Product Description

This is an inspirational reference book for anybody looking for ideas on how to plan a new home or remodel an existing one. Complete with 333 full colour illustrations of the house exteriors, it is designed for easy use with houses sorted by size and number of bedrooms. Fully indexed, it is easy to find any type of house plan - from bungalow to town house. All homes are UK specification and the book is produced in conjunction with the UK's biggest selling selfbuild magazine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57274 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

A self builders must have
When you are looking to build your own property, you can end up wasting a lot of money on plan books (especially when they are from America). This book however is fantastic, it is perfectly laid out, giving you price in ascending order for how many bedrooms etc you require (so you can build a four bedroom property for £140,000 or a two bedroom property for this price). The book is realistic it shows houses from a budget price and has traditional and contemporary designs.

It tells you step by step how to go about building your house, which some people think is simple, but it is not (I have learnt a hell of a lot from experiance that things have to be done in a certain order, or a lot of time is wasted and labourers are getting paid for sitting around).

My only fault with this book is......that I didn't want it to end, I have a coffee in one hand and this book in the other and realise that I to, can actually have quite an imposing property on a budget, this book takes you one step further towards your dream and makes you buzz with excitement.

Great book
This is a very nice book, and very good value for money at this price. A wide range of designs, and in full colour too. It lacks any technical or construction data that is essential when it comes to drawing proper designs, but I would not expect to find such information in a book like this. What let's this book down is the lack of side and rear elevations for each design (though you can work most of this information out from the plan), and a conspicuous lack of dimensions, inclusion of which would make the product far more useful. Still a very good book for what you're paying though.

Very imformative and a must have!
After buying most of the book shelf of building plan books and being disappointed that most are American designs, I was surprised to find a truly British design book that gives you ideas for designs and costings. A fabulous book!