This book is aimed at anyone who is considering making alterations or extensions to their home. Based on the stages that professional designers actually go through to run a project, it gives detailed advice on how to go about each step of the process, and check that their designers and builders are performing to standard. Topics covered include: . Surveying the existing home . Preparing a brief and creating a design . Making a planning application . Dealing with building regulations . Preparing and issuing tenders to builders . Preparing for a project to commence and eventual completion stages . Your legal rights and contract law . Health and safety issues to consider if you are managing the building site AUTHOR: Julian Owen is an architect who runs a practice that specialized in alterations to private homes. Over the past eighteen years he has completed many hundreds of domestic projects of all types. He has written six other books on subjects related to the design and construction of houses. He founded and runs the ASBA Architect's Network. In 2004 he was awarded an MBE for services to architecture. He can be contacted through his website, www.julianowen.co.uk SELLING POINTS: . An essential manual for the self-builder and DIY enthusiast who wants to manage their own alteration or extension projects . Gives detailed advice on how to go about each stage of the process and covers key facts and regulations ILLUSTRATIONS: 110 colour photographs *
Author Biography
Julian Owen is an architect who runs a practice that specialized in alterations to private homes. Over the past eighteen years he has completed many hundreds of domestic projects of all types. He has written six other books on subjects related to the design and construction of houses. He founded and runs the ASBA Architect's Network. In 2004 he was awarded an MBE for services to architecture. He can be contacted through his website, www.julianowen.co.uk
