Mistakes We Made When We Let AI Schedule Our Renovation Project
We thought we were being clever. Feed the project details into an AI tool, get a clean schedule out the other end, hand it to the contractor. It worked beautifully,…
Trades and Renovation
I Asked Four AI Tools to Find Me a Roofer in Cork and the Results Were Maddeningly Different
Our roof started showing its age last autumn. Nothing catastrophic, a few slipped slates and some flashing that had seen better days, but enough that we knew we needed someone…
Is Copilot Actually Useful for Tradespeople or Is It Just Another Gimmick?
Microsoft Copilot gets a lot of attention. It's built into Windows, it's bundled with Microsoft 365, and if you believe the marketing, it can basically run your working life for…
I Used an AI Chatbot to Plan My Kitchen Reno and Here's What Surprised Me
The kitchen had been on the list for two years. You know how it is. Every time we had someone over, we'd apologise for the worktop, the way one of…