Download or read book The Self Builder s Guide To The Construction Phase written by VINCE. HOLDEN and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from The Self-Builders Guide To Project Management, this book addresses works during the build phase, providing you with practical every-day, guidance and information.You will learn the skills required to understand and manage the procedures and people involved, written with easily understood wording, covering all aspects during the construction process.With the knowledge gathered from this book, you will be able to see your project take shape right before your eyes, knowing that all bases are covered and you have controlled the perfect build.The Self-Builders Guide to The Construction Phase fully explains the process stage by stage, and will ensure that you create your dream home with confidence.
Download or read book How to Project Manage Your Self build Home written by Niclas Kingston and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to self-build your own home as a project manager! The reader be guided you through the planning phase of the house project, which is very important in order to create a precise budget and time schedule for the self-build house project. It will also help the reader understand how to deal with risk and quality. But more importantly, help the reader understand and adopt the required mindset, so the reader can behave and act accordingly towards the people who will get involved in the project, such as family, architect, interior designer, construction contractor, plumber, electrician, landscaper. As a result, the family will be in sound mind and health while progressing through this venture.The book also provides a source of templates, which will be very useful when planning the project and setting up a time schedule and budget."A project should be filled with excitement and joy!"// Mr. Kingston
Download or read book The Self Builder s Guide to Project Management written by Vince Holden and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Self-Builders Guide to Project Management. Practical advice compiled from over 40 years of construction experience. More and more people are contemplating building their dream home. The purpose of this book is to present the principles and techniques of practical construction project management, beginning with the Pre-Construction phase through coordination of design and then on through to prepare you for the Construction phase. Written from the constructor's perspective, with useful advice, this book will familiarize you with construction management fundamentals and provide you with the everyday knowledge required to develop, plan and manage your project. The Self-Builders Guide to Project Management explains the process stage by stage, and is designed to help you turn your dream into reality.
Download or read book The Pocket Guide to Building Your Own Home written by David Snell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of thousands of us renovate, convert, extend and improve our homes each year, and one-third of all new detached homes are self-built. If you're looking to build your own property from scratch or work on your existing home, this is the book for you. Home building expert, and bestselling author David Snell draws on his expertise and personal experiences of building his own bungalow to bring together the essential information that you need when building your property. Covering everything from budgeting and finance, to evaluating the land and dealing with suppliers this comprehensive guide takes you through the basics to ensure that you are well-equipped to deal with any challenges or problems that may arise. Fully up-to-date and packed with authoritative advice, this practical handbook is essential reading for everyone from those building their own home, to anyone planning some home improvements.
Download or read book Building Your Own Home written by Tony Booth and published by How To Books Ltd. This book was released on 2003 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Self build written by Julian Owen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve ever dreamt of designing and building your own home, this book is for you. Becoming a ‘self-builder’ doesn’t necessarily mean learning to build a house physically from scratch. Anyone can be a self-builder – you can do so without ever having to lay a brick yourself. Self-built homes can also be more individual, better designed and more economical than buying from a developer. This book is designed for homeowners and self-builders, whether aspiring or on the brink of starting a project. It provides a jargon-free, step-by-step guide to the process of designing and building your own home, distilling all of the practical information needed to make your dream house a reality. Carefully crafted to offer friendly, easy-to-understand practical guidance and packed with watch points, hints and tips, it also highlights the potential pitfalls and suggests ways of avoiding them. Including indications of costs and timescales, Self-build demystifies the process of budgeting, finding a site, gaining planning permission, designing your home and all of the surrounding issues to do with sustainability, planning, regulations, procurement and the use of building contracts. Beautifully illustrated with over 230-colour photos, diagrams and plans, it provides all the inspiration and ideas you need to bring your own project to life. Featured houses include: Amphibious House by Baca Architects Corten Courtyard House by Barefoot Architects Haringey Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects Shawm House by Mawson Kerr Architects Sussex House by Wilkinson King Architects The Pocket House by Tikari Works Architects.
