The Survival Guide: Home Remodeling: Plesset's Principles for an Almost-Perfect Project

by Diane Plesset

"Plesset's Principles for an Almost-Perfect Project" Breaks a remodeling project down into logical, easy-to-understand steps. Includes chapters on product information including: Kitchen cabinets,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972962700
• ISBN13: 9780972962704
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: D.P. Design Pub.
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Well, it was exactly what I needed.

I purchased this book, based on the reviews I found, here. I liked it so much, I wanted to write a review of my own. I found this one really nasty review, and, honestly, I just don't understand it. I find the book very helpful. It has walked me through my own remodeling project in a very helpful way. I believe the author truly knows the business, and that the data in the book is accurate. I found the questionaires helpful in defining what I wanted to do, and the quotes very interesting.

A great help in navigating the remodeling process.

Based on years of experience, Ms. Plesset has given the home owner a peek inside the industry. With this book, you can anticipate potential problems, understand how designers and contractors work, and make better decisions for yourself. Read it BEFORE you start your project. Highly recommended!

It's all here!

I am a realtor and so often my clients ask my advise about what it would take to remodel a home. I just send them home with this great book as homework and they come back to me knowing just the right questions to ask and of whom so that they can make educated decisions. This book is different than any other I've seen in that it takes the reader step by step through the process of a remodel. It can help you decide if a project is just too big for your budget or experience, or reassure you that you can do what you hope you can do. I highly recommend this book to people who are searching for their first home as well as those wanting to decide between selling or remodeling thier current home. Every realtor and contractor I've shown this book to has been impressed.

Excellent Hands-On Resource for Home Remodeling Projects

This book was recommended to me by a construction project manager when I asked about the possiblility of remodeling our home. This book helped my husband and me to figure out what we wanted to do with our home, what was really important to us, and how we should go about accomplishing our remodeling project. It took us from the "dreaming" stage to the "reality" stage. The book has a great questionnaire, with detailed descriptions of the items in question, that my husband and I took separately, then we compared our ideas and desires for our home. This evaluation really cemented our vision, which is helping the design and construction team immensely with our home remodeling project. The book also clearly outlined the remodeling process, with descriptions of projects ranging from DIY to fully contracted, with comparative price lists, possible difficulties with each scenario, and reasonable expectations from hired professionals. The book ends with a fun-to-read case study of an "almost perfect" project, which I found helpful and relatable to our situation. We are now in the midst of our home remodeling project, and I am so happy that I have had this great resource to refer back to and to help me through the details -- and I hope to have an "almost perfect" home remodeling story to tell, too!