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While building a home is not a simple task, expert Carl Heldmann shows that it is not as complicated as one might believe. With his sound advice, readers can act as their own house contractor and save a quarter - or more - of the cost of building a home. And without picking up a hammer! Heldmann explains each step of the home building process in non-technical, easily understood language, helping readers avoid the pitfalls that plague general contractors, even experienced ones. Readers will learn how to develop house plans, establish schedules, select good subcontractors, identify cost saving options, negotiate contracts, estimate building costs, purchase materials and supplies, and much more.
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Planning on building a new house or an addition for your present home? Wondering whether you could act as your own contractor? With this book you can do it and save thousands of dollars without ever lifting a hammer.
About the Author:
In this fully updated third edition of the classic how-to book Be Your Own House Contractor, veteran contractor Carl Heldmann gives an overview of all the steps of building, and includes a glossary of building and business terms and sample contracts. He tells how to:
-- Select land and secure financing
-- Develop house plans
-- Establish schedules
-- Estimate building costs
-- Identify cost-saving options
-- Select subcontractors
-- Negotiate contracts
-- Buy materials and supplies
A construction loan consultant in Michigan, Carl Heldmann is also a former home builder and the founder of two Schools of Home Building, one in North Carolina and one in Michigan. He has written Be Your Own Home Renovation Contractor and Be Your Own House Contractor. Carl says, "Everyone who hasn't built a house before thinks it's too hard. I've been spreading the word that it isn't hard. You can do it."
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- PublisherStorey Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 088266266X
- ISBN 13 9780882662664
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages136
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