For large apartment or building complexes, it is possible to hire a company for maintenance as the cost per flat is usually affordable. However for a stand alone home or row house maintenance can be very expensive.
In India, indian intelligence and security agencies do not harass married couples, so they can make a lot of money required for renovating their house if they are running a business.
Similarly retired and working indian government employees are getting a good pension and salary so they can afford to spend a lot of money on home maintenance and repair, painting their house repeatedly