The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home

by Kent Lester

Save 30% on Home Construction Whether you want to take on all the responsibility of contracting your home or simply want to intelligently communicate with your homebuilder, The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home can help you save 30% or more on the cost of home construction by teaching you the practical, day-to-day details of managing a construction project. You'll learn the up-front essentials to getting your project off to a solid start. You'll get financial and legal details in language you can understand. Learn the ins and outs of selecting a lot, dealing with suppliers, labor and subcontractors, safety, inspections and saving money so you can manage with authority, confidence and efficiency. You'll be walked through preconstruction, foundations, framing, roofing, plumbing, electrical, masonry, siding, insulation, drywall, trim, painting, cabinetry, countertops, flooring, tile and landscaping. Also included is the most comprehensive building resources section ever compiled. The appendix includes schedules, checklists, order forms, control logs and contracts you can't be without.

Genres: Construction, Finance, Architecture

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Author of the latest sequel in the Dan Clifford series, The Third Instinct, published by Macmillan-Forge.

Author of the recent Dan Clifford thriller, The Seventh Sun, published by Macmillan-Forge.

Current non-fiction author of The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home, 5th edition, with over 350,000 copies in print.

Reviews

[Jessica Jacobs-tuttle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a lot of great information and detail. Unfortunately, it needs a good editor to clean it up. There were full pages repeated in the text and a lot of distracting mechanical errors throughout. I'm not even a grammar snob and have my fair share of flubs. If it stood-out to me then it was bad :).

[Jordan Stoeger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to echo other posters and point out that while the information in this book is good, great even, the delivery is far sub par. Sections of text are repeated in multiple places -- how did that get past the editor?!

[Joseph Roach · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really informative book for owner-builders.

[Kent Lester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best version of this book ever. In full color with an additional 120 pages of detail added.

[Nick Woodall · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book and built two homes and an office. Superb source, especially the checklists and forms.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book. Very helpful to hiring contractors.