Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #217048 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

About the Author

Dan Ramsey is the author of more than 20 books for home builders and buyers, including builder's construction guides, contractor business guides, kit home construction, and homeowner remodeling and repair books. Dan also wrote two editions of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Car Care (Alpha Books). Many of his books are available on the Internet at www.MulliganPress.com. Additional resources on building your home are available at www.MulliganPress.com/byoh/.

Dan has extensive remodeling experience and has also worked as a successful real estate agent. He recently supervised the design, siting, construction, and move-in of his parents' new home in northern California.

Customer Reviews

Dean Johnson says so.
I *love* Dean Johnson's HOMETIME TV show! He makes an idiot like myself figure out how to do repair jobs around the house. Now he has a rival: Dan Ramsey, author of an idiot's guide to building a home. Dean even wrote the foreword to Dan's book! Lots of practical advice on building a new house including whether to, instead, buy a kit home or a manufactured home. Thanks Dean. Thanks Dan!

home building 101
If you plan to design and build your own home you'll need all the help you can get-and this book is a good place to start. Its set-by-step layout, highlighted notes, detailed glossary and clear illustrations make all those thousands of things you'll need to know very accessible. After reading this book, you'll have a much clearer vision of whether building your own home is a good project for you.