Home Builder's Planning & Management Guide

Homebuilder's Planning & Management Guide was written to help the many people intending to build their own house. This book is in response to the numerous inquiries from those individuals desiring to own their own home, but its lessons also apply to the experienced homebuilder. The book is aimed at helping the first time homebuilder who wants to be manager of his/her own building process. This guide will show you how to be in charge and how to successfully complete the home building project. As a guide, it is intended to help you through the various phases of planning and managing your home building project. Many of the author's clients have paid hundreds of dollars to be counseled in the concepts and suggestions put forward in this book. There are some advantages to constructing the house yourself. One advantage is that you, as the builder, will develop a house that you feel represents your lifestyle, your dream and your personality. Another advantage, is that you have the potential to save a substantial amount of money. By following these basic concepts, you can also save money from unintended or hidden costs that often occur during the building process. Each of the topics covered, is intended to make you aware of the building process, what it consists of and how everything is interrelated. It is not the intention of this book to try and make you a home-building expert. There are many books written on each individual topic, as well as many educational courses, in order for one to prepare to be an expert. What this book will do for you, is make you aware of the building process and aware of the questions you must ask of those people associated with this business, those people with whom you will have to work. If you are not in the business of building or construction, there are certain procedures for planning and building a house that you should learn. The book will review these procedures with you. You should be prepared to plan out your house thoroughly, or you may fin