Bob Vila's Guide to Buying Your Dream House

by Bob Vila

Overview

Host of This Old House on PBS, Bob Vila takes novice and experienced homeowners through the process of finding and purchasing the perfect home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316902915
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	02/02/1990
Series:	Bob Vila's Guide to Buying Your Dream House Ser. , #1
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	283
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

Editorial Reviews

This is something of a departure for the former host of PBS's This Old House , who is better known for his advice on fixing houses than for buying them. Thus, while the physical qualities of the would-be ``dream house'' are nicely covered in the several chapters on house inspection, the real value of the book is in Vila's explication of the arcane processes related to purchase and finance. These include working with a broker; shopping for a mortgage; making the offer (and negotiating the best price); and surviving the curious ritual of the closing. Throughout, Vila is more cautionary than most writers when considering the true costs of home ownership. He sees the days of speculative real estate investment as mostly over. A house, he says, is to be lived in and enjoyed. A good guide for the first-time home buyer and recommended for most public libraries.-- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.

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