The Ultimate New-Home Buying Guide [Paperback]

Susan Treganowan (Author), Jeff Treganowan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2001

This book is absolutely necessary for anyone even thinking about buying a new home. The authors are new home experts and are telling all of the builder's secrets in this one-of-kind guide. The reader of this book will learn Insider information that will allow him to negotiate the lowest possible price for a new home. The book also gives complete instructions on how to find a good builder and guarantee a quality built new home.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY if you want a well constructed new home. -- Nancy Seats, President (Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings) June 1st, 2001

From the Author

Dear New-Home Buyer,

Congratulations! You have taken the first step in taking control of buying your new home, by picking up our book. This book will guide you through the home buying process from start to finish. Imagine having a very good friend on the inside of the new-home building industry, because that is exactly what you are holding in your hands. Builders cannot take advantage of Insiders because they know every secret they try to hide. You are now going to become an Insider.

Jeff and I have been new-homes agents for several years. We have had the pleasure of working with thousands of new-hombuyers just like you. Some of our most enjoyable moments have been handing out keys to excited people moving into their new home. The joy we have seen in happy homeowner's faces has warmed our hearts over and over again.

Unfortunately, we have had the terrible experience of seeing hundreds of disappointed faces as well. The stress and frustration would come from the delays, poor construction and broken promises made by the builder. We have seen many new-home buyers taken advantage of and over charged for features in their homes. But even worse, we have seen builders perform shoddy construction in a rush to meet deadlines. We're not going to let this happen to you.

We want to add you to our growing list of happy homeowners. By reading "The Ultimate New-Home Buying Guide," your new home experience will be fun, exciting and as stress-free as possible. We are eager to hear how you took control and had a wonderful adventure buying your new home. Won't you join our happy group of Insiders by writing and sharing your experience with us soon?

Susan and Jeff Treganowan
c/o Maple Leaf Press
P.O. Box 5002-115
North Conway, NH 03860-5002
Email: [e-mail]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Maple Leaf Press (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970673701
• ISBN-13: 978-0970673701
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,990,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It saved me $10,000, June 9, 2008

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mother of two (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate New-Home Buying Guide (Paperback)

This book put me in the driver seat during negotiations for our house and the real estate agent for the housing development was frequently surprised at some of the things I asked for and applauded me for it. It literally saved me $10,000. I paid no lot premium, only because the book informed me about them! This book was worth every penny to me and then some!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK, January 3, 2002

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Sammy Schillaci (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate New-Home Buying Guide (Paperback)

This is a great book for the average Joe, easy to read and understand. I read it in one weekend and was truly enlightened. This is a must have for the informed new home buyer.

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful information but a little full of itself, August 25, 2008

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A. Risio (Frederick, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate New-Home Buying Guide (Paperback)

Overall a good picture inside the New Home Selling business. Their advice is good but much of it is common sense. Several areas of the book, especially the demand that your Real Estate Agent must own a copy of their book or the last chapter that openly pushes you recommend your family and friends buy the book, are self serving and detract from the spirit of the book that they are looking out for your best interest. Other than these few areas where the book drops to the level of self interest, I found the overall content to be good and the look inside the industry extremely helpful for anyone considering buying a new home in a developed community. A must read for first time new home buyers.