The Virgin Homeowner: The Essential Guide to Owning, Maintaining, and Surviving Your First Home - Hardcover

Papolos, J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393040356 ISBN 13: 9780393040357

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1997

Synopsis

Few experiences in life are more unnerving than moving into your first home. All at once you and you alone are responsible - not the landlord, the super, or the co-op board. Not only do you have to keep all systems in working order, but you have to keep potential disasters at bay. Where is a rookie homeowner to turn? To Janice Papolos and The Virgin Homeowner - a clear, authoritative, and entertaining initiation into the arcane new world of home ownership - and the only book written exclusively with the first-timer in mind. Virgin homeowners will learn all the ins and outs of such previously obscure and/or scary subjects as fire safety; the need for proper ventilation; and radon, lead, and other threats to a healthy house. In a warm and penetrating closing chapter, "Finally Home, " Papolos addresses the emotional aspects of putting down roots in a new community.

About this title

Synopsis:

An introduction to the mysteries of homeownership offers advice on such topics as plumbing and electrical systems, how to cope with termites and burglars, and childproofing a home.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393040356
• ISBN 13: 9780393040357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288