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Title: Clearing
the Path to Your Dream Home
Author: Jim Cooper
Description: Only two major obstacles stand between most log
home dreamers and their houses: (1) the log home-buying process
itself and (2) their budget. Everyone who now lives (or soon will
live) in a log home has overcome these two hurdles.... |
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Title: Difficult
Sites: Planning For Surprises
Author: Jim Cooper
Description:
Whatever their dream location, too many people overlook the impact that site selection can have on their budget. Forethought and sometimes hard compromises can make the difference between coming home to a cozy log retreat and having to work long hours to pay back cost overruns caused by unexpected site problems.... |
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Title: The Art and Science of Finding Subs
Author: Jim Cooper
Description:
Subcontractors play a major role in the success or failure of a log home building project. Good subs are worth their weight in gold, often steering inexperienced owner-builders through a potentially disastrous maze of budget and building pitfalls. Bad subs, on the other hand, represent a big part of the maze itself.... |
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Title: Purchase
Agreements: Read the Fine Print
Author: Jim Cooper
Description: After spending hours, weeks, months or years choosing a log home company, many log home buyers seem to view the sales contract almost as an afterthought. Only by asking questions and demanding firm answers can log home buyers minimize the financial risk to their log home dream....
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Title: Smoothing
the Permit Process
Author: Jim Cooper
Description:
The permit process is a regulatory procedure ostensibly designed to protect home owners, communities and the construction industry. Most requirements are geared toward safety and to ensure that, new homes are built using sound construction methods.
However, building permits are usually a part of the bureaucracy of county or city government, which have tarnished reputations for efficiency, speed and sometimes common sense.... |
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