Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project and one where you need to be an expert on everything from planning laws to landscape design, and all that's in between. Self Build and Renovation For Dummies takes you through every step of the process, from choosing and buying a plot of land, through to the building's design and on to the actual build - plus all the financial and legal stuff - using plain English in an easy-to-understand format. Here is everything you need to know to create your perfect home.
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"Full of info, it demystifies impenetrable technical jargon." (Grand Designs, January 2007)
"…a great introduction." (Build IT, January 2007)
“This is a great reference for anyone seriously considering a self build.” (Self Build And Design, March 2007)
"...provides the concrete know-how on all the regulations, design and financial implications of self build and renovation projects." (Self Build & Design, November 2007)
From the Back Cover
Includes a directory of useful contacts, Web sites, and organisations to get you started
Everything you need to know to build your ideal home
Why compromise when you can get the home you've always dreamed of? Self-Build and Renovation For Dummies is the comprehensive guide that shows you how. Discover advice on everything from planning, finance, and design, to hiring builders, buying materials, and managing a building site, and gain the knowledge you need to turn your dream into reality.
Discover how to
- Find the right site
- Manage the entire building project
- Budget accurately
- Navigate planning and building regulations
- Renovate and extend an old property
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permitted development rights, building regulations approval, building your own home, management yourself, vapour permeable, timber decking, vapour barrier, timber frame construction, sound reduction, local planning department, builders merchants, underground conditions, green credentials Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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This book cites 5
books:
- Building Your Own Home: The No. 1 Bible for Self-Builders Everywhere by David Snell in Back Matter
- The Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated by Michael J. Billington on page 72
- Home Plans by Murray Armor in Back Matter
- Painting and Decorating (Revision & Self Assessment) by Leeds College of Building in Back Matter
- Build Your Own Home by Mike Dyson in Back Matter
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