I absolutely agree with the satisfaction of repairing something yourself. In fact, I think even having the choice of either repairing it myself or hiring someone I deem competent to repair it is a worthwhile difference.
When I was an apartment dweller, I signed a 1 year contract and they kept telling me that if anything breaks call them. That included windows, pipes, stoves, refrigerators, and light bulbs. I wasn't even supposed to change a light bulb if it burned out on me. Admittedly this is only one experience with what I hope was a very poor renting operation, but they owned all the buildings in the vicinity.
I was so happy when I replaced my kitchen sink faucet on my own and in a way that satisfied what I wanted.
Wait until you've done it enough times. As someone who's owned his own home for about 16 years, I'd be quite happy if I never had to replace a faucet, fix hail damaged siding, clean a gutter, etc. again. I look at it as one of the "necessary" evils of home ownership.
Perhaps, right now I'm in a condo so I still don't have to worry about most of those things. But I still think just having a choice between hiring someone competent and doing it myself is a nice one.
I stress competent because my previous landlord(s) were less than able to fix things beyond the superficial problems. Their goal is to strike a balance somewhere between quality and ability to stop complaints. Usually the choice fell one one side of the ability to stop complaints side. (Fix it so it works, not so it works well, i.e. replace broken washing machine with cheap almost broken washing machine.)
When I was an apartment dweller, I signed a 1 year contract and they kept telling me that if anything breaks call them. That included windows, pipes, stoves, refrigerators, and light bulbs. I wasn't even supposed to change a light bulb if it burned out on me. Admittedly this is only one experience with what I hope was a very poor renting operation, but they owned all the buildings in the vicinity.
I was so happy when I replaced my kitchen sink faucet on my own and in a way that satisfied what I wanted.