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Part I: Getting Started: The 411 on Custom Home Building.
Chapter 1: The Custom Home Process in a Nutshell.
Chapter 2: Preparing for the Process.
Chapter 3: The Land Grab: Selecting the Perfect Site.
Chapter 4: Defining Your House Style.
Chapter 5: Architects and Design: Time Spent Is Money Saved.
Chapter 6: Engineering and Plan Approval: Bureaucracy Made Somewhat Easy.
Part II: All You Need Is Dough: Financing Your Custom Home.
Chapter 7: Cash Is King: Using Debt to Your Advantage.
Chapter 8: Knowledge Is Power: What You Don’t Know About Construction Loans Can Hurt You.
Chapter 9: Qualifying: It’s the Bank’s Way or the Highway.
Chapter 10: Show Me the Money.
Part III: Hammers and Nails: The Construction Process.
Chapter 11: All the King’s Men: The Contractor and His Cohorts.
Chapter 12: Excavation and Foundation: Getting a Solid Start.
Chapter 13: Framing and Rough: So Much Goes Behind Those Walls!
Chapter 14: Heading for the Finish: So Much Detail.
Part IV: All the After Stuff.
Chapter 15: Home Sweet Nest Egg: Moving In and Managing Your New Investment.
Chapter 16: Refinancing: More Money, Cheaper Payments.
Chapter 17: Taking It Outside: The Art of Landscaping.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 18: Ten Common Custom Home Mistakes and How to Avoid ’Em.
Chapter 19: Ten Great Ways to Lower Construction Costs.
Chapter 20: Ten Common Stuck-in-the-Middle Problems and Their Fixes.
Chapter 21: Ten Helpful Custom Home Resources.
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Make Your Home Green.
Index.
Anonymous
Posted March 27, 2005
This book covers a lot of ground; from an overview of the process to how to find land, designing your house, working with architects, financing the whole dream and finally the nuts and bolts of buildng a house. Obviously it is hard to get into great depth on all these subjects, however the book does a good job of capturing the important details that are unique to building your own place, which is a dream I have had for a long time. I have renovated a number of houses that I have bought and lived in, but I have never stepped up to building something from scratch. One of the things that I most like about this book is the detail and information about the financial side of building your own house. This has been one of my biggest stumbling blocks of moving forward on my own project. The financing on a house that you are going to build is much less straightforward than simply buying an existing house. This book is one of the most indepth and educational on all the aspects of being able to navigate the financial complexities of building your own house. Now I am motivated to find a great piece of land and create something from scratch. Overall a great book!
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Posted March 8, 2005
I loved this book! The authors give much more detail than is typical about the nuts and bolts of financing a custom home project. And I also love the fact that they didn't assume I'd be doing all the work myself or acting as my own general contractor - a mistake most of the other experts in this area make. I work for a living, and these guys get that!
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Turn your dream of a custom home into reality!
Thinking about building your own ...