Home Improvement: Six Steps to Saving Money Before Taking the Big Plunge

Home Improvement: Six Steps to Saving Money Before Taking the Big Plunge

by Lynnette Hartwig
Home Improvement: Six Steps to Saving Money Before Taking the Big Plunge

Home Improvement: Six Steps to Saving Money Before Taking the Big Plunge

by Lynnette Hartwig

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Overview

Thinking about adding on? Renovating? New kitchen? Dormer? Peek behind the curtain of the construction industry. If you're a landlord, house flipper, or property manager, this book is even more valuable.
The six chapters here are a few select excerpts from the book "Contractor Heaven" which focus on mainly larger projects. The full book offers more detailed help with under-three-day projects as well as large, and also contains a section with dozens of free or low cost design features to ask for during the work, enhancing your daily enjoyment forever.
Contents:
1. Why Asking for 30% off—and Getting It—Means You’re Still Being Overcharged
2. Five Little-Known Truths about Contractors
3. Renovate, Add On, or Move?
4. Being Your Own General Contractor
5. The Building Inspector
6. Buying Components Yourself
When hiring contractors, be brave, have self-confidence and wear the cloak of your authority. Don't waste your time reading about projects gone into the ditch; learn how to keep yours on the road.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940046187755
Publisher: Lynnette Hartwig
Publication date: 09/18/2014
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 365,362
File size: 257 KB

About the Author

Lynnette Hartwig lives in Westford, Massachusetts, and has worked as an Engineer and Project Manager for ahem years. She started her career as the first woman Journeyman Toolmaker in Wisconsin. Later she served as a Habitat for Humanity crew lead, mostly renovating old homes. In addition to fixing up four homes herself, she has managed buildings and grounds projects for her employers and condo association. As an engineer she performed cost estimating for clients and wrote dozens of Requests for Quote for equipment, additions and repairs.
She has been involved with mechanics, repairs, and home improvement her whole working life. Currently she runs a technical writing business, Current Tech, specializing in industrial and QA documentation and marketing materials for job shops/ tradesmen.

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