Women's Day Home Remodeling
"... the Smiths' advice covers everything about building a home ... the book is an awesome resource guide"


The Pocket Change Investor
"It's incredibly detailed, with valuable lists, charts, ideas and questionnaires, yet is easy reading ... this is must reading."


The Orange County Register
"If you've always dreamed of your own custom home, you may want to try The Owner-Builder Book."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The book was honored by the National Association of Home and Workshop Writers with its Silver Hammer Award for Books, 2001.

We have provided many other resources to help you build at OwnerBuilderBook.com, including a free Owner-Builder Resource CD-ROM with software for construction budgeting and scheduling.

SYNOPSIS

The Owner-Builder Book: How You Can Save More Than $100,000 in the Construction of Your Custom Home Smith, Mark A. with Smith, Elaine M. The Consensus Group 288 B TP 18.95 0966142888 The best available guide to saving money on a home construction project, The Owner-Builder Book shows you how to contract your new home, remodel, or addition at phenomenal savings. Contains a step-by-step description of the process, including how to find and hire good subcontractors, how to get a construction loan, and how to estimate costs and choose features for your project. Includes 85 planning steps and 100 new construction bargain strategies to save you thousands. Includes contracts, agreements, budget and schedule forms and worksheets. Super-index provides 1,150 search terms for total utility. Winner of the National Association of Home and Workshop Writers Silver Hammer Award for Books.

We have provided many other resources to help you build at OwnerBuilderBook.com, including a free Owner-Builder Resource CD-ROM with software for construction budgeting and scheduling.

FROM THE CRITICS

Kansas City Star

The 16-chapter book takes [you] from putting a materials list together and putting out bids to subcontractors to shopping for bargains and close-outs on framing lumber, fixtures, concrete and appliances. It also discusses how to avoid first-time mistakes.

Nancy Cook-Senn - The Shawnee News-Star

...16 easy to read chapters with lots of charts, lists and examples...More practical advice...

Curtis Rivers - Vero Beach Press Journal

...this is the book which will tell you how to design and build your own home just the way you want it. It also tells you how to save thousands of dollars in the process...You can also save up to 50% of the cost of a house by becoming an owner-builder...goes through the stages of how to plan, planning, how to buy, developing a network for purchasing your materials, how to get bids, what to look for in bids on different areas, how to supervise your sub contractors, etc...seems to leave very few, if any, stones unturned.

Countrys Best Log Homes

Assuming you have the same costs that a general contractor will have, you will save the profit (more than 10 percent average) and the overhead (two to three times the profit) paid to a general...The Owner-Builder Book discusses just how this can be done.

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