How To Add an Addition or Do Major Remodeling to your Home

How to remodel at Lower Cost 

 "This is not a can of beans you are buying. You can't take the addition back to the contractor & request a refund!"

Homeowners are paying too much to add to their home

It was unsettling to see homeowners fumbling around as they were investing a large sum of money. I know they were because I watched them.  I have built every type of home addition you can imagine & observed them for 25 years. I saw them stumbling around in a subject they new almost nothing about. Homeowners understand a lot about buying food, clothing, automobiles & a host of other consumer goods but they know very little about buying home additions.

Homeowners are at a big disadvantage.

Jewelry dealers, art dealers, fur dealers to name a few have built up a reputation of trust. You can usually rely on a jewelers diamond recommendation & you can believe a furrier when he tells you that the coat is worth the asking price. You can see it, touch it & try it on. You know what you are buying & confident that the price is fair.

Home additions do not come in a box all wrapped up & ready to live in. You cannot see it, touch it or use it until finished. Each one is custom made to your order & the number of choices that make up the addition are staggering. Trying to get the most for your money is a very difficult thing to do but I will make it a lot easier.

Why I wrote the books

I created these books for homeowners so they can get a better deal from the contractor, have a better looking addition. When finished the new addition will have added maximum value to your house. I wrote the books because I think I have information that will help the homeowner. There are 10 books to choose from:

Now you can look over the shoulder of a retired contractor & see how contractors charge out your addition without you being aware of what's going on.                                                             

Here are 5 reasons why you can rely on what I say

1. I am a former owner of a home remodeling business. (The business is still flourishing) For 25 years I sold, supervised & office managed over 1000 home additions.

2. I have been in over 5000 homes giving homeowners estimated costs for their planned home addition & smaller remodeling. That means I have met with over 10,000 individuals to discuss their home remodeling plans. 

3. I have built every type of home addition you can imagine.....and I have never built the same addition twice. That's because each homeowner makes their own individual choices and they are never the same as the last addition.

4. I have enough experience to know what I am talking about. Homeowners insist on buying one of the biggest purchase of their lives without knowing what they are buying.....or not buying. They try to learn but they do not know how to ask the right questions. They wind up making poor choices in elements of the addition or choose the wrong contractor. They pay too much for what they receive. Too often they are disappointed with the final results after spending very large sums of money.

5. Finally, I have no axe to grind. I am not trying to sell you a room addition. I have no reason to steer you wrong. I am retired & my home remodeling selling days are over. My only purpose is to help you through the maze of critical choices that have to be made & to save you money & aggrevation when building your room addition.

Here is a quick list of some of the benefits you will find inside the books:

	Learn how to plan your addition Want your addition built in less time with less mess?
	Learn how to design the addition It's easy & fun & will give you many good ideas
	Learn how to receive the best price from contractors There is a way to get the best price....everytime. I'll show you how
	Learn how to add more footage for little expense Additional footage can be bought cheap, if you know how
	Learn the insider info on how the contractors work I'll reveal many methods & tricks used by contractors to gain extra profit
	Learn how to choose your contractor This might be the most important decision you make. I'll show you how
	Learn about contract deposits & payment schedules No need to layout a bunch of money up front
	Learn how to avoid "Extras' A small goldmine for contractors. Learn how to avoid them (I mean the extras)
	Learn to avoid mistakes that cost others thousands of dollars every day What the books are all about
	Learn the biggest mistake homeowners make when adding to their house Easily the biggest mistake made, and for no good reason
	Learn the best way to choose the additions' components You have hundreds of options. I'll make it  much easier for you
	Learn how to buy only what you want & eliminate the unnecessary expense Stop buying costly items that you really do not need

After reading any one of these books you will learn how to add more value to a home & save at least few thousand dollars

ReaderTestimonials

If I were you, this is the way I would plan & design my home addition. If I were you, this is the method I would use to hire a contractor to build my addition. After watching people fumble their way through the remodeling process for 25 years I can tell you this. You can do much better. If you follow my advice, you will.

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For those using a contractor:
First Floor Additions
Dormer Additions
Second Story Additions
over the Garage
Garage Conversions

For Do-it Yourselfers:
DIY -How Dormers are built
DIY -Do-it-yourself home additions
DIY -Garage Conversion
DIY -Kitchen Remodeling
DIY -Bathroom Remodeling

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