Do I, the property owner, have to be on the premises while the work is being done?

If the work relates to landscaping and yard maintenance, installing or maintaining fences, doing concrete flatwork, painting, carpeting, tiling, trim, hanging doors, etc, you do not have to be on the premises.

If the work is building repair and maintenance, including those requiring physical installations, modifications, or alterations of electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, or structural elements of the property, you must be on the premises and doing all the work personally, unless you hire a licensed contractor.

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1. What types of things can I, the property owner, do?
2. Can I hire unlicensed help?
3. Can I get a friend to help me?
4. When must I, the property owner, hire a licensed contractor?
5. Do I, the property owner, have to be on the premises while the work is being done?
6. Can I, as the property owner, build a new structure?
7. Do I need a building permit?
8. Will I be required to call for inspections?
9. Is there any reason I, as the property owner, should not perform my own building repairs and maintenance?