Make It User Friendly

	Learn what's user-friendly and what's not Look at models to see friendly and unfriendly Check out the plans/houses you are thinking of seriously

You Are on Your Own

After looking at close to 2000 new houses and at least that many more floor plans in the last 8 years, having written Better Houses, Better Living and talked to many, many readers, I've found that builders and sales agents don't discuss user-friendliness if it won't help the bottom line. In fact, in most cases they don't even know about it! What you get in the house is very much up to you. It really is caveat emptor.

There Is Help!

In other words, the builder depends on you to tell him what you want in as much detail as is important to you. If you are using an architect or designer, you may get more helpful suggestions but don't bank on it. Generally they're no more sensitized to user-friendliness and functionality than builders. That's where this site and Better Houses, Better Living comes in. The book was written after I realized just how much better houses could be, often at no more money. This, in turn, led to the website to get the info to as many home buyers and builders as possible.

• Some of your rewards are tangible, like a more comfortable home
• Some of them are in the future when you find the user-friendly house gets more money and/or sells faster
• Some of them are intangible, like the self-satisfaction that comes from a job well done. This can be the best reward of all

The New-Home Checklist  or the Existing-Home Checklist comes as a free bonus when you order Better Houses, Better Living

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