Renovation Books
- Thread starter Ben
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Dear Ben,
Would suggest that you check-out the following books and choose one/s that you feel the most comfortable with.
Aussie Ones:
-The Australian Renovator's Manual by Allan Staines
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cache/item-136public.html?cache=no
-The Home Builders & Renovators Survival Kit by John Makdessi
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cache/item-251public.html?cache=no
-The Beginner Renovator by Edward Mundie
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cache/item-274public.html?cache=no
-The Investors Guide to Quick and Easy Renovations by Paul Eslick
US
-Find It, Buy It, Fix It: The Insider's Guide to Fixer-Uppers by Robert Irwin.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0793139023/ref=pd_sbs_b_3/002-2753245-3697602?v=glance
(Read 14 page excerpt)
-Profiting from Real Estate Rehab by Sandra M. Brassfield
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=sr_8_1/002-2753245-3697602?v=glance&n=507846
(Read 36 page excerpt.)
Cheers,
Sunstone.
Would suggest that you check-out the following books and choose one/s that you feel the most comfortable with.
Aussie Ones:
-The Australian Renovator's Manual by Allan Staines
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cache/item-136public.html?cache=no
-The Home Builders & Renovators Survival Kit by John Makdessi
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cache/item-251public.html?cache=no
-The Beginner Renovator by Edward Mundie
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cache/item-274public.html?cache=no
-The Investors Guide to Quick and Easy Renovations by Paul Eslick
US
-Find It, Buy It, Fix It: The Insider's Guide to Fixer-Uppers by Robert Irwin.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0793139023/ref=pd_sbs_b_3/002-2753245-3697602?v=glance
(Read 14 page excerpt)
-Profiting from Real Estate Rehab by Sandra M. Brassfield
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=sr_8_1/002-2753245-3697602?v=glance&n=507846
(Read 36 page excerpt.)
Cheers,
Sunstone.
Dear guys,
On the John Makdessi book found his site where he charges $49.95 for the same book that is sold for $159.95 on businessmall. It is an e-book and not physical but if you need the content not the black folder would save someone money if they had intended to buy this book.
http://www.buildingchecklist.com.au/builders/index1.htm
Cheers,
Sunstone.
On the John Makdessi book found his site where he charges $49.95 for the same book that is sold for $159.95 on businessmall. It is an e-book and not physical but if you need the content not the black folder would save someone money if they had intended to buy this book.
http://www.buildingchecklist.com.au/builders/index1.htm
Cheers,
Sunstone.
Dear Jas,
Busy on learning all the keys to developing and value adding but as you and I both know Michael C is the expert in the reno department.
My post was to assist with excerpts in the selection process to find the renovation book that he was looking for.
Further feedback:
-Find It, Buy It, Fix It: The Insider's Guide to Fixer-Uppers by Robert Irwin.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...697602?v=glance
(Read 14 page excerpt)
Have this one on my bookshelf and have read it. Recommended to myself and has some useful practical information but being US is not always directly applicable to Australia. His idea about forming a reno team is interesting and the 10 golden rules that I posted on another thread.
-The Australian Renovator's Manual by Allan Staines
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cach...c.html?cache=no
Have this one on my bookshelf but not yet read. Practical drawings and explanations of how to do stuff. However believe it should be good for hands on. Not so good for supervising.
-"Building and renovating on time and on budget" by Peter Mason.
http://www.choice.com.au/shop/displ...ct.asp?sku=BROT
Have read this one and have found this to be a great book for understanding the building process and what should be done before making a contract, before making the final payments and also understanding a timeline for which tradesmen and building products you will require when and where in a building development.
Good for supervising a project. Less practical for a "hands on" sense but would definitely recommend it as an addition to your resources. Good value in my opinion at $22.00.
Other ones cannot give direct feedback at this stage. Maybe others would like to share their feedback.
Cheers,
Sunstone.
Busy on learning all the keys to developing and value adding but as you and I both know Michael C is the expert in the reno department.
My post was to assist with excerpts in the selection process to find the renovation book that he was looking for.
Further feedback:
-Find It, Buy It, Fix It: The Insider's Guide to Fixer-Uppers by Robert Irwin.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...697602?v=glance
(Read 14 page excerpt)
Have this one on my bookshelf and have read it. Recommended to myself and has some useful practical information but being US is not always directly applicable to Australia. His idea about forming a reno team is interesting and the 10 golden rules that I posted on another thread.
-The Australian Renovator's Manual by Allan Staines
http://www.businessmall.com.au/cach...c.html?cache=no
Have this one on my bookshelf but not yet read. Practical drawings and explanations of how to do stuff. However believe it should be good for hands on. Not so good for supervising.
-"Building and renovating on time and on budget" by Peter Mason.
http://www.choice.com.au/shop/displ...ct.asp?sku=BROT
Have read this one and have found this to be a great book for understanding the building process and what should be done before making a contract, before making the final payments and also understanding a timeline for which tradesmen and building products you will require when and where in a building development.
Good for supervising a project. Less practical for a "hands on" sense but would definitely recommend it as an addition to your resources. Good value in my opinion at $22.00.
Other ones cannot give direct feedback at this stage. Maybe others would like to share their feedback.
Cheers,
Sunstone.
I'm sure that one of the problems with those property shows is that TV cannot really show you the quality of a finished job. You just can't see the details well enough to know how good the job is.
Cheap renos were almost made for TV, because you can't see if the plasterwork is flat, you can't see all the marks in the paintwork, etc. Slap on some paint and it looks pretty schmicko on TV.
I'm sure some of it is pretty tacky if you got close up.
Cheap renos were almost made for TV, because you can't see if the plasterwork is flat, you can't see all the marks in the paintwork, etc. Slap on some paint and it looks pretty schmicko on TV.
I'm sure some of it is pretty tacky if you got close up.
To some extent, it does not matter too much if you're letting it out. OK, if the paintwork is really obviously bad, it's a problem- but if the plasterwork is flat on, for instance, a low to middle of the market unit, it won't matter too much. You get the peoples' attention based on the first impression; if the place is good and comfortable, the tenants will want to stay, and they won't care too much about the minor defects.
Even for selling- Nivia Pryor ("The Wife", Freestylers founder) tells how she gave up painting- it often happened that, no matter how much care was taken in choosing colours, people wanted to change the colour scheme. She will now paint just the front of the house, and the front of the fence (well, I don't know if she does that any more).
Back (almost) on topic.
The Freestylers (for those few people who don't know) have a discussion forum on http://bne003w.server-web.com/~wb190 - it's a bit quiet now- but it's well worth reading threads where Nivia has contributed- http://bne003w.server-web.com/read?48433,992 from the renovator's forum is a good read.
