This step-by-step guide to house buildings starts with the financial and legal aspects and doesn't stop until the wallpaper's up and the paint's dry. In between it explains, with more than 150 pages of finely detailed drawings, precisely how to put together a typical three-bedroom, timber-framed house, including practical explanations of:

preliminaries setting out flooring walls roofs exterior and interior lining and trim foundations decorating finishing maintenance

The required materials and techniques are fully described, and essential advice is offers on costs, timing, what you can do yourself, and when to call in tradespeople.

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