If you've been hankering to get the hammer and nails out and fix up a few things around the property, don't stop there.
The Government's scrapping building consents for low-risk projects. That means you can build a carport, a porch or even a sleepout.
But builders are divided over new rules, with some warning the DIY dream could easily turn to disaster.
From August exemptions to the Building Act will allow anyone to build a single-storey detached building of up to 30 metres.
That's a sleepout, shed, carport, awning or greenhouse - all without a council-approved building consent.
It's great news for DIYers. But builders, well, they're divided.
"We absolutely welcome it," says Master Builder Ivan Stanicich. "I see no major risk there other than people be sensible at what they are doing."
But others say the new rules are risky and they're worried about cowboy DIY jobs.
"If they don't know what they are doing entirely then who's to say what the quality of the build will be?" builder Cameron Gilbert asks.
"[What if] you don't know about bracing and you build a 30-metre dwelling and a storm comes and it crashes around you?"
Newshub put that to Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa on Sunday and she says checks will be in place.
"You still must comply with the Building Code," she says. "There are still lots of other things you must comply with, things like health and safety, things like electricity, things like plumbing."
But just how they will be checked is still unclear.
These new rules mean goodbye to red tape with as many as 9000 consents still waiting to be reviewed by councils scrapped. That will save an estimated $18 million.
And in a post-lockdown world more DIYers are looking forward to hitting the tools.
"I think it's a great idea - much easier than going through council," one told Newshub.
But one thing builders do agree on is if you don't know what you're doing bring in the experts.
"You are, in any builder's opinion, better off to get someone who knows what they are doing than to try and have a crack at it yourself," Gilbert says.
And that way you're guaranteed to nail it.
