Changes in Floor Plans
The floor plans shown with each photographic illustration of the complete house are those that experience has demonstrated to be best suited to that particular type of home. Nevertheless it will sometimes happen that your customer will wish minor changes made. These you can promise him, as the Architectural Department of HOME BUILDERS CATALOG is prepared to make such changes in the blueprint plans at nominal cost.
Distinctive Designs
Look at the illustration of “The Cardiff” on page 948. Have you ever seen so much style and distinction in a house of plain gable roof construction? You can see from the picture and the floor plans that this is not an expensive house to build but it has a charm and individuality all its own that will make it the most admired house in its neighborhood.
This is only one of hundreds of similar designs that you will find in HOME BUILDERS CATALOG, each embodying features of designs, construction or interior arrangement that make them different from the ordinary run of houses.
It costs no more to build a well designed house than one that is poorly designed; in fact it usually costs less, for in the well designed house every possible saving in labor costs and materials are provided for. Part of the money you save because of better designing can be used for the purchase of better materials and you are able to build a house in which first class materials only are used for the same cost, or less, than another contractor charges for a house constructed of inferior materials.
A Never-Failing Source of Inspiration
“He builds wisely who builds well,” but the home that is suitable for one family is not suitable for another, therefore in HOME BUILDERS CATALOG you will find all sizes and types of homes, ranging in cost from $3,500 to $15,000. Each design has something about it that distinguishes it from the ordinary stock-plan house and each has actually been built from the plans we furnish you, so there is no guess work about it.
Here in one big volume—too big to be mislaid but not too big to be easily carried with you—you have 577 illustrations and floor plans of homes and garages, frame, brick, stucco, cement block and hollow tile, each designed by a master hand and each with a charm and character of its own.
In other sections of HOME BUILDERS CATALOG are illustrations and descriptions of all the various materials used in the construction of a home, together with hundreds of suggestions for making it a more comfortable place to live.
A Co-operative Catalog of Building Materials
Why burden yourself with a multitude of individual booklets and catalogs when in this one great reference work of home building construction—the HOME BUILDERS CATALOG—you have everything you can find elsewhere and in more convenient form for reference?
The arrangement of HOME BUILDERS CATALOG in sections, and the complete index of contents enables you to turn instantly to the page containing the information you desire.
A careful study of the pages of HOME BUILDERS CATALOG will reveal many ideas of great practical value—suggestions that you can pass on to your customers and that will result in better and more conveniently arranged homes.
An Authoritative Reference Book
In preparation of HOME BUILDERS CATALOG we have not relied only upon our own large staff of building experts but have had the co-operation of the leading national associations affiliated with the building industry as well as the helpful assistance of hundreds of manufacturers of building materials. We believe, therefore, that HOME BUILDERS CATALOG is destined to become the recognized authority among Building Contractors on building construction and materials.
To Be Published Annually
In order that the latest information regarding construction materials and home equipment may be available to the Building Contractor, HOME BUILDERS CATALOG will be published annually. The present volume is for the year 1928. The 1929 edition will be larger and will contain many new features. Will appreciate comments on the present volume and suggestions for improvements.
Tell us first what you think of the book now before you and how it will help you with your customers. Then, when you have studied each section carefully, tell us how we can make HOME BUILDERS CATALOG more helpful to Building Contractors.
