So... You Want To Build a House: A Complete Workbook for Building Your

 

So... You Want To Build a House: A Complete Workbook for Building Your Own Home [Paperback]

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (June 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071474935
• ISBN-13: 978-0071474931
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  

By : J M Gore
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Client Critiques

I know certainly absolutely nothing about building a property and my realtor told me about this book. The book has all the categories from property selection thru flooring choice and produced it so very easy to figure out and generate a true spending budget for my new property. I followed all the strategies and filled-out the forms in this book and took them to the bank when I applied for my construction loan -- the bank was so impressed - they knew I had a manage on my budget for my home. The book created it genuinely uncomplicated to do and took me step-by-step via the entire procedure. It has an region to record every person I needed permits and inspections from and helped me maintain anything so organized. There are even forms to compare costs of factors like cabinets and itemize each and every detail of everything necessary for construction. It made my construction project a lot less difficult - the book helped me because I went over budget in a single region, but I was able to adjust another area as the book suggested so I stayed on my spending budget. I utilized the information in the book to make a decision exactly where to cut some expenses and wher I could invest more so my appraisal would be very good. And I did a schedule and knew when the residence would be completed. My construction spending budget was $350,000 and the final price on my property was $352,530 -- my banker couldn't believe it - he stated no 1 ever stays so close to their budget. I told him it was considering that this book broke every thing down and was so quick to follow. It even has types to preserve the telephone numbers of everyone who worked on the home so I have an straightforward reference sheet if I have to have to speak to everyone. Individuals generally say they will by no means construct once more, but I definitely will and use this book again.

I bought this book to see what the method of building a home is all about and this book offered just that, a brief overview of whats involved. I completed this book in about half an hour (did not do the worksheets) and while its useful, it lacked the precise info I was seeking for (for ex., where need to I submit the home plan? what exactly is a lien?). For 1st timers like me, this book generates much more questions than answer. Overall a excellent starting point, with the dozens of worksheets which might prove to be useful later on, but if you are seeking for detailed data... you need to have a further thicker book.

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