Home Building

You don't have to be an expert to start a thriving, bountiful garden. Any basic guide can show you how. But if you want to figure out how to maximize your crop yield…know how to stretch your growing season beyond traditional limits…and even grow summer crops all year long…basic beginner’s guides won’t be of much help. After all, they’re only meant to cover the basics.

In his extraordinary new book, Alain de Botton explores the importance of buildings in our lives, pondering our attachment to our homes and considering such questions as: Why do people disagree about taste? Can beautiful surroundings make us good?

Essential Rainwater Harvesting is a comprehensive manual for designing, building, and maintaining water-harvesting systems for the warm and cold climates of the world. Presenting design considerations and approaches for the most common household rainwater supply scenarios.

Forget about conventional homes that all look the same – those days are long gone. With shipping container homes, you can build anything that pops into your mind, and this guide will show you the easiest way to do so. Why shipping container houses? Because shipping containers can be regarded as one of the best materials for building a home – mainly because they are movable, cuttable, durable, cheap, and strong.

From one of Nielsen's Top 50 Power Moms comes advice you can take to the bank—literally! Crystal Paine, who has helped busy women everywhere take control of their finances, presents her most effective strategies designed for families of all sizes and income levels.

Get a killer fat burning workout from home, even if you’ve never thrown a punch in your life. Did you know you can burn more than 400 calories with just 30 minutes of boxing? That’s twice as much as running on the treadmill! And more than swimming, rowing, or lifting weights. With these simple to follow audio workouts, you don’t need any training. No special equipment - just you and your hands - and you can do the workouts in your living room.

Sergeant Mark Tappan shares a unique bond with his K9 partner Mattis, one of the most decorated police K9s of all time. Mark knew from the first time they interacted that Mattis was something special. As a man of deep faith, Mark also knew that God's most profound teaching often comes through the most unexpected sources, and he soon realized that Mattis was going to teach him about loyalty, selfless service, and so much more.

Turning your gardening passion into a prolific business doesn’t have to be rocket science. We’ll teach you everything about how to grow lavender for profit. If you decided to turn your gardening passion, congratulations! Lavender is the best place to start. While the plant thanks you with its alluring fragrance for nurturing it, it is virtually every industry’s favorite, making it one of the most profitable plants to grow. This lovely member of the mint family will make itself desirable fresh or dried, in soap, incense, or potpourri.

Como cristianos, sabemos que la salvación nos salva de nuestros pecados y nos libra de la perdición; sin embargo, es posible que no entendamos que éstos no son el significado ni la meta de la salvación.

Do you want to live in a tiny home, build your own, and become a minimalist? Learn what a tiny house is and the benefits you can have by living in one. You will learn the following: the basics of a tiny home; the benefits; how to live in a tiny home; much much more! Whether you just want to learn more about tiny homes or already understand them and want extra help picking out the perfect tiny house for yourself, this audiobook is for you.

Outsmart the competition and learn inside tricks to enable you to own property and secure your future. How much money do I need for the right deposit? What do I do in a bidding war? How can I spot red flags in a potential home? If you have questions like these about buying your first home, you aren't alone. Becoming a homeowner can be the most challenging, but most rewarding, thing you can do in your life. With prices high and money tight, 40% of new homeowners believe buying a home is the ‘most stressful event in modern life’.

If you think the tiny-house lifestyle may be for you, this audiobook will guide you through the process from start to finish - from deciding whether to pursue your own tiny-house adventure, all the way through the building or buying process, finishing up with space hacks and furniture ideas to getting the very most out of your very own tiny home!

A good road into your property can be the difference between a landlocked parcel–useful only for recreation–and an extremely valuable real estate asset. But you don't have to wait and hope for a road to come your way. You can build it yourself. Not all roads are constructed by the government or large commercial interests. Private landowners all over the country build roads to and into their own property.

Tony McManus fulfilled a long held dream of building a hand-crafted log home in the Laurention Mountains of Quebec. This is the story of one man’s experience in building a log home, and as such a new builder may find it a useful reference. It tells of the hard and occasionally dangerous work entailed and the pitfalls and unexpected events that await the unwary. It covers the tragedy of losing his wife, Aline, to ovarian cancer halfway through the project. How he twice ran out of money, the mistakes he made and the things he would do differently. It also tells of the great, almost euphoric...

Stop paying rent, a mortgage, and gain freedom and happiness by leaving high living expenses behind and moving into a conversion. This guide will help you transform an empty shell into a mobile tiny house of your dreams with detail explanations on how to do the entire conversion.

Dive into a universe of minimalistic living and discover the magic of tiny homes with our reader-friendly, comprehensive guide "Tiny Homes Unveiled". This eBook leaves no stone unturned in your quest to explore the wonders of tiny house living. As our society gradually shifts towards sustainable and economical choices, this eBook serves as your go-to guide to explore the intrinsic charm of small spaces. The introductory chapter nudges you on a riveting journey of transformation, crystallizing the massive appeal of tiny homes and essential considerations to make before embarking on this ...

As a pet lover, you’ve probably dreamt about making a living by taking care of adorable animals. Your passion for pets could be the foundation of your next successful business venture. But where do you start? How do you turn your love for pets into a thriving business? Look no further than The Ultimate Home-Based Pet Care Business Guide. This comprehensive eBook provides a step-by-step roadmap for starting a lucrative and rewarding pet care business from the comfort of your own home. With tons of expert guidance and insider tips, this guide will give you the tools you need to create a ...

Through thousands of training sessions, she’s seen firsthand the strength we carry in our bodies, no matter our background or circumstance. Her revolutionary framework for finding that strength starts with emotional healing, then teaches physical self-defense and economic safety, and finally equips readers with organizing strategies to fight the systems that enable violence in the first place. A rallying cry and a practical guide, Get Home Safe will leave listeners, regardless of strength, identity, or income, knowing they can fight back and reclaim power.

Decades in the making, This Old Casa is a must read guide for anyone considering building a home in Mexico, whether as a do-it-yourselfer or using an architect or builder. An easy to read bible that takes the reader through every step of the process, from lot selection to selecting a designer to choosing a builder to contract do's and don'ts to the nitty gritty of the actual construction, from compacting the dirt all the way to inspecting the finished home - and everything in between. The NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of Expat Secrets of Mexico is a 20 year Mexican full-time ...

If you want to learn how investors can create significant wealth in multifamily real estate, Multifamily Apartment Syndications is the book for you! Veteran real estate investor and syndicator Chris Roberts, a passionate proponent of the investment potential of multifamily real estate, draws on his extensive experience making money for himself and his investors in the sector to explain how he invests in multifamily value-add projects.