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| The Brand-New House Book: Everything You Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House | 
 enlarge | Author: Katherine Salant
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (14 reviews)
Sales Rank: 194733
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0609805835
Dewey Decimal Number: 690.837
UPC: 045863016959
EAN: 9780609805831
ASIN: 0609805835
Publication Date: July 17, 2001
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
From the first vague ideas to the finished structure, building a brand-new house presents you with thousands of choices -- and possible pitfalls. Yet there's no single expert you can turn to at every stage and ask, "What do I do?" Until now. This definitive reference will help you:
* Figure out how much house you need, and how much you can afford
* Choose among types of builders, communities, and lots
* Negotiate the offer, financing, contract, and closing
* Assess options and upgrades -- which are worth it and which are not
* Understand windows, flooring, kitchens, landscaping, and scores of other issues
* Work with real-estate agents, architects, site superintendents, home inspectors, attorneys -- your whole team, which may consist of dozens of players
The Brand-New House Book distills the most crucial advice from hundreds of experts -- from the broad strokes such as bankers on mortgages, interior designers on colors, or arborists on trees to fine-tuning such as cleaners on carpets, movers on staircases, or landscape architects on drainage, every issue is addressed. Thorough and authoritative, yet completely accessible, this book is the most valuable investment you can make to ensure that you bypass the potential nightmares and ultimately come home to the house of your dreams.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
A book of things to think about June 22, 2008
Even if you are not building a house, and are buying an existing house, this book has things you should be thinking about while looking, things to look at in the finish product, etc. I read this book before I bought the house we moved into, and I will be reviewing it again before our next move.
And definitely read it before deciding to build your own house. There is a lot of headache that goes with building a house, and after reading the book you might realize that it will be more fun to find a house that is done how you want rather than try to get a team of people to understand what you visualize as the idea home in your head.
 review of first time home builder November 20, 2007
We are planning our first house and have done various amounts of research. This is a good overview if you have not decided to use an architect, or sited your lot. If you have some planning already done, much of the book won't apply. There is minimal construction detail so if that is what you want, this book is not the one. It was worth the price and the read.
 Not for anyone really wanting to build a home February 12, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I thought the book had very little value. The author spent way too much time explaining why building your own home is a bad idea. Many things can go wrong. Most of us know that. How about some encouragement and problem solving ideas. Alas nothing of help. The basic theme is to hire every expert known in the trade (including tree doctor), do nothing yourself, bring lots of money (double all your estimates, then then double the total), or better yet just save yourself the time and frustration and buy an existing home.
 Owner-builder? April 1, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Although I find this book very thorough in its coverage, it was not useful for me. I am trying to build my own home and was looking to 1)understand the building process and all that is involved, and 2) by understanding more about the intricacies of building, be able to cut costs and save money. It is assumed by the author that the reader is entrusting all of the work from start to finish to a contractor. This is great if you have the resources to build a top-of-the-line custom home. I don`t.
Thorough Guide to Home Building April 25, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although I do agree with the reviewer who noted the haphazard layout of the book, I found this book to be quite informative. I enjoyed the author's newspaper columns on the subject, and this book comprises an effective guide for anyone thinking of taking the plunge. From day one, people tell you, "Avoid new construction"... but this book reveals that it can be done, and done well.
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