Building Your Log Home Dream

Purchasing a log home is very different from purchasing a conventional home. Log home manufacturers don't build homes; however, they do assist with home design, provide a materials list and deliver the log home package to the building site. Country Log Cabins also provides guidance to help ensure the home is properly built through their trained sales staff, construction manuals and videos, technical support staff and construction workshops.

A Custom-Built Process
Log homes are the fastest growing segment of the custom home real estate market, appreciating and selling well. The principles of log home construction are the same as a conventional home, except for the log walls and log framing members. The plans are designed to defined/submitted building codes and wind/snow loads in the area, and the components are shipped to the building site where they are assembled on a conventional foundation.

Costs for a log home include: log home materials (from the log home manufacturer), site work, foundation, heating and cooling, electrical and plumbing, cabinets and final finishes, and actual labor construction costs.

Log homeowners will pay the same or slightly more compared with a similarly constructed conventional house of the same design. Country Log Cabins can help provide an estimate of the final cost in order to plan a budget, secure financing and decide how much of the final home will be owner finished.

Construction Workshops
Kuhns Bros. construction workshops are an important component of the log home buying and building process. The workshops are open to anyone interested in building a log home and free for customers with a deposit. Within this 2-day weekend, consumers will learn construction theory, financing, planning, interior finishing, home designing, details of log construction, sealing products and properties, ordering and delivery, wood as a building material, back to basics and safety on the job-everything an owner needs to know about building a quality log home, including a tour of the Kuhns Bros. sawmill and manufacturing plant. Please visit our Workshop page for specific dates and to download a Workshop Brochure. If you are interested in attending a Construction Workshop class, please contact your local sales representative or call 1- 800-326-9614.

Country Log Cabins Contractor List
In order to assist with finding a quality builder, Country Log Cabins maintains an updated list of contractors within the United States. Country Log Cabins verifies the states and counties in which these contractors build, how far they are willing to travel, the size of their crews, the extent of services they provide and licensing and insurance. Country Log Cabins encourages consumers to ask prospective contractors for recent references and to check these references before making a final decision. If you are interested in additional information on contractors in your areas please contact your local sales representative or call 1- 800-326-9614.