I'd add my voice to "are you sure you can't do it yourself?". I was not really handy at all (gained some experience since becoming a homeowner) and I have been doing mine with little to no problems. Home Depot's "Home Improvement 1-2-3" has a lot of the basic stuff in it that you might need to know, and the costs to hire someone are amazing.
I'm at the stage now where I have all of my drywall up, with all the electrical running behind the walls (and PASSED the initial inspection!!) and some of the drywall taped/finished. I was REALLY bad at it at the start but am improving by leaps and bounds with each bit I do.
Hired a plumber to come in and do the bathroom because I looked at it and went, "I bet I couldn't do this well enough" and it turns out I was right.
Whether you do it yourself or have someone come out to do it, I would invest some serious time planning things out, including possibly putting tape down on your floor so you can see at least where walls might go and what problems might arise.
If your house is relatively new your builder might have a suggested floor plan for basement development that could be a guide for you in what to do. You might agree with it but there may be parts you'd like to improve upon.
Long story short, a lot of the work done in a basement is not nearly as difficult (or scary!) to do as you might think, and if you do it yourself you have extra money to either upgrade on materials or spend on shopping to fill it up when you are done.
A professional will surely do a better job at some of the 'finer' points like drywall taping (you can see some of my seams pretty easily ... unless I've hidden them behind something) but if you can live with it, then go for it.
My wife and I made an agreement that when all 5 of our permits from the city are passed - and I really only have the final electrical to do - I get a new easy chair to replace the ugly-ass, 9 year old Ikea Poang chair I've been sitting on all these years. Now THAT's motivation.
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