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Make It Right

Star of the popular HGTV program Holmes on Homes, Mike Holmes has written a book every home owner considering or actually doing a renovation needs to have.

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His book, Make It Right, walks readers through a renovation from start to fi nish, from the process of fi nding a reliable contractor to explaining the inner workings of a house. Holmes covers the most popular renovation projects and describes the most common pitfalls. Packed with informative sidebars, checklists, diagrams and photographs, all showing what to expect from contractors and trades people and how to keep every renovation running on time and on budget, Make It Rightis the book you need to read before you plan a renovation. Be smart. Take charge. Get it right the fi rst time.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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