“I Want a New House”

Do you remember how you were really drawn to your first new car? Can you still remember that “new car smell”? Did you buy from the first dealer you went to?

Those factors and the knowledge that you were the first to put any real miles on it were strong lures to buy that “new car,” rather than a used car. A new car was just that much better, even though you might have known that the used car was more practical. The same holds true when you have decided that it is time to move – to a new house. Are you going to buy the first one you see, or would you prefer to use a systematic way of determining “which” house to buy? That’s where the new book I Want a New House! comes into the picture to help you.

Joe Prin is a registered remodeler and has been hosting a weekly “How to Fix it around your house” radio show for over twenty years. He has teamed with nationally published author Stuart Gustafson to write I Want a New House! to walk you through the plan – The Plan – once you have made the decision to move. Subtitled “An Entertaining and Educational Eye Opener for Anyone Thinking About Their New House,” the book starts with that peaceful Saturday evening surprise when you hear “I want a new house.” After you pick yourself up from the deck, you begin to develop your plan so you get the right house, whether you are buying it or building it.

Do you want a new house or is “used” okay for you? Do you want to live in a planned subdivision subject to the CC&R’s, or do you prefer to have some freedom and space? Do you know how much you can afford for your new house (and that’s not necessarily the same as how much you qualify for), and do you know what to do before you apply for the loan?

These are just some of the topics that are detailed for you so you make the right decisions along the way, and you know what questions to ask – after all it is going to be your house. I Want a New House! includes checklists to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything; the layout for a notebook that becomes your documentation from the beginning – and you hold on to it because it also contains your warranty information; an invaluable resource directory of the “types of people” you need to know whether you are buying or building, and the famous “Diary of a Mad Home Builder” – the chronology of the fellow who proved to the world that “Yes, he could build his own home!” It is never too early to beginning the planning for your next house – I Want a New House! will help you get started along the right path.