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What your contractor can't tell you : the essential guide to building and renovating / by Amy Johnston.
"This book equips owners with the information and strategies needed to turn their vision into a home or renovation project that can be executed on time and within budget. Chapters give detailed coverage of critical topics: design options, selecting and supervising an architect and contractor, cost estimates, budgets, 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. An initial version of this book was previously published by Warner Books (2004) and titled What the "Experts" May Not Tell You About Building or Renovating Your Home."-- provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780979983825
- ISBN: 0979983827
- Physical Description: xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: [Ashland, OH] : Shube Publishing, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Dwellings > Remodeling. Dwellings > Remodeling > Popular works. Dwellings > Design and construction. Dwellings > Design and construction > Popular works. |
| Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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What Your Contractor Can't Tell You, 2nd Edition : The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating
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Table of Contents
What Your Contractor Can't Tell You, 2nd Edition : The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction: Building from Smart to Finish | p. xiii | |
| Chapter 1 | Ready, Set, Think: How the Savvy Owner Starts a Project | p. 1 |
| The Mind-Set: How to Approach a Project | p. 1 | |
| The Players List: The People Who Will Be on Your Team | p. 3 | |
| A Gleam in Your Eye: Can You Build? | p. 8 | |
| Don't Bank On It: Is Your Loan Officer Your Ally? | p. 9 | |
| The Scary Money: Down Paymenrs | p. 15 | |
| Chapter 2 | The Plan Is the Thing: Making a Successful Project | p. 16 |
| Task-Oriented: Your To-Do List | p. 16 | |
| Getting What You Need: How to Approach Your Design | p. 17 | |
| Sneaking Up On Your Design: Do's and Don'ts to Get You Started | p. 20 | |
| What's It Worth to You? Money and Design | p. 22 | |
| Beyond Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo: A Formula for Balanced Choices | p. 23 | |
| A House United: Working Together as a Couple | p. 24 | |
| Chapter 3 | Design as a Noun: Refining and Conveying Your Vision | p. 26 |
| Decisions, Decisions: Your Design | p. 26 | |
| Conveying Your Decisions: Construction Documents | p. 26 | |
| Building In Flexibility: Allowances, Unit Pricing and Alternate Pricing | p. 30 | |
| Chapter 4 | Help with Your Vision: When and How to Employ an Architect | p. 32 |
| Do You Need a Professional? Considering an Architect | p. 32 | |
| The Yin to Your Yang: The Right Architect for You | p. 37 | |
| Everyone Pick Up Your #2 Pencils: Working with an Architect | p. 44 | |
| Chapter 5 | Bang for the Buck and the Sixteen Divisions: What Can You Have and What Should You Worry About? | p. 47 |
| Divide and Conquer: The Sweet Sixteen Divisions | p. 47 | |
| The Devil's in the Details: Where to Focus Your Attention and Money | p. 48 | |
| And Another Thing: Considerations When Determining Materials and Scope of Work | p. 70 | |
| Chapter 6 | And the Grand Total Is ...: Cost Estimating and the Budget | p. 75 |
| Follow the Money: How It Works on a Construction Project | p. 75 | |
| Where'd You Get That Number? Four Methods of Cost Estimating | p. 76 | |
| Crunching Their Numbers: Assessing a Cost Estimate | p. 79 | |
| It's Alive! Your Budget as a Living Document | p. 80 | |
| Chapter 7 | Setting Up Your Deal: Contract Structures | p. 86 |
| Who Knew You Had a Choice? Options for Contract Structures | p. 86 | |
| Chapter 8 | The Second Oldest Profession: Selecting and Working with a Contractor | p. 93 |
| He Was Such a Nice Guy: Choosing More Wisely | p. 93 | |
| Welcome to His World: Working with a Contractor | p. 99 | |
| To Protect and Serve: Protecting Your Project and Serving Your Contractor | p. 101 | |
| Chapter 9 | How Low Can They Go? Bidding the Project | p. 107 |
| You Talkin' to Me? Should You Bid Your Project? | p. 107 | |
| Package Deal: Getting Your Bid Package Together-the Four Elements | p. 108 | |
| Going Out: What You and They Need to Do-the Four Stages | p. 111 | |
| Chapter 10 | Cover Your Assets: Contracts, Insurance, Liens, and Other Commitments | p. 119 |
| If You Only Knew: Where Laypeople Go Wrong | p. 119 | |
| Whose to Use? Construction Contracts | p. 120 | |
| Don't Build Home Without It: Must-Haves | p. 123 | |
| It Couldn't Hurt: Optional Additional Protection | p. 132 | |
| Chapter 11 | Believe It! Time Really Is Money: Schedules | p. 135 |
| Tick Tock: How Time = Money on a Construction Project | p. 135 | |
| More Than One Way to Tell Time: Types of Schedules | p. 137 | |
| What Was That Other Thing? Additional Things to Track | p. 141 | |
| Chapter 12 | Mother, May I? Getting Through the Permit Process | p. 142 |
| Nothing to Fear: Knowing the Process and Its Players | p. 142 | |
| People Pleasing: The Steps for Permit Approval | p. 145 | |
| Good to Go: Once You've Got the Permit | p. 151 | |
| Step Lightly: Making Changes to the Neighborhood | p. 151 | |
| Chapter 13 | Talk the Talk | p. 153 |
| Word Power | p. 153 | |
| But First, the Girl Thing | p. 153 | |
| A Glossary of Terms | p. 155 | |
| Chapter 14 | Ready to Build? ... Not So Fast: Pulling It Altogether | p. 174 |
| Just Like Santa: Make a List and Check It Twice | p. 174 | |
| Long Time No See: The Preconstruction Meeting | p. 175 | |
| Ensurance: Make Sure These Things Are Done | p. 177 | |
| When Are They Leaving?! Renovation Tips | p. 178 | |
| Chapter 15 | Let the Games Begin: Managing the Construction-Phase | p. 183 |
| Who's on First: Establishing the Roles and Rules for All | p. 183 | |
| Watching the Store: Monitoring the Project | p. 188 | |
| For Richer or Poorer: Budget Management | p. 195 | |
| The Homestretch: Project Closeout | p. 207 | |
| Conclusion | p. 210 | |
| Inspirations: Other Resources | p. 211 | |
| Index | p. 216 |
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