Tells how to plan a log house, select a kit, buy land, estimate costs, arrange financing, and work with subcontractors

How to Afford Your Own Log Home: Save 25% Without Lifting a Log

Engineering & Transportation

Heldmann, Carl

Engineering

Globe Pequot Pr

Use this book to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of mortgage, or get a larger home than budgeted for, and save 25% off the construction and site-preparation costs. Included are a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, a glossary of construction terms, and sample forms and contracts.

How to Afford a Log Home: Save 25 Percent Without Lifting a Log

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Business & Money

Real Estate

Globe Pequot Press

Be Your Own House Contractor: How to Save 25 Percent Without Lifting a Hammer

This book should be required reading for anyone who is thinking about building or renovating a house. The savings involved can make the difference between just dreaming about that dream house and actually building it. The primary message behind Be Your Own House Contractor is âYou can do it!â According to construction expert and author Carl Heldmann, anyone can oversee the building of a house and save up to 25 percent by acting as the main contractor. This popular book has sold over 268,000 copies since it was first published in 1982. Written for those with little or no experience in the building trades, Be Your Own House Contractor clearly and simply lays out the steps involved in home construction and answers the many questions that arise. Concise chapters deal with: â¢Locating and purchasing land â¢Procuring financing â¢Estimating costs and staying within a budget â¢Hiring subcontractors and finding suppliers â¢Building the house â¢Restoring an existing structure An extensive appendix contains examples of the forms, certificates, and permits that are required, as well as sample contracts and plans. The 5th edition has been fully updated and includes Carl Heldmannâs new Web site, where readers can get loan information, daily updates on interest rates, and cost estimate worksheets for planning and tracking building expenses. Other new features include new chapters on renovating and restoring an older house and a Spanish glossary of common building terms.

Be your own house contractor: How to save 25 percent without lifting a hammer

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Garden Way Pub.

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.

Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% Without Lifting a Hammer

Storey Books

Tells how to select a house for remodeling, discusses planning, cost estimates, financing, subcontractors, suppliers, building codes, and insurance, and explains how to act as one's own contractor

Manage Your Own Home Renovation/How to Save 30% Without Lifting a Finger

Garden Way Pub. Co

Use this book to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of  mortgage, or get a larger home than budgeted for, and save 25% off the construction and site-preparation costs. Included are a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, a glossary of construction terms, and sample forms and contracts.

How to afford your own log home: Save 25% without lifting a log

East Woods Press

GLOBE PEQUOT PRESS@

How to appraise a restorable structure, obtain financing, and hire subcontractors.

Be Your Own Home Renovation Contractor: Save 30% Without Lifting a Hammer

Storey Publishing, LLC.

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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Books by Heldmann, Carl

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How to Afford Your Own Log Home: Save 25% Without Lifting a Log

How to Afford a Log Home: Save 25 Percent Without Lifting a Log

How to Afford Your Own Log Home: Save 25% Without Lifting a Log

Be your own house contractor: How to save 25 percent without lifting a hammer

Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% Without Lifting a Hammer

Manage Your Own Home Renovation/How to Save 30% Without Lifting a Finger

How to afford your own log home: Save 25% without lifting a log

How to Afford Your Own Log Home: Save 25% Without Lifting a Log

Be Your Own Home Renovation Contractor: Save 30% Without Lifting a Hammer

Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% Without Lifting a Hammer