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The ready-made home of your choice is likely to be something you cannot afford. This and a personal preference for older property are making more and more people take on houses that need more than just a coat of paint to make them habitable. This book guides first-time buyers all the way through the bewildering process of choosing, buying and renovating an older house, examining the possibilities of DIY at every stage from surveying and conveyancing to rolling down the blinds when the work is over - even describing how to camp in the house while the transformation is taking place. It gives money-saving advice on how to make the most of professional services and how to decide what jobs can be done by self-help, and tells the reader how to find cost-cutting expert help and low-price building materials. The advice given is as realistic as the writing is entertaining, and the witty and nostalgic design lifts the book right out of the class of the run of the mill DIY book.

Dwellings --- House buying. --- Remodeling. --- Low-budget architectuur --- Budgetvriendelijke woningen en constructies --- Ontwerppraktijk ; Do It Yourself (DIY) design ; meubels --- Woningbouw ; renovatie ; herinrichting --- Woningbouw ; eensgezinswoningen ; nieuwbouw ; renovatie --- 69.059.2 --- Bouwwezen ; vernieling, beschadiging, reparatie van bouwwerken