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by: Kent Lester, Dave McGuerty

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Average Rating: Rating: - Get this book and get started Building our first house, we bought several books, luckily this was one of them. It's really the one we use. Gives a wonderful overview, excellent ideas for saving bucks while improving the home, then neat checklists for each section. Also explains the order in which building is accomplished. Assumes you are not doing a majority of the work, and are hiring subcontractors. Includes good forms for contracting subs, etc. Buy it!! Rating: - I built my house with this book! This book was the best bargain I made while building my house. It saved me thousands of dollars in materials savings, increased productivity, and unforeseen expenses. The schedule and checklists were particularly helpful. I knew exactly what to look for in workmanship at every stage of the project. I contracted the house myself and the subcontractors were amazed that I knew so much about construction. If they only knew... I've read all the other contracting books. This one is the best hands down. The computer section and suppliers lists were really helpful too. I find it highly amusing that the only negative review of this book came from a professional contractor from Canada. He should be worried! With this book you will be empowered to contract your own home, or at least know what to expect when hiring someone else for the job. Rating: - Excellent, informative book Highly recommended. This book is well organized, with detailed descriptions of each phase of residential construction. Perhaps most helpful for the owner-builder are the "inspection" sections, which explain how to tell if subcontractors did a good job on their work. A word of advice to prospective owner-builders: don't let general contractors scare you away from building your own home. They have a strong financial incentive to tell you that you shouldn't/can't do it yourself. Investigate this option for yourself. Remember that supervising the building of a house requires more management skill than technical construction knowledge. You can do it, and it will save you money if you do it right. Good luck!

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