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The Brand-New House Book

Everything You Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House

by Katherine Salant
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From the first vague ideas to the finished structure, building a brand-new house presents you with thousands of choices — and possible pitfalls. Yet there's no single expert you can turn to at every stage and ask, "What do I do?" Until now. This definitive reference will help you:
* Figure out how much house you need, and how much you can afford
* Choose among types of builders, communities, and lots
* Negotiate the offer, financing, contract, and closing
* Assess options and upgrades — which are worth it and which are not
* Understand windows, flooring, kitchens, landscaping, and scores of other issues
* Work with real-estate agents, architects, site superintendents, home inspectors, attorneys — your whole team, which may consist of dozens of players
The Brand-New House Book distills the most crucial advice from hundreds of experts — from the broad strokes such as bankers on mortgages, interior designers on colors, or arborists on trees to fine-tuning such as cleaners on carpets, movers on staircases, or landscape architects on drainage, every issue is addressed. Thorough and authoritative, yet completely accessible, this book is the most valuable investment you can make to ensure that you bypass the potential nightmares and ultimately come home to the house of your dreams.

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  • Release date

    October 28, 2015

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781101906927
      • File size: 13193 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781101906927
      • File size: 13193 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 1, 2001
      "You sketch a plan on the back of an envelope, hand it to a builder, and voil ! You get your house." Not so, writes Katherine Salant in The Brand-New House Book: Everything You Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House, a helpful demystification of these complicated, expensive processes. Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and architect Salant the book stems from "Your New Home" for Inman News Features, and "Housewatch" for the Washington Post guides readers through financing, lot selection, flooring, contracts and construction. Given that more than one million people buy new single-family homes each year, this book should find a grateful market. Agent, Loretta Fidel.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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