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The Owner-Builder
Book: How You Can Save More than $100,000 in the Construction of Your Custom
Home, Third Edition
by Mark A. Smith, Elaine M. Smith
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Consensus Group; 3rd edition (September 24, 2002)
ISBN: 0966142888 |
| The best available guide to saving
money on a home construction project, The Owner-Builder Book shows you how to contract
your new home, remodel, or addition at phenomenal savings. Contains a step-by-step
description of the process, including how to find and hire good subcontractors, how to get
a construction loan, and how to estimate costs and choose features for your project.
Includes 85 planning steps and 100 new construction bargain strategies to save you
thousands. Includes contracts, agreements, budget and schedule forms and worksheets.
Super-index provides 1,150 search terms for total utility. Winner of the National
Association of Home and Workshop Writers Silver Hammer Award for Books. |
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Building
an Affordable House: Trade Secrets for High-Value, Low-Cost Construction
by Fernando Pages Ruiz
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: The Taunton Press (February 1, 2005)
ISBN: 1561585963 |
The first comprehensive guide of its
kind, Building an Affordable House is for homeowners and building contractors who want to
incorporate proven cost-saving techniques into their projects. Written by a contractor who
has been nationally recognized for his innovative approach to cost control, this book
shows readers how to generate significant savings on major projects such as building a new
home or adding on to an existing one.
The first section provides an economical approach to planning projects, while the second
reveals the quality-conscious, cost-cutting strategies the author has uncovered through
direct construction experience and extensive consultation with industry experts. The third
section covers finish details from drywall to flooring, with emphasis on saving money
without compromising quality or distinctive results. Handy features include floor plans,
resource listings, and project management tools. |
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Building Your Own
Home For Dummies
by Kevin Daum, Janice Brewster, Peter Economy
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: For Dummies (February 25, 2005)
ISBN: 0764557092 |
| How to build a dream house-without
breaking the bank. Packed with useful information, tips, and checklists, this
easy-to-follow guide shows people step by step how to build a unique, beautiful home on
any budget. It covers all the must-know issues, from acquiring land, finding the best
architect, and cutting design costs to putting together financing, hiring (or not hiring)
a general contractor, and overseeing construction. |
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How to Plan,
Contract and Build Your Own Home
by Richard M. Scutella
Paperback: 752 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 4 edition (July 21, 2005)
ISBN: 0071448853 |
| Step-by-step blueprint for
do-it-yourself home builders. From locating an architect, to hiring workers, to selecting
features and fixtures, and more, here's how to build or expand your own home from start to
finish—and save! Richard M. Scutella and Dave Heberle's soup-to-nuts guide, How to
Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home, Third Edition, leads you through the perils of
homebuilding to make sure you end up with exactly what you want. You get point-by-point
tips on choosing a site and style, keeping home traffic patterns sensible, deciding on the
right size for rooms, preparing plans, getting permits and more. Unique "quality
control" insights into each stage of construction highlight problems to watch out
for—foundation, roof, floors, walls, stairs, walkways and driveways, heating and
cooling, electrical capacity and wiring, even computer wiring and alarm sensors. From
turning the first shovel of earth to the final inspection, this homeowner's construction
manual makes sure your dream house will be a dream come true. |
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Be Your Own House
Contractor: Save 25% without Lifting a Hammer
by Carl Heldmann
Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (June 1, 2001)
ISBN: 1580173748 |
| Learn trade secrets on buying land,
estimating, getting loans, picking subcontractors, buying materials and supplies. If you
can balance a checkbook, read, and deal with people in a fair manner, you can build your
own house or addition. You don't need any technical knowledge or building skills -- in
fact, you'll never pick up a hammer. With veteran contractor Carl Heldmann as a guide,
you'll learn that you can get exactly the house you want, done the way you want it, for
less. Includes a glossary of building and business terms and sample contracts. Completely
revised and updated fourth edition. |
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What The
Experts May Not Tell You About Building or Renovating Your Home
by Amy Johnston
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Warner Books (April 1, 2004)
ISBN: 044669083X |
| Hiring a contractor is an enormous
investment and a high-risk endeavor involving decisions that will last a lifetime. This
book is a practical survival guide for anyone trying to make it through the construction,
expansion or renovation of their home while keeping their dreams, budget and sanity
intact. With wit and expertise Johnston reveals the secret pitfalls that can trip up even
the most careful homeowners, while equipping them with information and strategies they
cannot find elsewhere. |
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Tips & Traps
When Building Your Home
by Robert Irwin
Paperback: 246 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (August 28, 2000)
ISBN: 007135686X |
| Valuable money-saving tips to
building a home from the ground up. A user-friendly guide outlining the perilous traps
that often come with building your own home, the author helps readers determine whether or
not to hire out the entire process or whether to act as the primary contractor. Once that
is decided, Irwin then helps builders determine: how building and contracting effects
home-owners' insurance, whether or not to hire an architect, if building plans need to be
presented to the local zoning board, contractors' and builders' adherence to electrical
codes, sewage codes, and occupancy codes. What are the different types of building
materials available and what are their advantages and disadvantages? How do you finance
the lot and the construction? |
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Building
Construction Illustrated, 3rd Edition
by Francis D. K. Ching, Cassandra Adams
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (October 2, 2000)
ISBN: 0471358983 |
| Textbook introducing the principles
of building construction, with a plethora of illustrations for the visual learner, moving
through each stage of the design and construction process with integrated coverage of
environmentally friendly materials and other technological advances and changes. |
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