More Small Houses (Fine Homebuilding) [Hardcover]

Fine Homebuilding Editors (Editor), Kevin Ireton (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Fine Homebuilding | Publication Date: October 1, 1998

Fine Homebuilding's popular Great Houses collection brings to life the delight and warmth of small houses. Highlighting charming homes under 2000 square feet, this collection features some of today's best compact house architecture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 159 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561582786
• ISBN-13: 978-1561582785
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #829,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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93 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great small house ideas., March 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: More Small Houses (Fine Homebuilding) (Hardcover)

This book is a compilation of articles from the magazine and is the second volume to be published focusing on great small houses. There are 31 different projects of various styles and locations. The articles are often written by the owner / designer and are quite thorough. Many include presentation style: sections, details, and floor plans.

I found this book to be very interesting to read. I really liked the first volume small houses and had great expeditions for this edition. I feel that this books content to be equal or better then the first edition and the format a little bit easier to read. There really is a lot of content for the size and price of this book. The articles are all from the early 90's to mid 90's.

Anybody interested in purchasing, renovating, or designing a small house will appreciate this book.

101 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best books on small houses, August 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: More Small Houses (Fine Homebuilding) (Hardcover)

This book has a wide variety of different homes-- which to me didn't seem that small. The plans as well as a description of primary concerns in design are often included. Best of all, many of these homes were designed on a budget of about $100,000, which makes these houses seem much more inspiring and realistic to the potential home builder. I'd never thought of designing my own home until I saw this book, but now it's one of my hopes for the future.

87 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, May 21, 2000

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This review is from: More Small Houses (Fine Homebuilding) (Hardcover)

I just love the small(?) houses in this book. I'm one of those people that dream of one day being able to build my own home, and therefore have numerous books and magazines with house plans. This book is the best by far that I have. The plans and pictures in this book are just brilliant. I love the fact that most of the houses are different to the normal square or rectangular shape that is so prevelent these days. All though most of the houses in the book aren't really that small, at least not to me, there are some wonderful designs. The detail provided about each design is thorough. The Energy-Efficient Houses and Craftsman-Style Houses books are terrific as well.