Design, Build & Save, An Insider's Guide to Building or Remodeling Your Own Home 

This easy-to-understand reference guide is designed to assist you, as a homeowner, in understanding the construction process from the initial design and planning through permitting, budgeting, bidding, contract negotiations, scheduling, building, and finally, completing your project. It is filled with tips, examples and helpful links to websites where you can advertise your project to qualified contractors and subcontractors, find rebates and incentives for renewable energy and much more. Included with the book are a number of downloadable forms you can use. These forms are all in their original editable formats (Microsoft Word or Excel). You will only be able to open the forms in "read only" and must save each with a new name allowing you to maintain your master copy without overwriting it.  

The accompanying Design Worksheet, is an easy-to-use spreadsheet tool to assist you in pre-designing your project before you engage the services of a plan designer or architect to ensure that not only can you afford to build your project, but that you have a clearly defined scope that includes not only the rooms, but also the specific products, features and finishes you want. If you take the time to include your specific Manufacturer, Model and Color selections, you will be able to print out the Blank Estimate Form, which includes quantities calculated by the worksheet based on your inputs, and the Project Specifications and take to contractors for preliminary bids even before you have your plans drawn up!

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