The Savvy Woman's Guide to Owning a Home: How to Care for, Improve and Maintain Your Home

by Kitty Werner

In a light and humorous way, yet clear and detailed enough to be of real help, the book teaches the basics of home care, safety, and getting into a new community. It covers everything from moving into the new place, to seasonal and yearly "to do" lists, to dealing with a host of repairs. The book is laid out in a sensible way and contains sidebars with lots of helpful hints and fun anecdotes. It's something I could easily see becoming a bible for the new homeowner, female or male, but is especially excellent for women because it avoids the jargon often used when such information is geared toward men. KK Wilder, Producer, "Wild The Writing Life"

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2001

Reviews

[Bunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would like to own a copy of this book.

It really is a clever little thing. It's small enough to fit in a drawer, and has such good information in it. A lot of it I can't use, either because of my location or just because my house is small. I don't have a chimney, certainly. And working for 911, I know most of the "Save yourself" information.

But in terms of repairs, emergency kits, what to look fors, this is pretty damn incredible.

I really enjoyed this. And I want to keep it.