Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair

My girlfriend is an interior designer and is obsessed with old buildings and old houses. As she is looking to own one someday, I ordered this book for her as it was highly recommended. It is hardcore!!! There is a vast amount of knowledge here though it seems to be more European based, the knowledge is priceless!Great reference!!

Old House Handbook, a practical guide to care and repair, by Roger Hunt & Marianne Suhr, in association with The Society For The Protection Of Ancient Buildings, is a comprehensive guide to the distinguishing features of old buildings. From the roof to the foundations, it explains structure, deterioration and sympathetic repair, and gives a good overview of the most common problems and how to tackle them. In my opinion, this is a very useful book for reference and instruction.

This book has been invaluable. It’s full of useful information and advice. It’s the SPAB bible. I wish I’d had this book *before* purchasing my Grade II Listed house 😂 (no regrets), because the advice is invaluable. I recommend this book to anyone looking at a house.

I like the way that this book guides readers towards not fighting the aging process of an old house. The book gives help on maintaining an old house whilst allowing it to show its age, including the dents and blemishes which are inevitable over the years. Totally smooth ceilings and walls, for example, look a bit wrong in a 100 year old house.

My investigation before buying this book indicated it to be a must have. This is a very simple understatement. This book should be recommended by all the agencies handling old / listed buidings as it explains the do's and do'nts clearly with excellent illustrations.I bought this for my daughter and her husband who are restoring a Grade II listed building in the New Forrest National Park I read it first. Although an experienced Consulting Engineer I found that it contained aspects that I had forgotten or never new.BUY IT

nice book to have but expensive and didn't tell me anything I didn't know already/info easily available on internet. If you like referring to books I guess you might like this one on your shelf