What No One Ever Tells You About Renovating Your Home: Real-Life Advice for Hassle-Free, Cost-Effective Remodeling

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Read This Book Before You Remodel! Itx2019;s no surprise that home remodeling remains hot. Home improvement centers are often packed with do-it-yourselfers and contractors preparing todo everything from modernizing an outdated kitchen or fixing up and "flipping" a property for a profit. Unfortunately, many homeowners find out that once they begin a remodeling project, they need aspirin to deal with all the headaches and hassles that can occur. In What No One Ever Tells You about Renovating Your Home, real estate columnist Alan J. Heavens brings 15 years worth of letters, e-mails, and phone calls from homeowners just like you to help you learn from the remodeling mistakes of others. Whether youx2019;re a homeowner, real estate investor, or home improvement enthusiast, Heavensx2019; practical advice will teach you: x2022; Sure-fire ways to find the best contractor x2022; Tips to control your remodeling budget and schedule from start to finish x2022; Making the most of your existing space x2022; Projects that pay

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Alan J. Heavens has been writing about real estate and home improvement for the last 17 years. Heavens is the real estate and home improvement writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, for which his column x201C;On the Housex201D; appears Sundays in Real Estate, and his features x201C;Cheat Sheetx201D; and x201C;Your Placex201D; appear on alternate Fridays in Home and Design. Heavens is the author of What No One Ever Tells You About Renovating Your Home (Kaplan Publishing, 2005); president of the National Association of Real Estate Editors; an instructor at the Temple Real Estate Institute; and a speaker at professional meetings on public relations and multimedia. His writing appears in various magazines and other publications, including Popular Science, Consumers Digest, Urban Land, and National Real Estate Investor. A veteran of 40 years as a reporter, he holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in history. He has restored two older houses and is working on his third.