Customer Reviews

Tips & Traps When Building Your Home

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If you are looking for a really thorough book, this isn't it, but many of the tips are very helpful. Read it with a highlighter and just mark the good stuff and then refer back. I bought this along with Woodson's "Build Your Dream Home for Less" and found that the two together were a great pair. Woodson's is very thorough and takes you through step by step, and Irwin's had a lot of additional tips that Woodson's didn't. Irwin tends not to define many of the "trade" terms he uses and for people who aren't handy, it's frustrating. On the other hand, Woodson does define most terms so if you read both, you're in pretty good shape. This book is not the be-all, end-all book but definitely worth buying - it should save you some money if you are general contracting your home.

This is not the book to teach you all details of how to actually construct your home, but it's extremely useful to help you understand the process and get things started. Excellent "tips" and "traps"!!!

This is a very good book that is easy to read. Now, there were some things that I disagree with, as well as other "expert" developers, but overall the tips and traps were right on. So, this is a book that you should read if you are building a hime, but also read at least one other good book. Because of some of those things that were too specific (i.e., not mentioning other reasonable options), I nearly gave it four stars. However, it is worth reading and normally would warrant the five stars.

Bought this for a friend who is going to build and they love it!! notes details that might be forgotten or not realized. super good price!!

This book is a must for anyone who is planning on building a home. We purchased this book before we built a new home in 2002 and just bought another copy for my mom, who is thinking of building a new home. This book is a GREAT tool to read through with a highlighter/post-it notes and mark up to make sure your new home is user-friendly, well-thought out, and includes the things you want(and things that you want to AVOID in your new home . . .like two bedroom doors that open into each other). VERY easy-to-read format and practical ideas. I would not build another home without buying another copy of this book and going through it again and again!

This is a must have to read before you build your new home. Great ideas that you need to consider even before you have blueprints. Easy reader, finished the book in a day, just reading for an hour here and an hour there. Very informative. Check out my other reviews on home building to see the 2 other books that gave me the confidence to general our new home.

This was quite a nice little book for anyone thinking of building your own home. Haven't done it yet, but got some good tips from the book.

Book has good content. However, I paid for a new book and recieved a used one. Contacted customer service and requested a discount. They never got back to me on my request. Dissapointing to say the least.

This book was the first book I read on building. It has also been very informative and simple to understand.

If you are beggining in building this is the perfect book for you.

The Author really knows what he is talking about. Unlike some other books out there written buy someone who has never done it....

If you're new to building homes, this is a good book to get you started.