in this country, if you want to build anything on your own property, you are legally required to hire proffesionals to work for you.  for example, if i want to make my rural house bigger, expand the foundation more than 50m2, i cannot do this work myself or i will be breaking the law and forced to demolish if they ever found out.  the same, if i want to build a barn over 50m2, i cannot do it myself. i have to hire somebody with the correct licences to seek approval from the county to build.  want to build a pool? same shit. there is so many different requirements for different projects it makes my head spin. they even decide how tall your fucking porch can be.  how does this work in your country? and political implications of this? it's intentional right? to stop people from fucking off into the woods.  it makes me so mad my blood will boil soon.
Norway