Wanting to Build Or Renovate Your Home, But Don’t Know Where To Start? This Book Is For You! 

An Introduction to Building and Renovating Houses - Volume 1 Hiring Contractors, Managing Construction and Finishing Your Home

By Paul Netscher
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Everyone is looking for a home renovation guide and improvement ideas. We all undertake home improvement projects from small changes to major home renovations or makeovers, with some embarking on building a new home. This home renovation guide will help you build your dream home without mistakes.  

Building or renovating a house should be exciting. It will be challenging, but it will end successfully if planned correctly. Building a home or renovating a home is going to be one of the largest investments you make – both emotionally and financially, so it’s important to get it right. The last thing you want is a project that is riddled with errors, pitfalls and spiralling costs due to incompetent building contractors and poor construction management.

Successful home renovation can also be a demanding process, requiring strict management to ensure that your budget remains intact and that the home design you envisaged comes to fruition in a timely and cost-effective manner.

“An Introduction to Building and Renovating Houses” aims to ensure that you are properly prepared when it comes time to build or renovate your home whether you are employing a building contractor or doing the construction yourself.

With 30 years’ experience in the construction management industry, author of several acclaimed construction management books and a home owner, my vast amount of insights, ideas and knowledge has been compiled into a home building guide to give the reader an in-depth understanding as to the elements required for a successful home construction project. This home renovation and home building guide also includes practical tips to teach you what to lookout for during the build and renovation process, helping to save you thousands and avoid problems.

CHAPTERS INCLUDE
  • The who’s who and who will be part of your home building project
  • Building & Renovate your home
  • Home renovation guide
  • Deciding what construction management help you need
  • What to take into account with home renovations
  • Building processes and what you should know
  • What to consider when doing the building work yourself
  • Finding the building contractor and what to look out for before accepting their price
  • How to avoid cost increases and ensure that your home building project remains within budget
  • Managing the project and your building contractors
  • A comprehensive checklist of things to look for before accepting the home as being complete from your building contractor
  • Legal and financial considerations.
  • Some common home building  problems and how you can avoid them.
  • A comprehensive checklist of all the costs you should consider when preparing the budget for your home improvement Australia project
  • Understanding your rights and obligations

Home build projects are different, we all have different requirements and we have differing building skills and construction management abilities. There is no perfect solution for everyone, so I present diverse construction options and solutions with their pros and cons so that you can make the best decisions for you, your family, and your new home.
Armed with the knowledge in this book , a successful home renovation or home construction project can be achieved. 

KEY FEATURES
The key features of this book Build and Renovate Your Home are;
  • Written by a construction professional with 30 years’ experience and author of several construction management books
  • Written in an easy-to-read style
  • Home building guide
  • Numerous practical, real world examples of build & renovating your home
  • Identifies the traps and pitfalls that can easily be avoided building and renovating your home
  • Extensive checklists to monitor every phase of your home construction project
  • Learn what to look for when selecting your building contractor, including important questions to ask your contractor
  • Valuable home improvement and home design insights whether you are employing construction contractors or doing the building work yourself
  • Guidelines for home construction management
  • Tips on managing your home building and renovation project and how to ensure contractual and financial obligations are met
  • The rights and obligations of you, your building contractor, the designer and your project manager. Learn what everyone’s responsible for
  • A chapter dedicated to common home construction problems and how you can avoid them
  • ​Advice for those executing the construction work themselves
  • Know what to look for when following a home renovation guide
  • Checklist of all the costs involved with a home improvement project
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Reviews of An Introduction to Building and Renovating Houses Vol 1

​"Great for those that DIY. Very helpful in home renovations!" (Reader Amazon.com)*****