Self Build & Renovation For Dummies

Nicholas Walliman

• 27 oktober 2006
• 9780470025864

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Includes a directory of useful contacts, Web sites, and organisations to get you started Everything you need to know to build your ideal home Why compromise when you can get the home you've always dreamed of? Self-Build and Renovation For Dummies is the comprehensive guide that shows you how.

Includes a directory of useful contacts, Web sites, and organisations to get you started

Everything you need to know to build your ideal home

Why compromise when you can get the home you've always dreamed of? Self-Build and Renovation For Dummies is the comprehensive guide that shows you how. Discover advice on everything from planning, finance, and design, to hiring builders, buying materials, and managing a building site, and gain the knowledge you need to turn your dream into reality.

Discover how to

• Find the right site
• Manage the entire building project
• Budget accurately
• Navigate planning and building regulations
• Renovate and extend an old property

Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project and one where you need to be an expert on everything from planning laws to landscape design, and all that's in between. Self Build and Renovation For Dummies takes you through every step of the process, from choosing and buying a plot of land, through to the building's design and on to the actual build – plus all the financial and legal stuff – using plain English in an easy-to-understand format. Here is everything you need to know to create your perfect home.