Next up is trim and maple engineered hardwood installation.

Well, that's certainly one perspective.Here's another: We work damn hard to set up relationships with our vendors for just about everything (Cabinetry, lumber, trim, finish parts)... we make good margin off those relationships.

Any gaps around the window should be filled with insulation and covered with a small piece of wood trim to complete the installation. 

I’m thinking of things like mowing the lawn, weeding the gardens, trimming the hedges and the like.

Everything is brand new expect the foundation, walls, trim, windows and the hardwoods.

I know I pay the yard guy who mows my lawn and trims the shrubs more than $600 per year.  

All carpet, padding, vinyl removed, then cleaning air handler and vents, chimney, dryer vent, replaced oven range hood & bathroom fans, trashed the cabinets (were 30 years old and gross by that time, anyway), sanded down all doors and trim that were good enough not to just rip out, actually sanded the interior of the fireplace, ordered new windows (old metal ones needed replacement, anyway) and exterior doors, then cleaned everything with several applications of TSP, concrete slab downstairs with gallons of white vinegar to neutralize the cat odor which you could smell once the cigarette smell abated, then used Kilz original on all walls, ceilings, sub flooring, trim, doors, everything but slab where tile was going.  

Paint the trim and doors.It doesn't take much knowledge to change a light fixture or faucet.

You will have tree trimming and tree removal occasionally, that is just the reality.

I have a gardener that currently comes once a month to mow the lawn and trim the shrubs.