Carl Heldmann Explained
Carl Heldmann (born 1942) is an American author, home builder, and construction loan consultant.
Personal life and his work
Heldmann has been a home builder for over 30 years and a construction loan consultant to credit unions for 20 years. He is also the founder of two schools of homebuilding, a former newspaper housing columnist, and author of several books on building your own home whose aggregate sales are more than ½ million copies.[1] His book, Be Your Own General Contractor, has been in print for 25 years.[2] The 5th edition was published in 2006.[3] As of 2007, it had sold 300,000 copies.[4]
In April 2008, in response to the mortgage crisis, he was quoted as saying "In terms of finding land you want at a good price, this is the best market that I have seen in my 30 years of home building," in Money Magazine.[5]
The key element to Heldmann's written work, in both his books and his website[6] is estimating costs in home construction. He breaks down the selling price or market value of a house as follows: 25% material, 25% labor, 25% land cost, 12.5% builder profit, & 12.5% builder overhead.[7]
Published works
- Be Your Own House Contractor (2006)[8] [9] [10]
- How to Afford Your Own Log Home, 5th: Save 25 Percent without Lifting a Log (2002)[11]
- Learn To Be A General Contractor : Build Your Dream House Or Do A Renovation (1998)
- Manage Your Own Home Renovation/How to Save 30% Without Lifting a Finger (1987)[12]
References
- Web site: Amazon.com.
- News: For those who love to D.I.Y.. Los Angeles Times . John . Morell . December 30, 2007.
- News: Home Book . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . 22 July 2006.
- News: Kelly . Caitlin . Lesson One: The Price the Contractor Quotes Is an Estimate . 10 July 2019 . The New York Times. 22 February 2007.
- https://money.cnn.com/2008/03/10/real_estate/build_home.moneymag/index.htm Money Magazine - Build Your Dream House Now
- http://www.byoh.com Build Your Own House,
- Book: Be Your Own House Contractor. Cost Estimating. Carl Heldmann. 2006. 1-58017-840-5.
- News: Burns . Robert . Want to be your own contractor? First read this (book review) . . 9 July 2006.
- News: Daniels . Meredith . Want to be your own contractor? First read this (book review) . . 18 August 2006.
- News: LOOK FOR LOTS WITH TREES (review of 4th edition) . Scripps Howard . Richmond Times-Dispatch . 13 January 2002.
- News: Romano . Carlin . For every undertaking, a how-to volume . 23 July 2019 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 1 September 1985 . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . L2.
- News: Lang . Andy . Architect is good investment when remodeling a home . 23 July 2019 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . 16 April 1987 . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . 16.
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