Download or read book Self Build Manual written by Ian Alistair Rock and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us would love to design and build our own home. In fact, more people than ever are doing precisely this. But how exactly do you go about it? How much of the building work should you do yourself? This manual explains the entire process in plain English, backed up with hundreds of color photos showing real self-build projects taking shape. Each chapter is devoted to a key stage of the build from the foundations right through to snagging and completion. Whether you tackle some of the works yourself, or employ architects and contractors, this step-by-step guide will show you how to stay firmly in control, get to grips with the latest planning and building regulations, and complete your project on time and within budget.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Building Your Own Home written by Dan Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start with a strong foundation. With even more instructions and illustrations, this revised and updated edition offers clear and concise guidance on every step of home building, from figuring a budget to finding labor and materials to all aspects of construction. This book answers every question readers have about building their own residence—and a few questions they may not have considered. • Contains a visual dictionary of new construction terms and home components • Fully illustrated with step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions • Sample bid forms, general contractor agreements, and legal advice on building codes and permits • Includes information on working with architects and drawing up your own plans
Download or read book American Home Builders Guide to Building Costs written by Eoin Doyle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EIGHT THINGS THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE1. Cost plan during the early stages of the of a project ensuring that the self-home builder, architect, building contractor and client achieves the best possible value for money and ensuring the building cost is kept within budget.2. Prepare approximate estimates of cost in the very early stages of design.3. Providing costs on alternative materials and types of construction.4. Guide to examining tenders and building prices received.5. Negotiating rates and prices with contractors.6. Valuing work as it progresses and making intermediate payments.7. Assessing the cost of design changes and contractors claims.8. Preparing a Final Account and making the final payment upon completion.
Download or read book 151 Things Every Self Builder Should Know written by Barry SUTCLIFFE and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** SPECIAL OPENING OFFER PRICE: £13.99 (SAVE £5 ON FULL PRICE). NEW FOR SUMMER 2020: 151 THINGS EVERY SELF-BUILDER SHOULD KNOW. From cover to cover, this uniquely informative, eye opening book is packed full of facts, figures, advice, hints, tips, ideas, anecdotes, personal experience, contacts, and plenty of important warnings, all related to the exciting, daunting, addictive world that is SELF-BUILD. Written by Barry Sutcliffe (author of Self-Build Simplified), From beginning to end, across 151 concise, fact and information driven sections, it sets out to pass on to the reader, knowledge and experience gained by the author, during more than four decades working as a Project Manager in the UK Commercial, Residential and Self-Build Construction Industries (including completing five of his own self-build projects). Each section deals with a different aspect of the self-build process, from the first tentative steps researching the subject, asking questions, and formulating a plan of action, through to moving into your completed new home and claiming back the VAT. Written in a simple, friendly and easy to follow style, most sections should take just a few minutes to read, but the information, experience, and knowledge you will access during those few minutes could help you to better understand your own project and the self-build industry as a whole, simplify and speed up the design and planning phases, and manage your time and budget more efficiently. It could also help you to make more informed choices on a wide range of related subjects, shorten build times, reduce build costs and notice potential problems before they occur, helping to reduce your stress levels leading up to and during the build. Extra features include: 1) The author has published his personal email address at the back of the book, allowing readers to make contact directly, to ask questions, make comments, or offer suggestions. 2) Readers can book a "Consultation Day" with the author, where they can discuss and investigate their own active, or proposed projects. 3) Over 200 self-build relevant contacts are included at the back of the book, covering many sectors of the industry. There is no other publication that approaches the subject of Self-Build in such an enlightening and forthright manner. Once you have read the book, keeping it with you day to day will allow it to help you navigate your way through this wonderful, but challenging adventure.
Download or read book The Self build Book written by Jon Broome and published by Green Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to enjoy designing and building your own home. Gives inspiration and practical information, gives a practical guide to organising a project which covers land, finance and misc. help.
