Build Your Own Home: The Ultimate Guide to Managing a Self-build Project and Creating Your Dream House
Tony Booth, Mike Dyson Paperback 240 pages (July 1, 2003)More and more people aspire to build their dream home - this practical handbook provides valuable, stage-by-stage advice on turning those dreams into reality. CONTENTS: Part 1 Before you begin - why do it? personal qualities living arrangements finding suitable land assessing the site buying the site taxation the house design planning permission builiding regulations. Part 2 Let's get started - personal involvement preparing the site the substructure constructing the shell the roof. Part 3 Internal works (the fun part) - major features the floors the 1st "fix" the wet trades the 2nd "fix" interior design. Part 4 Completion and external aspects - completion notice beyond the threshold time for contemplation.