Planning Your Addition - Softcover

Germer, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880029995 ISBN 13: 9781880029992

Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press,U.S., 1997

Synopsis

"Planning Your Addition" is an information-packed decision-making book that will prove to be valuable to anyone who is considering building an addition. The book's wonderful illustrations and photos will attract anyone who picks it up. Readers will learn about the basics for designing their own addition. The book also explains the roles of the architect, designer, builder, and subcontractors who will work on the addition. In all, it will turn its readers into informed consumers who can really talk to the professionals involved in their project. Its entertaining, informative writing will encourage homeowners to read it cover to cover.

About this title

Review:

"It is a book to use in planning ahead for your addition... The book has more than 180 color illustrations. Detailed architectural plans show how a house is assembled and what is involved in adding on. More than 100 photos explore design ideas that you can use as a starting point in planning an addition with an architect or builder."Source: Sara Pitzer," Salisbury Post"August 2, 1998

From the Back Cover:

Planning Your Addition  Building an addition to your home is an adventure marked by hundreds of decisions. If you go ahead with this project, you'll spend more money than you've spent on anything else, except buying the house itself. Naturally, you'll want to do your homework before you get started.

Planning Your Addition gathers all that homework into one place. You'll begin by visiting six successful examples. You'll discover how the homeowners decided what they wanted and how they went about getting it. Then you'll learn about the basics for designing your own addition.

Planning Your Addition explains the roles of the architect, designer, builder, and subcontractors who will work on the addition you plan to build. Straightforward, easy-to-understand language and more than 280 full-color illustrations and photos show you the ins and outs of successfully grafting onto the structure of a house. You'll learn the pros and cons of all the systems and materials you can choose. In all, Planning Your Addition will make you an informed consumer who can really talk to the professionals involved in your project.

· Learn the basics for planning and designing your own addition

· Over 300 color illustrations show you how to successfully blend the new structure with your home

· Choose the materials and products that best fit your addition

· Tips for working with professionals involved with the project

About this edition

• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1880029995
• ISBN 13: 9781880029992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176