Publisher's Synopsis
Having a new home built just the way you want it can be a joy-once you avoid the pitfalls and there are plenty of pitfalls to avoid. That's why I wrote this home building guidebook. I want to help deserving people avoid the pitfalls by mobilizing some experience and placing some building sense at their disposal. I began designing homes in 1970. I started building them in 1974. Over the years, I learned a lot about building. I'm well regarded as a designer and have designed hundreds of homes since 1970. I benefit from an ability of what I call technical art and I treat my homes, as an art form. There really isn't much difference between how an artist paints a painting (something I dabble in) or a home designer (before the advent of computers and computer assisted design software) draws a home. That's how I approach my design work-as a work of art. I have briefly told you about myself to the lay groundwork for what I have said in this booklet, for the more you trust my abilities the more you will trust what I have to say.
