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You don't need to depend on (or pay) a general contractor to manage your construction project. Whether you're building a new home or renovating an existing one, you can manage the job yourself. Carl Heldmann outlines how to purchase your own land, set a reasonable budget and schedule, describe your needs and vision to an architect, and hire subcontractors to do the actual building. Cut out the middleman and save as much as 25 percent on your beautiful new home!

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Simple language with no technical jargon. (The New York Times)

This excellent book offers the average person a way to say 25% of the high cost of a new house. Recommended. (Library Journal)

For those who are considering building a home (or addition) this book is a must! (American Homeowners Foundation)

If you can balance a checkbook, read, and deal with people in a fair manner, you can build your own house or addition. You don't need any technical knowledge or building skills - in fact, you'll never pick up a hammer.

With veteran contractor Carl Heldmann as a guide, you'll learn that you can get exactly the house you want, done the way you want it, for less.

In this completely revised and updated fourth edition of his classic how-to book (more than 185,000 copies in print), Heldmann gives an overview of all the steps of building and includes a glossary of building and business terms and sample contracts. He tells how to:

Select land

Secure financing

Develop house plans

Establish schedules

Identify cost-saving options

Select subcontractors

Negotiate contracts

Buy materials and supplies

Estimate building costs

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  • Title Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% Without Lifting a Hammer
  • Author Carl Heldmann
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 5th
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Storey Publishing, MA, USA
  • Publication date 2006-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781580178402 / 1580178405
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 6.24 x 0.45 in (21.34 x 15.85 x 1.14 cm)
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects House construction, Building - Superintendence
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005036253
  • Dewey Decimal Code 690.837
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