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Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property./
Author:	Hodgkinson, Liz.
Description:	1 online resource (240 pages)
Subject:	Dwellings. -
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ISBN:	9780749451240

Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property.
Hodgkinson, Liz.

Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (240 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 Preparation -- 1 Is it worth it? -- The true cost of renovation -- The state of the property market -- Is it a good investment? -- Developing or renovating your own home -- Buying to let -- Raising the finance -- 'Staging' the property -- Conclusions -- 2 Getting started -- The builder-client relationship -- How much do builders and other tradespeople charge? -- Be aware of the size and scope of the job -- Planning permission and other consents -- Buying a property to renovate or improve -- Where do you find good builders? -- 3 The professionals -- An architect -- A landscape gardener -- A structural engineer -- A project manager -- A surveyor -- An interior designer -- An electrician and plumber -- A tiler -- A plasterer -- A bricklayer -- A carpenter or joiner -- A painter or decorator -- Other trades -- Conclusion -- Your relationship with the builders or professionals -- Part 2 Achieving successful transformations -- 4 Kitchens and bathrooms -- Kitchens -- Bathrooms -- Selling on -- 5 Adding on - conversions,conservatories and extensions -- Extending outwards -- Loft conversions -- Basement conversions -- Garages -- Does the addition add on value? -- Financing the addition -- Renovation insurance -- Windows -- Energy efficiency -- 6 Renovations and restorations -- The right builders -- Planning permission -- Developing for profit? -- Finding and financing the right place -- Listed building consent -- Conservation areas -- Noise and noise prevention -- Money matters -- The process -- Conversions -- 7 Self-build -- Michael Jordan's experience -- When is a self-build not a self-build? -- Planning permission -- The utilities -- The plots -- Skills needed -- Bungalow gobbling -- Barn conversions -- Timber frame houses -- Self-build for profit? -- 8 Finishing touches -- Doors -- Windows.

The Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property helps readers make the right decision about every aspect of property improvement - what is worth the effort and what will be a good investment. Informative and enjoyable, it provides expert advice on a wealth of topics, including arranging the finances, finding a good builder, project management and planning regulations. Whether you are planning to undertake major renovation work, home improvements, conversions, or even build a house yourself, this practical book is essential reading. Full of eye-opening real-life stories and a resource section filled with useful addresses and websites, anyone facing the minefield of home improvement will find this book indispensable.

ISBN: 9780749451240Subjects--Topical Terms:

864813
Dwellings.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TH4817.3 .H55 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 643.7;690/.80286

Complete Guide to Renovating and Improving Your Property.
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505 8 $a Blinds and curtains -- Flooring -- Fireplaces -- Lighting and other electrical considerations -- Painting and decorating -- Wallpaper and other decorative features -- Shelving and storage -- Dressing and staging -- Conclusion -- Directory -- Index -- Index of advertisers.
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