Joe and Mary Boies married in 1968. After Joe became a general contractor in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1972, they built over five hundred presold single-family residential homes and townhomes. Mary designed the homes in association with their clients and assisted in field supervision. They retired in 2025, and many of their clients have remained close friends.
Everything You Need to Know about Having Your New Home Built: Including How to Build a Home, Buy a New Home, Become a Building Contractor, and Peruse a Sample Residential Building Contract
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Description
Building a home can be exciting—but also overwhelming. Financing, permits, inspections, contracts, construction schedules, and hundreds of important decisions stand between an empty lot and the house you’ve always wanted. And if you’ve never done it before, you probably don’t even know where to begin.
Everything You Need to Know About Having Your New Home Built contains practical knowledge accumulated by Joe and Mary Boies over more than five decades of designing and constructing houses. Taking you step-by-step through the entire process, they explain what will happen and why it matters. You’ll learn how to:
• secure financing and understand construction loans
• read and evaluate construction plans
• hire and work with the right contractor
• avoid expensive mistakes
• create your own building contract by reviewing a sample building contract
Whether you’re hiring a contractor, managing your own project, or interested in becoming a licensed contractor yourself, this book gives you everything you’ll need to make smart choices.