This book examines some of the different ways consumers get themselves in trouble when building a new house, adding to an existing house, or just hiring a single person to work for them. It describes how to avoid some of these pitfalls, and other ways to save money. It also goes over the proper way to hire someone to work on their home, whether they should be their own contractor, how to schedule, etc. It also has many forms a consumer can use to help them in the hiring, scheduling, and planning stages of any construction process. This book is a multi-project workbook that can be as useful as any tool in your toolkit. It may be the wisest investment you make in your home.
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From the Publisher
Jeff Howe has continuously demonstrated a willingness to help the consumer. This coupled with an extensive knowledge of the construction industry make him an excellent source for this type of knowledge.
From the Author
I have spent the last 21 years building and remodeling. Over that amount of time having done perhaps 2000 jobs, only twice did a client have measures and gauges in place to assure a good job, protect themselves financially, and find the right person in the first place. I have seen what can go wrong, and how it could have been prevented. I have heard of horror stories that didn't need to happen. The average consumer is at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to hiring someone to work on their home or have a new one built. My book is a no fluff guideline to assure a good job.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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This book could be a magazine article,
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This review is from: The 9 Biggest Pitfalls of Home Construction (Mass Market Paperback)
First, to be fair, the author's make some mildly helpfull points. However, anyone who has spent even a few hours interviewing builders and/or architects will already be familiar with most of the points made. The book is very brief. Only the first 30 pages are actual text. The remainder of the book is example forms (4 copies of each to add girth to book, no doubt). I should think that anyone, after building one home, could write as well or better.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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This book I believe was a life saver. Iknow it helped us,
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This review is from: The 9 Biggest Pitfalls of Home Construction (Mass Market Paperback)
My neighbors had some work done on their house and it ended up being quite a disaster. I saw this book advertised locally and bought it. I can pretty safely say that we eliminated some contractors because of the book that we might have hired. The one we did hire met all of the qualifications outlined in the book and we have a beautiful addition to prove it. I know that because of many things in the "pitfall" book we had a good remodeling experience. John Francis
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