A Small Home Of Your Own Review

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(More customer reviews)I am a General Contractor in Southern California. I use Google SketchUp for all of my remodels and when I asked around for a good book that would help me create and understand Architectural drawings, I was lead to Dennis' book. This is actually the third book of his that I own. Each one of his books are truly helpful in understanding how a house is built.
Dennis simplifies the concepts and techniques associated with home building to the degree where his book can be understood by anyone regardless of their current construction or architectural skills. His books look like comic books because there are more pictures than there is writing which is extremely helpful since I am not a visual person yet understand things much better when they are drawn out for me.
The best thing of all is that the author, Dennis, is extremely accessible. I have emailed him several times with questions and he never fails to help out. His wife Barbara, is very nice and always responds to my emails as well.
Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in either SketchUp, Architecture, or Construction. This book has saved me A LOT of time and money by giving me the ability to do things myself instead of subbing it out to an architect.


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A Small Home Of Your Own: Plan Permit Pay in 3D gives an overview of the production of a small house. Like all our books, it uses illustrations, 3D models, drawings, short videos, hands-on tutorials, sample files, and checklists to visually explain the design and construction process.

In Chapter 1, a plan is shown to include a realistic budget, evaluation of alternate sites, a prioritized program, and gradual development of a preliminary model.

In Chapter2, drawings are exported for initial code review and contractor input, a design development phase refines the preliminaries, and final 2D permit drawings are completed for a permit application.

In the last chapter, a payment schedule is illustrated on a timeline with milestones based on industry standards to control cash flow and the construction process. The result is a well defined, logical sequence of work with clear-cut cost control checkpoints along a well-traveled road to a home of your own.

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