Build your Own Home on a Shoestring

A cost-conscious guide to building one's dream house on a budget takes prospective homebuilders through every stage in the construction process, from planning and financing to design and final details and explains how to reduce or eliminate costs on everything from purchasing the right piece of property, to negotiating loans, to getting the best prices on materials, supplies, and systems. Original.

Henry Nonneberg, Jr., is the owner of Atlantic Coast Executive Appraisers. HeÂ's purchased and refurbished four residential properties and is presently overseeing the planning and construction of his familyÂ's next residence.
Gwen Moran has been a small business consultant and marketing expert for more than a decade. SheÂ's been featured on NBC and CNBC as well as in New York Times, International Herald Tribune, PR Week, and others. A marketing columnist for Entrepreneur magazine and a writer for USA Weekend, Family Circle, WomanÂ's Day, among many other publications, she is the author of Survive and Thrive Marketing.
Chris Bradley is a licensed General Contractor and the owner of A Better Construction Company, a Long Island-based home improvement and general contracting firm.