Floor-planning

A GREAT guide that's beneficial and easy to comprehend. The suggestions and tips were common sense things that would have been overlooked at the time of building. A small amount to spend for this book sure equals large savings! The very BEST guide available to provide the BEST to loved ones. Well worth it!

We enjoyed your first book & are eagerly looking forward to this one. Thank you for specifically addressing the issues of cohabitation with your children!

this book breaks the ice as an alternative to older adults living in homes,the high cost of care facilities.

I HIGHLY recommend this book!

This is certainly a book that many who deal with housing design have felt lacking from their libraries. Being an excellent review of housing types of the last century, mainlyafter modernism,it is an excellent reference book for those in need of an historical overview of housing. The categories into which the examples are divided into is logical, which helps in comparing different types of housing. It is also a pleasure to read it as the book is designed in very elegant and clear lines. Unfortunately it costs too much for me but for those who can afford it, it will be a great pleasure to own.

I purchased this book after reading all the good reviews on this site. I consider the book a complete waste of money. It included suggestions like matching the colour of the siding on the suite to the rest of the house, and ensuring that you follow the building code. It was full of such ridiculously simple comments.

The "80" floor plans are in fact 40 floor plans and 40 mirror images of those plans. All of the plans are simply a rectangular structure with rooms placed in various locations in that rectangle.

While this book is geared toward setting up elderly parents near you, I think it could be useful for other types of families as well, such as multiple couples who wish to live together or multiple adults who wish to live together but still lead separate lives. In most ways, this is a book about adding an apartment onto your house. The plans are rather dull to look at and a lot of the advice is rather commonsense but they are a useful place to begin research if you are interested in such construction. I wish it had examples of houses and suits created by people today though -- some more realism to the entire book and some good ideas of how such an arrangement might work between families.

I thought this book was great. It covers everything from the reasons why an in-law suite is a good idea, to designing the plan, incorporating handicapped fixtures, etc. Yes there are only 40 separate plans (the other 40 are mirror images) but the plans are well thought out and encompass sizes from 300+ to 1000+ square feet. The plans are simple, straightforward and can be easily modified. I sent a copy of this book to my parents after buying one for myself, as we are considering building an in-law suite onto our house for my parents. My husband sells lots in a new subdivision and is keeping the book at his office with his other house plans because it's so useful.