Download or read book Self Build Simplified written by Barry Sutcliffe and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-08 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by "GRAND DESIGNS" Self Build Expert Barry Sutcliffe, this book sets about debunking the myths and revealing the hidden and often surprising secrets of the UK's self build industry. Over its 16 chapters and 550 pages it turns the industry upside down and shakes it until all the rubbish, the unnecessary and the inappropriate falls out. As it does so, it helps to create for the reader, a much clearer and less intimidating picture of what self build is actually all about. Allowing each individual to make informed decisions on "when, if and how" they should consider taking on their own project. In a straightforward, but easy to read style, it explores and explains all the important parts of the process, including: Would a self-build a good idea for you, either now or in the future? - What could you afford to build? - How can you find and buy good quality land at lower prices than most others pay for poorer plots? - How you can save 1,000's by actually designing your own home? - How to give yourselves the best chance of securing planning permission. - What building method would be best for you? - How to manage your project. - How building quickly can save you money. - How to avoid the pitfalls, the traps and the mistakes. The book's author is a well-known and well respected self build expert, with over 30 years of both housing and commercial site management experience. Barry's "no-nonsense" approach has seen him working with "Homebuilding and Renovating" magazine as self-build expert at their live shows. He was also part of Coalition Government's "Self Build Working Group" in 2011, where his ideas and knowledge helped to formulate governments latest UK self-build policy (published in 2012). Over 35 years' worth of unique and invaluable building experience and knowledge has been condensed into this book, with the aim of guiding you, the self builder on to a path where, maybe sooner than you think possible, achieving both your potential and your goals, could become a reality. Whether or not you are involved in the building industry, before you take on a self-build project, you should read this book."
Download or read book The New Home Builder written by Paul Hymers and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the essential guide for anyone building their own home. It contains clear, concise advice and informative diagrams that will help at every stage of the process, from financing the building to choosing fittings.
Download or read book Before You Build written by Robert Roskind and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: House construction or house purchase, for most people, is the largest single expenditure made in a lifetime. This book provides the essential tool owner-builders have needed as a comprehensive guidebook and housebuilding checklist based on the experience of the recognised leaders in the field of "hands on" education in the country -- The Owner Builder Center in Berkeley, California.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home written by Kent Lester and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Save 30% on home construction! Whether you want to take on all the responsibility of contracting your home or simply want to intelligently communicate with your homebuilder, The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home can help you save 30% or more on the cost of home construction by teaching you the ins and outs of managing your construction project. Learn how to get your project off to a solid start. Get financial and legal details in language you can understand. Learn what to consider when selecting a lot and how to deal with suppliers, labor and subcontractors. Gain understanding of building codes and inspections so you can manage with authority, confidence, and efficiency. This extensive guide walks you through each phase of construction including preconstruction, foundations, framing, roofing, plumbing, electrical, masonry, siding, insulation, drywall, trim, painting, cabinetry, countertops, flooring, tile and landscaping. Completely revised and updated, this edition includes a new section on sustainable building as well as the most comprehensive building resources section ever compiled. You'll find schedules, order forms, control logs, contracts and checklists to help keep your project on track.
Download or read book All about Selfbuild written by Robert Matthews and published by Blackberry Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Guide to Real Estate Investing written by Samuel Blankson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever wanted to know how to make money from realestate but could never find one source that listed and explained all the different options available to you, then your search is over. This book covers over 20 different ways of investing into real estate. You will find the authors style easy to understand and very practical. The section on self build is so indepth that after reading it you will actually know how to build a house from scratch, and the section on REITs, Indexes and REIT Options will leave your mind boggling at the potential profits available to you. This book also covers the conventional and popular methods of real estate investing. So whether you want to learn to develop property projects, build your own home or simply rent a room in your house, this book will help you maximise your success and avoid the pitfalls.
