The House Journal helps homeowners to apply the principles of historic preservation to all houses. It explains in what ways restoration, remodeling, and rehabilitation are different and which is appropriate for a particular home. Here is a book that explains how to research the history of each house and to chronicle the time of ownership. The House Journal provides an easy system for recording home improvement projects, becoming an invaluable resource for both old and new owners when a house is sold. Worksheets let you document the condition of the house and the land when you first saw the property, the improvements and repairs you make to them over the years, and the anecdotes that give the house a personality. Sample worksheets show you how to do it.Sandy and Tom have struggled with what to do with their own homes. Having worked professionally to develop strategies responsive to change in central city neighborhoods, Sandy recognized the need for individuals to have their own housing strategy and data base, along with an effective and easy way to develop them. The House Journal is the authors' answer to the harried homeowner faced with a prodigious amount of information that goes with homeownership and the projects that ensue. Sturdily bound and printed on archival paper, your personal record in The House Journal will be preserved for future generations. Read Less