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Title: The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home by Kent Lester, Dave McGuerty ISBN: 1-55870-465-5 Publisher: Betterway Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Easy to understand terminology and illustrations
Comment: "The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home" is written very straightforward and is well organized. It covers not only the building process, but the planning aspect, as well tips on dealing with local building authorities. There are Internet addresses for information, cost estimate forms, and much more. The project schedule lays out the sequence of events of the house building process. This book is well worth the price and I plan to buy some of the other books in the series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book, Highly Recommended
Comment: I built an addition onto my home, and what I learned from that is, it is easier than you think. A friend of mine just had extensive work done remodeling an older home that he just bought. New electric, plumbing, heating, landscaping, garage-shop addition etc. What he learned from that is the General Contractor he hired was busier making everything more expensive, rather than running the job. Now he is finishing the job himself, and doing a good job of being his own GC. This book gives you step by step instructions> great hand holding every step of the way. With checklists for each stage of the game: What to look out for, what is needed, and what works. This book can save you a bundle, and keep you on top of what is going on. Definitely worth every penny. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: The essentials.
Comment: The practical explaination of construction management and essential descriptions of the tasks, gave me confidence to try contracting out my own home. I used it to manage the construction of our current home - a 1 1/2 story brick home. It is not a detailed "how to build" book - it carefully descibes all the major steps of construction with just the essential information needed to manage the project and the sub-contractors. The authors use plain language and diagrams. You still need to use common sense to schedule things properly and know where to adapt to your local building practice and materials. It is full of practical advice for each stage of construction.
I found the authors' advice to "hang around" construction sites valuable. They are not suggesting you "pretend" to be a builder, but to see and understand how a house goes together. If you have a sense for construction and a passion to build your own home, this is a great reference and guide book.
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Title: Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% without Lifting a Hammer by Carl Heldmann ISBN: 1580173748 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Owner-Builder Book: How You Can Save More than $100,000 in the Construction of Your Custom Home by Mark A. Smith, Elaine M. Smith, Elaine M. Smith ISBN: 0966142888 Publisher: Consensus Group Inc Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Build Your Dream Home for Less by R. Dodge Woodson ISBN: 1558703837 Publisher: Betterway Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Building Your Own Home by Dan Ramsey ISBN: 0028643119 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Plan, Subcontract and Build Your Dream House: Everything You Need to Know to Avoid the Pitfalls by Warren V. Jaeger ISBN: 0964782405 Publisher: Trojan Homes Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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