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| Better Houses, Better Living: What To Look for When Buying, Building or Remodeling | 
 enlarge | Author: Myron E. Ferguson
Publisher: Home User Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $19.99
You Save: $4.96 (20%)
Buy New/Used from $10.83
Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 404332
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 337
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0965485617
Dewey Decimal Number: 643.12
EAN: 9780965485616
ASIN: 0965485617
Publication Date: September 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Better Houses, Better Living helps home owners and home buyers by explaining the basics of home design and building from a user's perspective. Ferguson clearly and succinctly details what makes a house "user-friendly" and a better place to live by focusing on practicality instead of just feeling and looks. The book includes over 500 graphics including 462 photographs that clearly show each element that is discussed. There are also 142 Internet Resources where people can go for more information. A referenced website has hot-links to these Internet Resource listings making them easier to access. And there are 8 Supplements which will be a real bonus to the reader, offering scads of additional information.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 what every home buyer or builder needs to know March 1, 2008
This is not a glitzy book (the pictures are black and white), but it is packed with practical, essential, and specific information that you need to know when purchasing or building a house. This is the most useful of a number of house planning books I have purchased.
 Buyer Beware August 28, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is good at pointing the seller in the right directions. The
author is causious at not going to far in giving too much advice which
causes the reader to have to do more homework. I felt it gave me more
questions than answers. I felt overwhelmed by all the steps and where
to go to accomplish the task at hand.
Better Houses, Better Living July 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy to read and loaded with valuable tips. For example, we are building a new home and had generated plans with the aid of a home designer and builder. After reading this book, I discovered our dinning room was slightly too small. We planned on a coffered ceiling in the dinning room along with a built-in china cabinet along the wall. None of us had taken into consideration that if we wanted the chandelier centered in the coffered ceiling with the dinning table centered under the chandelier and 36" between the dinning table and china cabinet, then we would need our dinning room extended another 8" from what we had on the original plan. This tip alone was invaluable. There were also many other ideas and suggestions. This book is a must for anyone building, remodeling or purchasing a home.
Better Houses, Better Living January 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am having a house custom built this summer and this book is excellent. The author knows his stuff and provides a lot of useful info. Well worth the $$.
Better Houses, Better Living December 2, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
"Better Houses, Better Living" isn't just one more book on what to look for when buying, building or remodeling- it is THE book to have. I haven't found a book this chock full of practical, down to earth, actually useful information in years. While other books address aesthetics and other issues, "Better Houses, Better Lviing" gets right to work from the first page.
Additionally, it is highly readable book, not written as if talking to a contractor but in language that is easy to understand and the information is easy to grasp. This is a must for anyone hunting for a new home or planning a new one. It will insure that the move they make won't just be a lateral move, but a better move, a move up and they will end up with a home that works for them. My copy won't spend much time in my home - there are way too many people whose hands I need to put it in.
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