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The Housebuilder's Bible: An Insider's Guide to the Construction Jungle, 7th Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Construction Jungle (7th Edition)
by: Mark Brinkley

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780954867447
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 0954867440
Label: Ovolo
Manufacturer: Ovolo
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: November 01, 2006
Publisher: Ovolo
Studio: Ovolo
Sales Rank: 1892

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- brilliant
this is a great book, so much useful information in there. in my opinion theres already enough good reviews to convince one to buy it, so theres not really much to add.
although its important to know, this doesn't tell you practical skills, 'how-to's like roofing, plumbing etc. its more about prices of materials verses labour, explains the ins and outs of employing an architect to design for you, explains how to deal with building regulations, that kind of thing.
VERY useful
paris

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- Remove any Donald Rumsfeld from your life
The ex-Secretary of Defense is now most famous for his quote about knowledge. "...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know."
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When I started thinking about renovating my house and building an extension I had very few known knowns. After using the Housebuilder's Bible as a guide I now have no unknown unknowns and very few known unknowns. I and know how to know those.

So, if you're building or thinking of building and you feel an outbreak of Donald Rumsfeld is imminent; buy this book !

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- Essential reading for self-builders and project managers
Despite having no previous building experience, we have been building and/or project managing the build of our house for the past 2 years: see www.timval.com for a diary of the build.

Mark Brinkley's Housebuilder's Bible has proven to be invaluable. It provided us with sufficient technical information to allow us to select, negotiate with, and manage our architect and tradesmen. It gives realistic estimates of the main costs incurred, and highlights the potential pitfalls of self-building or project managing a build.

There are many books available which delve further into the technical aspects of building, but none draw together the essential points from design to finishes in such a clear and practical way.
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- Easily the best self-build book I have read
I have been interested in building my own house for at least 20 years and in that time I have read many books and countless magazine articles on the subject. Initially, most of the stuff I could find was american - often inspiring and very much geared to hands on do-it-yorself types but so far removed from the reality of building in bureaucratic Britain as to be almost useless. I have read books recently, written in this country, of a much more sober sort. They are often written by architects and, although many contain excellent advice on planning and contracts and garantees, there is often surprisingly little about the actual building process.

Mark Brinkley's book is different. It is immediately clear that this is written by a ... Read More:

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- Top Notch
I have Mark's previous version of this book, all I can say is it is excellent. It gives all the information a prospective house builder will need. It is a real eye opener but like Mark says don't let the book put you off the idea.

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