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Diligent Home Inspections
Information and resources for homeowners and potential buyers dealing with home inspections.
http://www.do-diligent.com
Code Check
Online version of the popular field guide to the most common code violations for residential construction.
http://www.codecheck.com/
Building at the Ledge
Building a dream home, a journal by the owner. Discusses passive solar design, alternative methods, design decisions, emotional turmoil.
http://www.raftertales.com/
Building a Custom Home
One family's monthly diary on the construction of their home, complete with tips and ideas.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/7206/houselog.html
Adobe by the Rio Grande
Watch the construction of a traditional adobe home being built near Albuquerque, NM. Weekly updates by Adobe Home builder, David C. Peterson.
http://www.nmbuilder.com
Bob Vila's Dotcom Dreamhome
Web-driven home-building project. An experiment in internet-enabled, residential construction explores the growing toolbox of internet-based options for homebuilders and consumers.
http://www.dotcomdreamhome.com
How Stuff Works: Home Building
Informative 7-part narrative, with figures and pictures, illustrates how a house is built.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/house.htm
BuilderSelect
Resource for finding a builder, financing, planning and designing a new home.
http://www.builderselect.com
Idea Workshop Journal
Collection of articles focusing on design issues in the home. Covers designing a home office, basement foundation guidelines, planning for accessibility, zoned heating and cooling systems, creating architectural detail with drywall, and kitchen design.
http://www.uniteddesign.com/Idea_Wk_Jour.html
Permit Place
Advice and assistance with preparing and obtaining building permits, checklists, permit exemptions, and FAQs. [Some information specific to United States.]
http://www.permitplace.com/
Andy's How To Homebuilding
Tips and advice on designing, contracting and building your own home.
http://andyshowto.com/
Village Post And Beam
Photo journal which documents the 1998 construction of a post and beam home centered around a "great room."
http://www.vaxxine.com/postandbeam/
Help For Unhappy Homeowners
List of steps which can be taken by homeowners that are unhappy with their builder.
http://www.geocities.com/sahm2three/Woodhaven.html
The Wilder Home
Homeowners' account of the construction of their hurricane-proof waterfront home in Gulf Shores, Alabama of Dac-Art man-made stone, with glass tile mosaics.
http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com/DAC-ART/
Robin and Korstiaan are Building a New Home
Homeowners' photographic journal of the construction of a new home in Auckland, New Zealand.
http://geocities.com/kornrobin/
General Contracting Your Own Home
Homeowner's account of a home construction project where the family acted as general contractor. Includes an overview of the plan, a journal, and photographs from foundation to finish.
http://server.elpaso.net/~mstuckel/
American Hardwood Species Guide
Independent information source on North American hardwoods.
http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/species_guide/display_species.asp
Custom Homexpress
Custom house building plans and online costing estimates. Design a home and calculate costs and time line.
http://216.232.25.246/chex/index.asp
MSN House and Home: Working with a Contractor
Step-by-step advice for evaluating contractors, creating a remodelling budget, and working with a contractor and other workers throughout the project.
http://houseandhome.msn.com/improve/workingcontractor.aspx
Rafter Layout with Log Timbers
Instructions and drawings explaining how to layout log rafters using a steel square.
http://getreal-estate.net/rafters/
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