Building the Custom Home

John Folds, Roy Hoopes

ISBN 10: 0878336532 / ISBN 13: 9780878336531

Published by TAylor Publishing, 1990

clean, tight, crease first page and minor cover wear and slight spine crease. Seller Inventory # 010425

Synopsis:

This book helps the reader save a great deal of money by demonstrating how to manage the project and act as one's own contractor.

Reviews: The focus of this book is on the legal and financial nuts and bolts of homebuilding such as securing a loan, negotiating with bankers and tradespeople, reviewing contracts, and gauging insurance needs. In these areas, this guide is detailed to a fault, listing--in one instance--the 50 possible title defects against which title insurance provides protection. Briefer coverage is afforded the construction process, although the book does provide a useful review and checklist of the stages of construction. Absent is any description of the actual work involved at each stage or tips on evaluating such work. While this is a worthy addition to larger building or real estate collections, smaller libraries may want something more inclusive like Dave McGuerty and Kent Lester's The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home ( LJ 9/1/86).
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Building the Custom Home
Publisher: TAylor Publishing
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Large Trade Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj