When H and I were first married, he criticized the way I ironed his shirts–the old-fashioned, incredibly hard to iron Brooks Brothers oxford cloth button downs. At the time, I wore a silk blouse to work almost every day so I ironed a lot! I quit ironing his shirts on the spot, and told him to send them out or do it himself. 30+ years later, I only occasionally iron one of his shirts if he asks me nicely.
We clean our own house, shovel the snow, and take care of minimal weeding and trimming, but hire people for most projects, including lawn maintenance, installation of whatever needs to be installed, painting, etc. We do no car repairs ourselves. Now that I have no kids at home, and the person I was spending significant time taking care of has passed away, once I take care of his estate I’m hoping I can learn to garden and/or paint. In our house many projects simply don’t get done, unfortunately.
Years ago I realized that I can spend either my time or my money doing certain tasks. At the time, both DH and I were working fulltime and I was commuting a ridiculous distance each day. It’s obvious which we had more of.
There are many many tasks that you all are mentioning that I couldn’t handle if my life depended on it. Car maintenance? Installing appliances? I must have missed those lessons in high school.
I do iron. 
And I don’t particularly mind it.
Another wife of engineer (woe) here! He wants, and is able, to do everything around the house. But he is so slow… It’s his only flaw, though.
oh lord, I forgot taking down trees and pruning. Hired out.
Plumbing.
All the yard work…and power washing of the house.
Any large redecorating work gets hired out too…refinishing floors, and painting.
We have house cleaners every 3 weeks, pet sitter when we travel, handy man to do driveway sealing, room painting, deck sealing etc., pest control, window cleaners…not sure what else. H is an engineer and does a lot himself in terms of wiring, electronics, home security systems…
Actually my husband likes to fix thing but if he marries to somebody else he might outsourcing more. I happen to like doing a lot of things so that helps shift the direction toward DIY. I made my own curtains, chair cushions, slip covers,bake my own bread,etc…
We have a housekeeper who comes in every weekday. But the “real” reason we maintain this help is so we have a dog-sitter on retainer because we travel so much.
I cook and do a fair amount of the gardening and dh’s and my laundry (though we usually fold and put away together). Son who is living with us does his own laundry.
DH or son shovel most of the snow, though a neighbor down the block got a snowblower a few years ago and he now does sidewalks for the entire block. We love him.
We hired our neighbor’s lawn service when we got tired of them blowing neighbor’s leaves into our yard and dh was tired of mowing the lawn. We haven’t had anyone for a year because the yard has been a construction zone. I’m hoping to plant my rain garden soon, but I’m not holding my breath!
I painted the basement ceiling in part of our addition because I wanted to stuff it full of storage items and the contractors weren’t working on my schedule. I’m a decent painter, but I usually hire it out. Too time consuming if you do it right.
I have sewn Roman shades in a past life.
I have a cleaner once a week. She used to come every other week, but she likes coming once a week for less time better. There’s always plenty for her to do.
In a past life DH changed oil and other basic car maintenance himself, but he doesn’t any more.
We do many things but do have a guy plow out the drive in the winter. I will be getting quotes for the roof. I would never want anyone but a pro up on our roof- too steep! Sometimes we have a company seal the driveway, but sometimes we do it. I think we do a better job. I will also hire someone to put in a new sliding door. Dh is also a mechanical engineer. He did put in a beautiful wood floor and he often knows how to fix things but it does take forever to get somethings done.
Like others, we used to do almost everything. As we get older and our time is more valuable, we hire out for more and more stuff. Cleaning lady comes every other week. Just had a landscaper come do spring clean-up (de-thatch, aerate, lay down new mulch, etc.). I have a window washer come twice a year to do inside/outside, sills, and screens. Last fall was the first time we had someone come close the pool, and we liked him so much and he was so reasonable, we’ll probably have him open the pool later this month. Have recently hired out painting, hanging new window treatments, steam cleaning rugs, replacing old sump pump back-up. Also used to seal-coat our driveway - now pay someone to do it. We came very close to hiring someone for snow removal this year, but didn’t - thankfully we only had one really bad snowstorm; we’re coming close to having someone do the lawn weekly because I like it mowed, edged, and blown off, and if it is up to H, he will only mow. I do put in annuals each year, but the number I put in each year is dwindling (less hanging baskets, etc.). Every couple of years I will have a professional come do tree trimming.
