Below are over 200 hundred pages of home building tips, information, and advice.
You can scroll down or use the Search bar at the top of the page. It works well.
Additions, Renovations, and Extreme Makeovers to an Existing Home:
Arched Opening and Curved Walls:
Basement Costs per Square Foot:
Be Your Own Contractor - Carl Heldmann’s Books:
Build A New 3 Bedroom Home For 100K:
Build a New Home for Under 70K:
Building Permits - Fees - Surveys:
Building the House Step by Step:
Building the House Step by Step cont.:
Buying a Foreclosure Might be a Smart Move:
Buying Land Tips - Soil Analysis:
Cost Estimate Spreadsheet - Preview:
Carpentry, framing, rough framing:
Raised Concrete Slab Foundation:
Concrete Slab - Garage Floor - Basement Floor:
Concrete Slab Foundation on a Hill:
Concrete Slabs - Framing the House:
Construction Estimating Spreadsheet Software:
Construction Estimating Software:
Construction Insurance | Builders Risk:
Construction Loans - Owner Builder Financing - Owner Builder Construction Loans:
Construction Loans-Bad Credit:
Construction Manager - Construction Consultant - Site Supervisor:
Cost of Home Additions with Garage Underneath:
Cost to Build a House in Alabama:
Cost to Build a Home in California:
Cost to Build a House in Los Angeles:
Cost to Build a Home in New York State with a Partial Unfinished Basement, Below Grade
Cost to Build a home in North Carolina
Cost to Build a Home in (Raleigh) North Carolina
Cost to Build a Home in Northern California
Cost to Build a Home in Wisconsin
Cost to Build a House by State
Cost to Build a House in Berkeley California-Berkeley
Cost to Build a House in California
Cost To Build a House in Colorado
Cost to Build a House in Connecticut with Cost to Finish the Basement
Cost to Build a House in Florida
Cost to Build a House in Georgia
Cost to Build a House in Illinois
Cost to Build a House in Indiana
Cost to Build a House in Kansas
Cost to Build a House in Michigan
Cost to Build a House in Missouri
Cost to Build a House in New Hampshire
Cost to Build a House in New Mexico
Cost to Build a House in Oregon
Cost to Build a House in Phoenix Arizona
Cost to Build a House in South Carolina
Cost to Build a House in Tennessee and Finish the Basement
Cost to Build a House in the State of Washington with Finished Basement
Cost to Build a House in Tucson Arizona
Cost to Build a House in Vermont
Cost to build a House in Virginia
Cost to Build a Kit Home or Package Home
Cost to Build a Solar Home in Texas
Crawl Space Foundation vs. Slab Foundation
Crawl Space Vents and Ventilation
Driveway Landscaping Inspection
Drywall Priming Walls Interior Trim Cabinets
Electrical Permits - Home Building
Energy Efficient Homes - Green Building
Estimating the Cost to Build My Own Home
Excavation - Clearing the Lot - House Foundation
Finding a Home Designer - Draftsman
Footings Must Be Below the Frost Line
Foundations, Rough-In Plumbing
Frost Protected Shallow Foundations
Geothermal Heat Pumps-Closed Loop-Pond or Lake
Getting a Contractors State License
Getting Started Resources - Home Improvement
Home Building Costs per Square Foot
Home Building - Subcontractor Insurance
Home Building Spreadsheet Limitations
Home Building Supply Companies
Home Building-Budget-Allowances
Home Cooling and Saving Energy
Hot Water Recirculation System
How to be a General Contractor
House Tear Down - The Extreme Makeover
How Much Can You Borrow For a Home Loan
How Much Will I Save Building my Own House
How to Build a House Step by Step
How to Control Construction Cost
How to Get a Construction Loan
How to Get a Contractors License
How to Get Builders Risk Insurance
ICF - Insulated Concrete Forms
Increasing Home Value - Kitchen Remodeling
Owner Builder Financing - Owner Builder Construction Loans
Reading House Plans, Cost Appraisal Decision
Reading House Plans, Cutting Construction Costs
Reading House Plans, Studying Plans
Real Estate Lawyer - Attorneys
Remodeling - Cleanup - Final Inspection
Remodeling - Estimating Costs - Financing
Remodeling - Roofing - Walls - Painting
Siding Roofing Insulation Flooring
Site Supervisor - Site Manager
Structural Engineers - Home Building
Structural Insulated Panels or Sips
Utilities (electric, gas, phone)
Water Wells and Septic Systems
Waterproofing Basements and Foundations
Wood Floors in a Kitchen-How to Install Video
Forms in PDF Format/ 7 pages
If you need to find something specific, use the Google custom search at the top of this page. With minimal input from you, it quickly searches all the pages below and can locate facts, trivia, or questions you might have that are buried somewhere in those pages. It’s the fastest way to search. I would be lost without it. Carl Heldmann. About Carl
