Review: Wow
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 13, 2012
This eBook was a fun surprise, about 90 pages of some of the best practical advice on remodeling your home I've ever read. This book is like a good buddy handy man just sitting around talking about how to approach a remodeling job. It feels a little like Tom Silva and Norm Abram were giving out advice on how to make a project in your house go well.The book is well written in solid simple language. There was never a reason to get overly technical or full of jargon, the authors just said what was on their mind and left it at that. It is easy to read and well edited.The book goes through soup to nuts on a home project, starting at dreaming up the job and finishing off with paying the last bill to the contractor, and the six months after the honeymoon is over (the job completed). The book isn't a design book, or a how to, or Norm's tips to better word working, or This Old House. The book is the higher level strategy needed to survive a remodeling job or project in your house. There are all kinds of tips around common bear traps in home projects and how to manage the stress of the project.The book has two nice chapters at the end on more specifics about kitchen and bathroom remodeling. They are good advice on how to best approach those projects.I've done a lot of work around my house, I have a brother in law that is a full time handy man that tackles some very large projects, and I did a lot of home maintenance a very long time ago. The book has some amazingly sound advice, and hits the nail on the head. At ten times the price this book is well worth the read.The publisher provided me with a review copy of this book.