H still works long hours, and if he were to attempt to do even a quarter of this stuff, we’d be slaves to the house every weekend and we’d never get out to do stuff (which is why I’m ready to downsize to a condo!) together.
All renovations and additions. H used to do all renovations but became the most awful person to live with that I insisted we hire someone. His father was a contractor and had H work with him all of his youth through college. So H was trained in how to do it. But H went on to get a PhD so he wouldn’t be doing it because he hated it. So now we hire.
Have also had someone in to clean the house every other week for the last 30 years. I like a clean house. It probably isn’t clean enough.
I always do all yard work. Thinking about hiring someone to do it in the future. I have spent days, including several hours today, working on the yard. Used to love doing it. But as I age, it becomes less desirable.
I’m really impressed with how handy everyone is! And a bit jealous too. H and I would do a lot of damage if we tried to do electrical and plumbing repairs. Better safe than sorry, and since we’ve taken on a project of an old house we have hired professionals to do much of the work.
I must say, roofers are the most satisfying people to hire. None of this dithering about and dragging a job along forever. They know they have to get the old shingles off and everything covered again ASAP, at least in our rainy climate they do. They were good to work with. We also hired a guy to come and refinish our old tubs on site, in a non-toxic finish. I will paint the outsides myself when they need it. I like to paint, but I’m getting older and I’m not going to get on a big ladder outside and I won’t let H do that either.
H is very good with our computers. We do all our housecleaning and yard maintenance now, but we have no grass (still, it’s amazing how much there is to do). No way I’d take on a huge tree but I have a telescoping tree trimmer that I love.
We have a housecleaning service come every two weeks. We also have our driveway plowed. One year, we tried to do it ourselves. The first storm took all five of us an hour and a half to clear up! We gave up at that point.
DH is very handy, because he worked as a carpenter and lumberjack in his 20s. Knowing how to cut down big trees is very helpful when you live in the woods in Maine! It can cost more than $1,000 to hire someone to do that. He cuts down trees up at our camp, and we bring it home to burn in our wood boiler. Considering the time it takes him to do that, it might not make sense economically, but he enjoys the challenge and the exercise.
Our biggest DIY project was our house. DH was the GC - that saved us a ton of money. He installed all of the finish trim, too. I am thankful he is so handy!
H keeps all our computers and e-devices working properly, which is huge since I have no clue what to do when things malfunction. I do know how to reach our property manager, who usually knows someone who can do whatever we need done. 
Wake up call Ellebuds! We are not handy. No one here has ever dreamt of fixing their own car, chopping down trees, or doing roofing. When we bought our first house I decided to retile the master bathroom. I finished it…ruining my nails and hands. I like to think of our nincompo0pidness as providing work for others.
Husband did remove a small tree, the trunk is the size of a man’s leg. He didn’t want to kill anything but I was worried if we let it get bigger we would have to hire people to do it.
We solved this problem by tearing up the driveway and hiring a company to install a heated snowmelt system. On snowy days we flip a switch and watch our neighbors toil.
DH is not handy, but doesn’t want to spend for outside services. I ironed shirts for a long time, til he started complaining about those that weren’t ironed. They have gone to the cleaners ever since.
I do the gardening; DH will mow once or twice a year. S2 does it when he’s home. We are on the “good enough” standard. I’ve done it twice in the past week. If I am not up to doing it and noone else will, I call a guy in the neighborhood with a lawn business and they’ll do a one-time mow. I would really like someone to plant shrubs in front of the house and do tree trimming. Used to do the leaves ourselves when the guys were home, had it done for a couple of years (we are in an older neighborhood and have a LOT of leaves), and now we are back to doing it ourselves because DH doesn’t want to spend $450.
DH grew up in an apartment in NYC and all this outdoor work is way beyond his ken. He works insane hours at his job, so isn’t home to do much anyway.
S2 is coming home after graduation and I intend for him to do some of the yard stuff to earn his keep while he looks for a job.
I would kill for a house cleaning crew every 2-3 weeks. I don’t have energy to keep up with it and mess doesn’t bother anyone else in this house.
Cars go to the shop. I do painting, decorating and sewing. We do our own taxes. DH does plow the snow – we have a small electric plow that is his favorite toy.
Electricians, plumbers, roofers get hired. Of course, it takes a crisis for that to happen. Haven’t had windows done, house power washed or had an exterminator here since we moved in 17 years ago.