by Lane Moore
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Are you planning on building the home you’ve always dreamed of? Getting ready to do some major renovations to your existing home? Would you like to pay wholesale prices for your home?
Is your spouse’s talk of three-car garages and marble countertops beginning to make you a little nervous? Of course it is! At the rate you’re going, you’ll be mortgaged to the hilt for the next thirty years!
What if you could have the house that you’ve always dreamed of...for tens of thousands of dollars less than market price? What if you could buy wholesale and save 10 to 30 percent on the price of your home?
Sound good? Then take advantage of author Lane W. Moore’s twenty-five years of building experience. For the first time ever, you can get the secrets of the pros...in a format that anyone can follow!
Here are just a few of the topics covered in the book:
• How to estimate the cost of your home BEFORE the plans are drawn
• Four things you can do to make sure you never have a problem with your town’s building committee
• The five things every complete set of plans should include
• The one tool that can save you THOUSANDS of dollars and hours of grief
• The ten best places to get referrals and recommendations
• Two tools that will guarantee you get the best bids possible
• The three most important things to mention when soliciting a bid
• Three simple steps for choosing the bidder that is right for you
• The one thing your house plan can never have too many of
• Two things to always do BEFORE you make any changes
• Six things to keep in mind when buying your lot
• Eight tips, tools and strategies to make managing your paperwork a snap
• Six ways to protect against a wet basement
• How to identify and avoid shoddy work
• The most important purchase you need to make to protect your investment
• Four easy steps that will make certain you get the loan you need
• How to manage your crew like a pro
• And much, much more...
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Average Customer Review:
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Helpful For Every Homeowner, 2005-08-29
This book is written in a humorous and concise, step by step, easy to follow manner that anyone can understand. Many sections are helpful not only to individuals building a house, but also to those buying an existing home. The information on financing and qualifying for a loan were very helpful to my daughter and son-in-law before they bought their existing home and they will be using the contractor/sub-contractor info to finish their basement. It is a very helpful book for any homeowner.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Realistic, Easy Read, With Lots of Useful Info, 2005-08-25
I found the book to be very understandable with a lot of great information. The author obviously has a great deal of knowledge about the topic and conveys it in a very down-to-earth fashion. We have built several homes in our lives and I wish we would have had this book before we began. The book covers every aspect of construction and how to manage each stage. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone even thinking about building a new home, or having someone build one for you. Even if the reader is not planning to do the contracting themselves, it does give them good insight as to what to expect from a quality contractor. Read this book before you build!
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
More than I expected, everything I wanted, 2005-08-24
Having already built two homes myself I thought I k,new most of the pitfalls but Mr. Lane's book brought back many memories, most unpleasant. Besides going into wonderful detail without techical over load this book covers every subject. Most particularly is that you write down what is to occur at each part and have the sub-contractor sign the aggrement. Number one is "don't change anything agreed upon without a written change order". This proably costs most builders more money than anything during the project life.
This book will get you through the complete process, I call it my tech fact book. It's full of reminders and helpful hints as well as the "step by step basics". I also apreciate his willing ness to be involved if you request his help.
It's obivous to me Lane had "been there done that"
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Women can do it., 2005-08-21
The author states that women can contract the building of homes, as well as men. I wasn't sure that I believed that. I've already learned that I'm not good at hammering nails or finishing sheetrock. A still unfinished basement taught me that. But I think the basement will get finished now, with the help of this book. It appears to me that general contracting is a lot like shopping for the best deal with several subcontractors and then organizing them. Who knows how to organize shopping better than a woman?
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
a must have, 2005-08-19
a very helpful book....more than pays for itself. As a real estate broker and developer, I found some hints and tips that
even I wasn't aware of. GREAT BOOK!!!!
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