If you find yourself dreaming of the perfect patio, the ideal kitchen, and inviting rooms where you love to spend time, it might just be time to start building! With Building Your Custom Home For Dummies, you won't have to feel intimidated as you plan, finance, and oversee construction on your new oasis. You'll learn what it takes to build a custom home, including which pros to call and when. This updated edition also covers the latest in real estate and home construction trends, including smart homes, green building, and banking options.

It's more important than ever to live in a home that's truly how you want it, truly your own. Now is the perfect time to get started--if you're still in the dreaming stage, this book will help you identify your style and articulate your vision. If you're further along in the process, you'll benefit from checklists and pointers on reviewing architects' plans, evaluating contractor bids, flipping the home you build, and more.

The latest guidance on building a beautiful home on any budget
New ideas for high-tech homes with low carbon footprints
Step-by-step instructions for securing financing, hiring architects, and finding reliable contractors
Advice on how to invest your home-building budget wisely and plan for the future

Building Your Custom Home For Dummies takes you from finding the perfect homesite through laying the foundation to framing and finishing--in the friendly Dummies style you can trust.

Autorentext

Kevin Daum is the award-winning author of six books, including Building Your Own Home For Dummies.

Janice Brewster Weiser has written extensively on custom homes and is a former editor of Log Home Living magazine. Peter Economy is a Wall Street Journal best-selling business author and ghostwriter of more than 100 books. Anne Mary Ciminelli is an author, editor, and ghostwriter.

Klappentext
Build a place you'll love to come home to

Why settle for a house that looks like every other one in the neighborhood? With Building Your Custom Home For Dummies on your desk (right alongside those inspiring architecture magazines), you can design and build the home of your dreams. From brainstorming must-have features to hanging a wreath on the front door, this book walks you through what you need to know from start to finish. Get savvy on purchasing property, securing financing, and raising the walls that will become the setting for life's next chapter. If you can imagine it, you can build it! Inside

Locate your ideal building site
Hire an architecture and contracting team you can trust
Finance smoothly and manage your construction budget
Discover new green building techniques
Oversee construction from A to Z
Furnish, landscape, and maintain your property

Zusammenfassung
You deserve a home that meets your specific needs and desires!

If you find yourself dreaming of the perfect patio, the ideal kitchen, and inviting rooms where you love to spend time, it might just be time to start building! With Building Your Custom Home For Dummies, you won't have to feel intimidated as you plan, finance, and oversee construction on your new oasis. You'll learn what it takes to build a custom home, including which pros to call and when. This updated edition also covers the latest in real estate and home construction trends, including smart homes, green building, and banking options.

It's more important than ever to live in a home that's truly how you want it, truly your own. Now is the perfect time to get startedif you're still in the dreaming stage, this book will help you identify your style and articulate your vision. If you're further along in the process, you'll benefit from checklists and pointers on reviewing architects' plans, evaluating contractor bids, flipping the home you build, and more.

The latest guidance on building a beautiful home on any budget
New ideas for high-tech homes with low carbon footprints
Step-by-step instructions for securing financing, hiring architects, and finding reliable contractors
Advice on how to invest your home-building budget wisely and plan for the future
Building Your Custom Home For Dummies takes you from finding the perfect homesite through laying the foundation to framing and finishingin the friendly Dummies style you can trust.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Custom-Home Building 5

Chapter 1: The Custom-Home Process in a Nutshell 7

Chapter 2: Preparing for the Process 21

Chapter 3: The Land Grab: Selecting the Perfect Site 39

Chapter 4: Defining Your House Style 61

Part 2: Assembling Your Team 81

Chapter 5: Architects and Design: Time Spent Is Money Saved 83

Chapter 6: Engineers and City Folk: Approval Bureaucracy Made Somewhat Easy 109

Chapter 7: All the King's Men: The Contractor and Their Cohorts 125

Part 3: All You Need Is Dough: Financing Your Custom Home 141