How to Buy a Home Without Getting Hammered: One of America's Most Respected Home Builders Shares His Secrets

by David Weekley and Patrick Byers

Book Overview

Few things in life can put you on the emotional roller coaster like buying a home, from the highs of finding the perfect one and seeing it completed to the lows of construction delays and mortgage red... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885539355
• ISBN13: 9781885539359
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Worthing Brighton Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Reference!

I would highly recommend this book to anyone buying their first or second home, or who's been burned on any home buying experience. This book contains helpful information and guidance beyond the basics. I was given this book by Weekley Homes while in the process of hunting for my second home. Although intitially skeptical, thinking it was only going to "tout" his own homes, I found it completely unbiased. I actually found the perspective from the homebuilder extremely helpful and found his many years of experience reflected in the information. Not many books on buying homes delve into covering the home itself like this one does. It gives you information to be aware of in the process that other homebuilders might not want you to be aware of. The book is also very comprehensive in covering the financial aspects of buying a home. It's an easy read but packed with relevant information.I did end up buying a Weekley Home and love it, and appreciate the fact that this book along with the Weekley people helped make the whole process easier. I buy this book to give to my family and friends who are thinking of or are currently searching for a home. It worked for me so it should work for them, and I want to keep my own copy!

Great Tool for Homebuying

My husband and I purchased this book when we began searching for a new home off a recommendation from our family. David Weekley does a great job in giving advice on how to avoid making big mistakes and things to look for that I as a concumer would not have thought about. If you are a new buyer this book is the tool for you.

GREAT BOOK! VERY INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL!!

David Weekley really knows what hes talking about in this book. If you need a good book on hombuilding this is the one to buy! I have learned so much through reading this, and highly reccomend it to others!!!..

Wonderful Book!!!

This book is an easy read and very helpful to the first time homebuyer. I actually moved into an older David Weekley home and absolutely love it. I highly recommend this book as a reference and guide to those who are clueless to the whole process of buying/building a home. I know it will be helpful to me once we build our new David Weekley home!!!

How not to make costly mistakes when buying a home.

My wife and I are beginning our search for a new home in Baton Rouge. Upon the advice of a friend and the fact I'm an information nut I decided to read David Weekley's book. I found the book to be an excellent common sense (which most of us don't have when making the biggest financial commitment in our lives) approach to the entire process of building or buying a home. The glossary of terms was extremely helpful when "talking the talk" with potential builders and lenders. Buying this book may be the cheapest "mistake insurance" I've ever purchased.