Some House Building Guide Book Recommendations:
Some
recommended books from Amazon on how to build your own
dream house:
Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your
Own Way
Subtitled "Designing and Building a House Your Own Way," this is the book for anyone thinking about building their own home. It is comprehensive, detailed and covers subjects I have never before seen covered in home building books, like how to make a small house seem bigger, incorporating ergonomics and accessibility, doing your own drawings and scale models, making contracts that work, and working effectively with professional designers and builders. With detailed diagrams and photographs, this is the most thorough overall guide to building your own home I have ever seen (and I've seen a lot!).
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So... You Want To Build a House: A Complete Workbook for Building Your Own Home
From selecting the property and meeting with an architect through resale considerations and construction, So You Want to Build a House walks you through every step of the building process painlessly, on-time, and on-budget.
* Easy-to-use WORKSHEETS that can SAVE YOU TENS OF THOUSANDS$$$
* Hundreds of MONEY-SAVING REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION, AND FINANCING TIPS, in plain English
* A step-by-step PROGRAM THAT WORKS
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this book please click on the Amazon link below:
Building Your Own Home For Dummies
Turn your dream of a custom home into reality! Thinking about building your own home? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to plan and build a beautiful home on any budget. From acquiring land to finding the best architect to overseeing the construction, you get lots of savvy tips on managing your new investment wisely -- and staying sane during the process!
Keep construction on track with helpful checklists.
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this book please click on the Amazon link below:
Prescriptions for a Healthy House, 3rd Edition: A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners
"Packed with advice on sourcing healthier materials and the likely costs, with information on every aspect of housebuilding from design to interior finish." Professional Housebuilder & Property Developer Jan / Feb 2009
Although there is nothing complicated about constructing healthier homes, building for health is still not standard practice, and in fact there are many aspects of conventional home construction that are detrimental to human well-being.
From foundation to rooftop, to home care and repair, Prescriptions for a Healthy House takes the mystery out of healthy-house building, renovation, and maintenance by walking the owner/architect/builder team through the entire construction process. Chapters include:
The authors-an architect, medical doctor, and restoration consultant-bring a singular combination of expertise and perspectives to this book. The result-now in its third completely updated edition-is a unique guide to creating healthy indoor and outdoor spaces, including many new resources, as well as specialized knowledge from several nationally recognized experts in the field of building biology.
This unique guide will appeal to architects, designers, contractors, medical professionals, and homeowners.
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this book please click on the Amazon link below:
