The Forever Home: How to Work with an Architect to Design the Home of Your Dreams

By Kevin Harris

Book Overview

The Forever Home provides the foundation to confidently explore what you want, plan your dream home, and find the right professionals to make it a reality. Renowned architect Kevin Harris will guide you through his proven, step-by-step process to design and build a house that fits you so well it becomes your forever home. No matter where you travel, your forever home is the place you feel complete. Inside these pages, you'll learn how to: * Determine when it makes sense to hire an architect * Evaluate and assemble the design team and construction team that's right for you * Understand the residential construction process * Use the Hierarchy of Design to make the most important decisions first * Recognize the pitfalls and avoid many common, but ill advised cost-saving schemes The Forever Home will pave the way for you to design and build not only the home of your current dreams, but the home that will be perfect for your children, grandchildren, aging parents, and even you later in life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599324288
• ISBN13: 9781599324289
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Advantage Media Group
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.1"