The Honeywood File: An Adventure in Building

By H.B. Creswell

In this first U.S. publication of a richly comic classic—originally published in England in the 1920s—the pitfalls and vicissitudes of home building are presented in sharp and unforgettable detail, in the form of letters to and from the architect—a hapless young man named James Spinlove, who, in his valiant attempts to create the Honeywood mansion for Sir Leslie Brash, encounters a motley collection of contractors, surveyors, plumbers and town planners—to say nothing of intensely litigious lawyers, and Sir Leslie Brash himself, along with his good lady. There are letters from the subsidiary but crucial characters named Nibnose & Rasper, Mr Snitch, V. Potch and Hoochkoft the surveyor of bricks, among others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Release date: Aug 30, 2005
• ISBN: 9780897336611

Reviews for The Honeywood File

[wrichard_22 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A very funny book about the vicissitudes and pleasures of building a house. Written in an age long before planning Permission was required it is probably in need of an update to make it even funnier.