What the "experts" may not tell you about building or renovating your home
By: Amy Johnston
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780446690836
Subjects: Popular works; Remodeling; Dwellings
Description: "Remodeling or building from the ground up is scary. This book equips you with the insider knowledge you need to be one savvy owner, to make the right plans, do the key calculations, and write ironclad agreements so your new space is everything you dreamed it could be -- at the price and in the time frame you expected. Book jacket."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Building from Smart to Finish -- -- Chapter 1.; title: Ready, Set, Think: How the Savvy Owner Starts a Project --; title: Mind-Set: How to Approach a Project --; title: Players List: The People Who Will Be on Your Team --; title: Gleam in Your Eye: Can You Build? --; title: Don't Bank On It: Is Your Loan Officer Your Ally? --; title: Scary Money: Down Payments -- -- Chapter 2.; title: Plan Is the Thing: Making a Successful Project --; title: Task-Oriented: Your To-Do List --; title: Getting What You Need: How to Approach Your Design --; title: Sneaking Up On Your Design: Do's and Don'ts to Get You Started --; title: What's It Worth to You? Money and Design --; title: Beyond Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo: A Formula for Balanced Choices --; title: House United: Working Together as a Couple -- -- Chapter 3.; title: Design as a Noun: Refining and Conveying Your Vision --; title: Decisions, Decisions: Your Design --; title: Conveying Your Decisions: Construction Documents --; title: Building In Flexibility: Allowances, Unit Pricing and Alternate Pricing -- -- Chapter 4.; title: Help with Your Vision: When and How to Employ an Architect --; title: Do You Need a Professional? Considering an Architect --; title: Yin to Your Yang: The Right Architect for You --; title: Everyone Pick Up Your #2 Pencils: Working with an Architect -- -- Chapter 5.; title: Bang for the Buck and the Sixteen Divisions: What Can You Have and What Should You Worry About? --; title: Divide and Conquer: The Sweet Sixteen Divisions --; title: Devil's in the Details: Where to Focus Your Attention and Money --; title: And Another Thing: Considerations When Determining Materials and Scope of Work -- -- Chapter 6.; title: And the Grand Total Is ... : Cost Estimating and the Budget --; title: Follow the Money: How It Works on a Construction Project --; title: Where'd You Get That Number? Four Methods of Cost Estimating --; title: Crunching Their Numbers: Assessing a Cost Estimate --; title: It's Alive! Your Budget as a Living Document -- -- Chapter 7.; title: Setting Up Your Deal: Contract Structures --; title: Who Knew You Had a Choice? Options for Contract Structures.