--- product_id: 37681300 title: "The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction" price: "€ 59.03" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/37681300-the-complete-guide-to-contracting-your-home-a-step-by store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction **Price:** € 59.03 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction - **How much does it cost?** € 59.03 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/37681300-the-complete-guide-to-contracting-your-home-a-step-by) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction [Lester, Kent, McGuerty, Dave] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction Review: Complete, Easy to Understand Summarization and of How to Contract Your Own Home Sequentially - Fantastic work authored in the 5th Edition book by the experts and professionals, Kent Lester and Dave McGuerty! You both hit the nail on the head! This is exactly what I would expect from a book, particularly a residential contracting book! This book presents very thorough, sequential, orderly, detailed, and easy to understand, step-by-step plans that are beneficial to anyone in the rough, general process of building, but especially helpful to the beginning contractor. I would say this book definitely sums up the most complete, significant basics, at a minimum, that are vital to any home being contracted. The book also shows how to inspect during the process of construction, even if you don't swing a hammer! Resources of where to find information are made apparent along with major building supply companies for each room of the house, masterplan checklist of where to begin, plan checklist, contract, and agreement, are located in the appendix of the book. There are lots of specialty books on the market of how to do certain things in construction, but this book summarizes and compiles it. I'm not a contractor myself and have never contracted any type of structure being built, but I find this field highly interesting and motivating. I enjoy picking out building materials, fixtures, finishes, working with numbers, and estimating costs, etc. The whole nine yards is presented from the building lot, foundation, framing, roofing, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, painting, trimwork, cabinetry, countertops, flooring, landscaping, and decks, etc. Well worth purchasing this book, even if you're only merely thinking about contracting and maybe not yet ready to actually build a home. I highly recommend anyone read this book, particularly if you're curious about the overall, general process of the contracting, building, and construction industry! Review: Fabulous Resource! - I read many books while preparing for my build and is by far the best. Very complete, easy to follow, lots of illustrations and pics, a glossary, very logical, etc. Just a great book! No fluff, no wasted time. Highly, highly recommend! john ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #43,933 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Contracting How-to & Home Improvement #10 in House Plans #36 in Home Design & Construction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (674) | | Dimensions | 8.27 x 0.87 x 10.87 inches | | Edition | Fifth | | ISBN-10 | 1440346011 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1440346019 | | Item Weight | 2.78 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 368 pages | | Publication date | January 12, 2017 | | Publisher | Krause Publications | ## Images ![The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81hTlNXFL+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Complete, Easy to Understand Summarization and of How to Contract Your Own Home Sequentially *by B***Y on May 19, 2020* Fantastic work authored in the 5th Edition book by the experts and professionals, Kent Lester and Dave McGuerty! You both hit the nail on the head! This is exactly what I would expect from a book, particularly a residential contracting book! This book presents very thorough, sequential, orderly, detailed, and easy to understand, step-by-step plans that are beneficial to anyone in the rough, general process of building, but especially helpful to the beginning contractor. I would say this book definitely sums up the most complete, significant basics, at a minimum, that are vital to any home being contracted. The book also shows how to inspect during the process of construction, even if you don't swing a hammer! Resources of where to find information are made apparent along with major building supply companies for each room of the house, masterplan checklist of where to begin, plan checklist, contract, and agreement, are located in the appendix of the book. There are lots of specialty books on the market of how to do certain things in construction, but this book summarizes and compiles it. I'm not a contractor myself and have never contracted any type of structure being built, but I find this field highly interesting and motivating. I enjoy picking out building materials, fixtures, finishes, working with numbers, and estimating costs, etc. The whole nine yards is presented from the building lot, foundation, framing, roofing, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, painting, trimwork, cabinetry, countertops, flooring, landscaping, and decks, etc. Well worth purchasing this book, even if you're only merely thinking about contracting and maybe not yet ready to actually build a home. I highly recommend anyone read this book, particularly if you're curious about the overall, general process of the contracting, building, and construction industry! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fabulous Resource! *by J***R on February 17, 2025* I read many books while preparing for my build and is by far the best. Very complete, easy to follow, lots of illustrations and pics, a glossary, very logical, etc. Just a great book! No fluff, no wasted time. Highly, highly recommend! john ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good but may be confusing to the layman *by T***A on April 23, 2025* This book was quite thorough but many of the explainations might confuse someone trying to build their own home. I also found outdated ideas and even words that are no longer in use for example calling concrete block cinderblock which is actually quite rare compared to true CMU. Overall its very informative and has good lists and guides. 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