice, and that usually slows me down enough to get it right.

@thomas.river that's the kind of shock that turns you into a DIYer real quick! I dropped $40 on a shop to bleed my brakes once, then bought a $15 kit and promptly spilled brake fluid all over my mom's driveway. Ended up saving money but lost my security deposit if you know what I mean.