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Title: Everything You Need to Know About Building the Custom Home: How to Be Your Own General Contractor by John Folds, Roy Hoopes ISBN: 0878336532 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Rating: 2
Summary: Not enough on the building process
Comment: This book really went into detail on how to finance, how to choose a site, and a lot of other preparation processes for building a home. What it is severly lacking in is a detailed idea of how to schedule the home building process. It has a flow diagram, but does not have any detail behind each task. The most important piece of building a home in an established time is to know the order of when to schedule work; when to pick household items, colors, flooring, etc; when to install the septic system or run electricity; when to decide on the type of cabinets (stain or paint grade); etc. All of these items are critical to obtaining a quality home, at the lowest cost, in the quickest time possible. Many home builders are 1)delayed by the simple fact that they do not know about the steps until they are delaying the process and 2)surprised by the cost of the home because they established a price based on unknown selection criteria. Change orders mean increased cost and time to any project. I would like to find a book that really addresses these issues for a home builder.
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended even if you don't want to be your own GC
Comment:
This book covers both house buying and working with contractors. Do not be put off by its title; I would recommend it even if you are buying a standard house or building an addition to your existing house.
Although it seems to be very specific to building a new custom house, in fact it gives excellent advice on all phases of buying a house or lot (including evaluating it, bargaining, financing, etc.) as well as finding contractors, negotiating with them, etc. It assumes you are going to be your own general contractor, but even if you are not, its advice is pertinent and useful.
Some of the discussions of contracts and payment schedules may seem a bit nit-picky, but you ought to read "The Home Remodeler's Combat Manual" to show why it can be necessary.
I find it much better than Bob Vila's book on house buying, and also better than House Buying Step-by-Step (which was the best among the other books I found at the bookstore).
It's unfortunate that its title makes its scope seem so narrow.
(I wrote the above in 1995, and don't know if anything even better has come along since then.)
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Title: The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home by Kent Lester, Dave McGuerty ISBN: 1558704655 Publisher: Betterway Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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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 ISBN: 0966142837 Publisher: Consensus Group Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: How to Plan, Subcontract and Build Your Dream House 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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Title: Tips & Traps When Building Your Home by Robert Irwin ISBN: 007135686X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 28 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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