House Keys: The Essential Homeowner's Guide to Saving Money, Time, and Your Sanity Building, Buying, Selling, and Maintaining a Home

Not Just Another How-To Book! "This amazing book will save you a fortune in time and money in having the ideal home for you at every stage of your life." - Brian Tracy, author and speaker, CEO of Brian Tracy International ("Getting Rich Your Own Way"). The topics in House Keys cover everything from scary home inspection stories to organizing shortcuts to custom home building, ways to sell your home faster, ways to make all your appliances and home systems last longer, how to downsize, and how to organize and clean to save time and money. Throw in product reviews, advice on warranties, home automation, and staying safe inside your home and you have over 450 pages of handy home ownership advice. Anyone who owns a home, or plans to, will appreciate this easy to understand and humorous guide to home inspection and home building, buying, and selling. The book includes a whole chapter of real world "tidy-up" advice and a Bonus chapter on Secret Hiding Places. You'll learn how to: Use a home inspection to sell your home Organize your home to reduce the mess stress Monitor your home while you're away Design a secret room and secret spaces Downsize, upsize, and de-clutter Choose the best contractor for your custom home What renovations will get you money back on resale? Make everything from decks to appliances last longer Check for and reduce Radon in your home Save time on home maintenance and cleaning Prevent fire and carbon monoxide poisoning And much more! What people are saying about House Keys: "This is an entertaining guide to home ownership. Lisa's columns have helped hundreds, maybe thousands of folks already. I love the simple yet informative writing style." - Becky Long, Editor, Clay County Progress "Today's new homeowners, especially millennials, want the fastest and easiest route to an energy efficient, automated, and organized home. House Keys delivers to this generation as well as to those who want to spiff up or sell a home they've had for a long time." - Peter Morley, Realtor "This homeowner's manual is the only book you need. Now I know what I'm giving friends and family for the holidays. I love the pencil drawings and the stories." - Mary Ann H. "House Keys is not a mash-up of all the current downsize and organize advice books. At 450 plus pages with over 230 succinct articles, House Keys delivers real stuff that works for real people. Honestly, I had trouble putting it down." - Robert Aubrey The Back Story: House Keys was born because readers of Lisa's weekly home improvement column told her that they cut the articles out of the paper and put them in notebooks, and the notebooks were taking over the bookcase. Worse, they were having trouble locating specific topics. Said one reader (Betty), "Obviously my indexing system is not working. I need the article on microwave tricks and I can't find it. Please send it to me? Lisa, will you assemble these into a book for me?" Lisa said, "Yes!" HOUSE KEYS MAKES A GREAT GIFT FOR NEW HOMEOWNERS AND ANYONE WHO OWNS A HOME AND WANTS TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY.

• | Author: Lisa Turner
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: June 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 456 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1546350314
• | ISBN-13: 9781546350316