So You Want to Restore a Vintage Home A Buyer's Guide

Lots of books help would-be restorers solve problems once they own a vintage home. This book charts new territory - how you can locate & purchase restorable property. As you follow this narrative of how one person finds the house of her restoration dreams, you will also discover lots of nitty-gritty, practical information that anyone buying a house - old or new - usually has to learn by trial & error. Here are tips on how to work effectively with real estate agents & where to locate important public information about any house you're buying. Here are guidelines for analyzing the sales price of a vintage home when there are no comparable houses on the market. When you're a sucker for an old house, let's face facts. You're tempted to throw caution to the winds when you discover the remnants of an old dumbwaiter in a dark closet. Is there a cure? Probably not. But you can, with great effort, steel yourself to ask the important questions, the hard questions, & in doing so, introduce some measure of reality into your fantasies. Anyone contemplating buying a home - especially a vintage one - simply must read this book!Haugen, Diane is the author of 'So You Want to Restore a Vintage Home A Buyer's Guide' with ISBN 9780962575600 and ISBN 0962575607.