What should a mildly competent but unexperienced amateur do in a DIY home renovation, and what should be left to professionals?

Hi!

I've recently bought a two storey attached building, and I'm planning on a complete gut-and-rebuild style renovation.

What stuff could I do myself?

• Overall design and planning (probably not)?
• Structural engineering (definitely not)?
• Basic framing (maybe)?
• Electrical and plumbing (maybe bits of it)?
• Drywalling, finish carpentry, etc (probably)?
• Buying a rug to tie the room together?

I have successfully managed some basic DIY like building furniture, waterproofing a balcony, a slap-together IKEA style kitchen, and I think I'm best suited to woodwork stuff.

Here is a dreadfully rough Sketchup mockup of the current design: http://ift.tt/1QfvRGE

TL:DR; What can I not afford to screw up in a reno, and what can I take a stab at as a newbie?

Submitted February 29, 2016 at 03:50PM by willdayble http://ift.tt/1oSgWJO