How to Afford Your Own Log Home, 5th: Save 25 Percent without Lifting a Log by Carl Heldmann

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How to Afford Your Own Log Home, 5th: Save 25 Percent without Lifting a Log
by Carl Heldmann

Paperback: 128 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.31 x 10.90 x 8.52
Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr; 5th edition (June 2002)
ISBN: 0762722495

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Book Description: This completely updated fifth edition tells you everything you need to know to get the log home of your dreams at an affordable price. Learn how to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of your mortgage, or get a larger home for what you budgeted, and save 25 percent off your construction and site-preparation costs. Sixteen pages of full-color photos give you a sampling of today's log home styles and sizes. Use this guide to: select the ideal log home kit for your space and design requirements; buy land at the best price and with the fewest restrictions; learn about general contracting and management skills you already possess; obtain a construction loan as well as mortgage financing; estimate your costs accurately to avoid unpleasant surprises; find the best suppliers and get great discounts; choose reliable subcontractors and schedule their work; get help and advice from log home manufacturers. Inside you'll find a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, along with a glossary of construction terms and sample forms and contracts for every phase of the project. (8 1/2 x 11, 96 pages, color photos, sample forms)

Customer Reviews
How To Afford Your Own Log Home, March 11, 2002
Reviewer: A reader from grand rapids, michigan United States
this book was an excellent reference for us in our search for a log home and gave great information on what was necessary to get the job done! give it a try if you have always wanted rustic living at its best!

The title is misleading., April 2, 2000
Reviewer: A reader from Upland, CA
Instead of "How to Afford," the title should be "How to Build." The book offers suggested contracts for construction, price and fee contracts, a materials description sheet, certificate of insurance, etc. It is very thorough in what the log home builder will need to do it themselves, but since I'm not a do-it-yourselfer it really wasn't what I was looking for.

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