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Building Your Own Home: The Essential Guide to Anyone Wanting to Build a Home for Themselves (Paperback)

by Murray Armor (Author), David Snell (Author, Editor)

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Paperback: 340 pages
Publisher: Ebury Press; 16th Revised edition edition (6 May 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0091869439
ISBN-13: 978-0091869434

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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[This] informative book manages to combine masses of information with a light touch...Hugely helpful and intelligent. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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"Covers every subject a self-builder needs to be aware of...for practical advice I can't recommend this book enough" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive manual for the aspirant self-builder, 18 Aug 2001

By	Roland Hanbury (London, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Certain fields of endeavour seem to have a book that is "the definitive guide." This appears to be the one for self-building in the UK. Now in the sixteenth edition, the book covers everything from finding, evaluating and buying a site through all the aspects of designing a house, dealing with planning and building regulations and managing the project. It is written in a wonderfully clear style and is larded with real case studies illustrated with diagrams and colour photographs. It is also full of useful contacts and references to other sources of information. I would also recommend this book to anyone who is building a large extension.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any first time self builder, 13 April 2002

By	alanhomerj@aol.com (Milton Keynes, UK) - See all my reviews

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Anybody who is contemplating building their own house should read this first, there is a broad overview of the whole process and advise on many difficult decisions, it also answers many of the questions that whose (me) with no knowledge need answered. The book is easy to read and flows well from section to section, an index makes referring back simple, something you will want to do both as you read the book the first time and as reference afterwards. Probably the best book you can buy on the subject

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2.0 out of 5 stars Basic background (non-practical) book on building., 30 Oct 2001

By	Rick Hughes - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...It gives almost no practical advice on how to build your own home, which is in direct contradiction of the title.

It gives case studies and details of how to organise and manage, but on a very superficial level .... a bit like the Blue Peter approach. i.e. here is one I did earlier .... tempting you with the finished product but giving no real help or ideas in how to achieve it.
On almost every page Murray mentions how much was saved by a particular self build, or cost per sq. ft ...... but if you think this book will help you achieve this you'll be disappointed.
There are some sample plans which give ideas, and sample specifications and costings that helped bring out the details a bit.
Maybe worth considering if you want a background book to see if you want to dip your toe into the self build game.
It is also now out of date with modern energy conscious design requirements.

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