10 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 18: Ten Common Custom-Home Mistakes and How to Avoid ’Em Designing a House Unlike Others in the Neighborhood Attempting to Build outside the Design Review Guidelines Thinking the House Will Be Worth What It Costs Paying Off the Lot Before Starting to Build Waiting for Permits to Investigate Construction Financing Applying for the Construction Loan Too Early Applying to Too Many Lenders Borrowing the Minimum to Get By Spending Your Own Money First Selling Your Existing Home Before Building the New One Chapter 19: Ten Great Ways to Lower Construction Costs Build the House That Suits the Land Make It Tall to Keep Your Budget Small Keep It Simple and Tasteful Use Design Elements to Eliminate Costly Materials Choose and Order Items in Advance Use Surplus Materials for an Old-Style Home Group Simple Windows for a Custom Look Avoid Change Orders Go Faux Get Creative Chapter 20: Ten Common Stuck-in-the-Middle Problems and Their Fixes My Home Is Behind Schedule My Construction Loan Is Expiring and the House Isn’t Complete My Contractor Wants More Money in a Fixed-Price Contract Everything Costs More Than My Budget in a Time-and-Materials Contract The Bank Won’t Fund the Draws I’m Out of Cash The House Is Having Some Engineering Problems My Contractor and I Can’t Get Along My Contractor Walked Off the Job This Project Is Breaking Up My Marriage Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Build Sustainably Making the Best Use of Your Lot Avoiding an Oversized House Planning for the Ages Making Your Landscape Earth-Friendly Using Alternative Energy Sources Going on an Energy Diet Cutting the Fumes Making Recycling Easy Using What You Have Stashing and Storing Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Custom-Home Resources Land Ho! Finding Land to Build On Finding Home Design Inspiration Decorating for the Uninitiated Building a Log or Timber Frame Home Looking for Home Plans Working with an Architect Turning to the National Association of Home Builders Getting Support if You Want to Be Your Own Builder Designing a Home with the Environment in Mind Landscaping Your Home with Native Plants
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List of Tables
1 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 Important Details to Consider
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: A house in progressive stages of construction. From site prep throu...
2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Setbacks determine the placement of your footprint, ultimately rest...
3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: This log home is made from milled logs interlocked together. FIGURE 4-2: The beauty of wood timbers is revealed in the home’s interior, wher...
4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Exposure impacts placement.
5 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Example of a floor plan. FIGURE 6-2: Example of a site plan. FIGURE 6-3: Example of an elevation drawing. FIGURE 6-4: This electrical plan shows the electrician where to wire the house ...FIGURE 6-5: Each box explains to the sub specifically how to construct an indiv...FIGURE 6-6: Story poles are required in some cases to let neighbors know how yo...
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