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Kit Homes: Your Guide to Home-Building Options, from Catalogs to Factories

$16.95

Format: Trade Paperback
146 pages
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: July 2006
ISBN-10: 0762731419
ISBN-13: 9780762731411

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Kit homes, encompassing modular, manufactured, pre-fab, and factory-built houses, can offer the prospective home-buyer more design flexibility, lower costs, and a wider range of location choices than 'site' or 'stick-built' homes. This book is a roadmap for anyone interested in building a kit home. It compares the wide range of options available, from ordering house plans to be used for a materials purchase, to ordering complete house kits, to purchasing factory-built homes. There are tools for identifying the buyer's specific wants and needs, and for assessing affordability and financing options. And there is detailed information and a wealth of tips on the construction process itself, from finding the best building site to warranties and maintenance for the finished home. Lists of suppliers, a glossary of terms, recommended readings, and a set of helpful worksheets round out this completely useful and accessible manual.
A complete guide for homeowners interested in purchasing and constructing a kit house