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Myron E. Ferguson,
Author
Better Houses, Better Living |
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"Houses are built to live in, not look on; therefore, let use be
preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had."
Sir Francis Bacon
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Designer Book Review
“Better Houses, Better Living”
isn’t just one more book on what to look for when buying,
building or remodeling, it is THE book to have. I haven’t found
a book this chock full of practical, down to earth, actually
useful information in years. While other books address
aesthetics and other issues, “Better Houses, Better Living” gets
right to work from the first page. Additionally, it is highly
readable book, not written as if talking to a contractor but in
language that is easy to understand and the information is easy
to grasp. This is a must for anyone hunting for a new home or
planning a new one. It will insure that the move they make won’t
just be a lateral move, but a better move, a move up and they
will end up with a home that works for them. My copy won’t spend
much time in my home - there are way too many people whose hands
I need to put it in.
Jim
Krengel, Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Design
Member, Kitchen & Bathroom Industry Hall of Fame |
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Better Houses DO Make Living Better! |
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Are today’s houses the best for the money?
Are they user-friendly homes? Not very often! A "user-friendly" home is one that is
really designed and built to
best suit the needs of the user, but many homes simply are not
doing that. As long as people buy a home based on what
looks good and give little thought or attention to function, then
that’s
the kind of houses that will continue to be built. Not
user-friendly! |
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Wouldn't you really like to have a house
that's easy to
live in as well as looking good?
is a
book written to help you have
both! |
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 Have
you considered a home's FORM AND FUNCTION? Architects
talk about form (how it looks) and function (how it works).
User-friendliness is a part of function, but it's a part that
architects, designers and builders often ignore! Why should
you put up with all those irritations that could have been avoided
in the first place? You shouldn't have to live with annoying
features like fumbling around to find a poorly placed light switch
behind a door - that's simply not a user-friendly situation!
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 The Better Houses, Better Living book guides you to focus
on getting a “better” house, a user-friendly place to live along
with a home that looks good.
Often it costs no more to make a house user-friendly!
Someone must see that it’s done right and this book helps you know
what to look for and how to achieve that desirable user-friendly
home as an end result!
The book is filled with intelligent, thoughtful
tips to help you have a better house. Once you start looking
through the many information-filled pages, you'll want to know
more and more.
The
Better Houses, Better Living book has a wealth of clearly
defined do's and don'ts to consider when you are building,
remodeling or buying a home. The Better Houses, Better Living
book is dedicated to helping you have that user-friendly home.
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Media Book Reviews
Myrtle Beach Sun Times
He tells how to avoid things that can turn out later to
be a problem, such as... misplaced floor registers.
Akron OH Beacon Journal
He’s written “Better
Houses, Better Living” to
help people think through those myriad details before they buy,
build or remodel.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Planning a home’s function. Myron E. Ferguson is a firm
believer in form following function.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Ferguson has toured about 2500 to 3000 homes and
estimates about 80% of them “could have been more
user-friendly.”
The Columbus Dispatch
... many houses are plagued with nagging little
annoyances that could have been avoided with some forethought.
Altoona, PA Mirror
Know what you’re buying into. Book helps prospective
buyers find design flaws when house-hunting.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Book helps home buyers avoid some common problems.
Biloxi, MS The Sun Herald
The point of his book “is to get you to notice flaws before you
make a commitment.”
Seattle, WA Times/PI
Ferguson delivers schooled advice on things to look for when
buying a home, and things to avoid when remodeling.
BackHome Magazine
He addresses both materials and function, which can be very
helpful for people window-shopping before they build or remodel.
RealtyTimes.com Review
’Build It Right’ Author Writes It Better by Broderick
Perkins
It’s impossible for an educational book to match the content
dynamics of a website. Change occurs so quickly a book can
contain content that is out of date the day it is published.
Only subsequent printing, months or years down the road, might
bring it back up to date. A well-managed, content-based website
can be a living learning laboratory updated within minutes of
relevant new developments. However, unless you own a properly
equipped lightweight laptop and can pick up a WiFi signal just
where you need it, when you need it, it often remains a lot
easier to hold a book in your hands than it is to get your hands
on digitized information. A best-of-both-worlds scenario that
limits the worst and brings out the best of both a book and a
website is to get one learning tool to compliment the other.
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Midwest Book Review
Written by a retired engineer who spent 14 years researching and
presenting his home-buying wisdom, “Better Houses, Better Living” is a
solid advice guide to getting the best possible home for one’s hard-earned
income... It covers such topics as options for wiring a home in the 21st
century; kitchen exhaust systems that work (and those that don’t); the
importance of the locations and types of doors; pros and cons of
various countertops available for kitchen and bath, and much more. |
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USER-FRIENDLY HOME! |
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A
FREE GIFT!
WITH YOUR PURCHASE
(when ordered directly from
Home User Press)
WITH EACH PURCHASE
The
Better Houses,
Better Living
Book
you will receive
your choice of the
Existing House Checklist
or
Building & Remodeling Home Checklist
More Details |
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