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What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating | 
enlarge | Author: Amy Johnston Publisher: Shube Publishing Category: Book
List Price: $24.95 Buy New: $16.32 You Save: $8.63 (35%)
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Sales Rank: 5229
Media: Paperback Pages: 224 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0979983800 Dewey Decimal Number: 690.837 EAN: 9780979983801 ASIN: 0979983800
Publication Date: January 1, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: 100% Money Back Guarantee. Ships from multiple US locations, will ship International. Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. Over 1,000,000 customers served.
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Product Description What Your Contractor Can't Tell You is a comprehensive guide to getting the best results while building or renovating a home. Most homeowners spend about 20% of their time on the plan and 80% of their time on a messy, traumatic, expensive construction phase. Pros spend 80% of their time on the plan and 20% on a smooth construction phase. But the homeowners can't know what goes into a solid plan unless someone tells them. This book is based on a simple premise...if homeowners knew even 10% of what the professionals in the construction field know, they could avoid 90% of the problems. Creating a dream home shouldn't be a nightmare. Hiring a contractor is an enormous investment and a high-risk endeavor involving decisions that will last forever. This book equips homeowners with the information and strategies needed to turn their vision into a home or a renovation that can be built on time and within budget. Chapters give detailed coverage of critical topics: design; selecting and supervising the architect and contractor; cost estimates; budget; plan specifications; contracts; dealing with town officials; and keeping track of everything along the way. For each stage of the project, there is detailed information on common pitfalls and how to avoid them, as well as insiders' tips which reveal what most contractors can't tell you. This book was previously published by Warner Books (2004) and titled What the "Experts" May Not Tell You About Building or Renovating Your Home.
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