Are you ready to trade in your camper for a log cabin?
Millions of people in the United States hit the road each year with a camper in tow. If you are one of these people, you know the routine quite well: load up the camper, drive to a campsite, set up the camper, relax for a couple of days (maybe even a week or two), tear down and pack up, haul the camper back home and unload. For many camper enthusiasts, the minor inconveniences of this ritual is more than offset by the few days of pleasure spent enjoying your camping experience.
However, if you are beginning to feel like it is more hassle to take your camper on the road than it’s worth, then maybe it’s time you considered an alternative: a permanent log cabin! With the cost of gas increasing steadily with no end in sight, many people are paying more to get their campers to their destination than they are paying for their campsite fees! And when you add this to a year-round payment (on a camper you can only use part of the year), it is clear to see why many folks are trading up to a permanent log cabin or log camp.
Think about this. A new 35-40 foot camper can retail for between $40,000 and $80,000. And like an automobile, it depreciates significantly the minute you drive it off the dealer’s lot. Now, you’re probably thinking: What about all the creature comforts that make the camper just like home? With a custom designed log cabin, you can have all of those amenities and not have to be so concerned with the wear and tear on those expensive moving (hydraulic) parts.
The best part is that your new log cabin will provide year-round fun and enjoyment for years to come and when the time comes to sell your investment, like most real estate, it will have appreciated in value over time. This means that you are not just throwing your money away!
So ask yourself these questions: Are you tired of the hassles associated with packing up, hauling, setting up, tearing down and unpacking? Are you fed up with the outrageous fuel costs to tow your camper? Does it bother you to make payments for a camper that sits idle/unused for more than half the year? Would you like to have a profitable exit strategy when the time comes?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then maybe it’s time you considered investing in a log cabin. A log cabin gives you year-round use, all the amenities of home, a permanent place to entertain friends and family or just relax, and it is an appreciating asset.
Say goodbye to the camper and hello to a rustic log cabin. When you’re ready to make the transition, give me a call and I’ll walk you through the camper to log cabin transition. You’ll be glad you did!
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I am looking for information on how to build a vertical log cabin?Vertical Log Cabins are built with the logs standing up instead of lying down. There are some great advantages to this method and I want to build one, however finding information including plans is proving difficult at best. Can anyone help?
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Ron Marx is president of Cedar Knoll Log Homes, a leading log home and log cabin manufacturer. Ron has more than 25 years of log home building experience. Cedar Knoll Log Homes has been designing and manufacturing custom and kit log homes and cabins since 1980. Cedar Knoll Log Homes’ corporate headquarters and 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art milling facility, along with a 1680 square foot beautifully appointed log home model, are situated just off the shores of Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh, NY. Cedar Knoll Log Homes uses only the finest Adirondack cedar and pine available and dries logs at the company’s onsite kiln. Prospective log home / log cabin buyers, builders, contractors, wholesalers or dealers are encouraged to call 800-644-3564 for additional information or visit http://www.loghomeslogcabins.com
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Read this completely because I intend on building my own very nice log home very cheaply but you have to know how to do it.
It is according to where you live, the type of log home you want, if you are going to have it built, if you are going to use a kit, how big the logs are you will use, and if you are going to work on it yourself.
You can build a brick home for less than most log kits cost.
Most the kits out there cost between $100 and $150 for each 16 foot log.
I bidded on several homes when I was contracting but they all, every single one of them ended up building brick homes because of the cost.
I built my on sawmill so I van cut all logs, flooring and roofing timbers, flooring, roofing sheathing, studs, wood for doors, windows, kitchen cabinets, and even the trim.
You can buy a new sawmill for a few thousand dollars to do the same or if you can weld as I do, build one for less than a grand.
If you use quarry rock for the basement walls or foundation, as I intend on doing, and do the work to cut all your own materials, you can build it for less than $50,000.
You are talking about a home that is close to 2,200 square feet.
If you have it built and buy a kit, you are talking well over a quarter million dollars.
If you do it all yourself "and do good work" you can have over $200,000 equity in it when you move in but you will have to have perfect credit or scratch build it.
If you buy the right land at a good price, you may be able to get a second morgage on it to help pay to build the house. It should also have standing timber on it to use for the home.
Several of the sawmill manufactors sell them on credit also.
And you will need a planer / molder and can also get them financed.
Both of these pieces of equipment is something you can resell after you have finished the home to regroup much of the cost and is figured into the $50,000 stated above.
It's not a small undertaking but it is well worth it in the long run. Any body can learn to build a nice one if they try. They were building them hundreds of years ago with axes and hand saws.
The only thing holding me up is the right land. I want a creek so I can make my own electricity also.
If you have any more questions, e-mail me. I'll be glad to help.
good luck man that sounds sweet.
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hm i couldn’t tell the difference between photograph and painting comparing the final resault.
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Depending how long the log is, I had one replaced last yr. It was 8 ft long and cost me $1200 to contract out. It took the contractor all day. Call in a few GCs and get three bids. That will give you a better idea. Yellow page it.
There are always Cabin rentals available at the various Illinois KOA's
Here's where in Illinois they have KOA cabin rentals.
Benton KOA
1 Room Kamping Kabins
Casey KOA
1 Room Kamping Kabins
Chicago Northwest KOA
1 Room Kamping Kabins
Kankakee South KOA
1 Room Kamping Kabins
LaSalle / Peru KOA
1 Room Kamping Kabins
Lena KOA
1 and 2 Room Kamping Kabins
Also: Deluxe Kamping Kottages, Kamping Lodges
Rock Island / Quad Cities KOA
1 and 2 Room Kamping Kabins
Springfield KOA
1 Room Kamping Kabins
Happy Travels!!!!!
Log cabins are beautiful and homey to live in. However, they are high-maintenance and expensive. Because they are built of organic materials, it is almost like they are alive.
To keep a log home in top condition, requires the wood logs to be treated and maintained regularly year after year so the wood doesn't dry out and rot. Sometimes the logs can warp and need to be repaired or replaced, which is expensive. Also, weather wears out the weatherproofing material between the logs, and it will also eventually need to be maintained and repaired continuously over time.
If you are up to the regular high maintenance (either by doing it yourself or by paying someone else to do it), then a log cabin is a wonderful type of building that is well worth the investment.
I like the fact that answer number one is pretty OPEN in his statments. TO accurately define your prices/end costs, it seems to me (with all dur respect) you already have so much of what you need regarding resources, to get PRICES.
Without knowing at all,,,the "LAY OF THE LAND" I'd probably go with a "daylight" basement" AND honestly 2200 sq. ft. is hardly a CABIN. SIGH. I see and get in e mail Every day,,,BUILD TO SHELL…NC cabins for less that 100 K. I so want to assume you could double that to finish.
Another thing I might ask is WHY do you need a LOAN to finish? No offense to you certainly,,, OR the KIT provider, but you don't mention WHERE? IE: 35 miles East of Ashville? Etc,,, OR if you already OWN the land? IF you happened to own the land,,, the loan could be negotiated with it as collateral.
Once more, and with all due respect…FINISH might be relative, as it FITS some liveable plan you have, and could easily take 18 to 24 months?
Finally, and I hope I haven't offended you. ANYONE doing any work, and depending on zoning and code issues, better be ready to back up any liability "DADDY" or not.
No one here who answers can know your families commeitment, or a time frame for you
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Nice… I think log cabin is perfect near the ocean. If you want some decor in it… you can try visit this site. http://www.kdloghomes.com/
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Just make some trusses and put them on 2 foot apart . Lay some 1×4s across the trusses 18 inch's apart then lay some tin on the roof overlapping each other. Then use the special tin to cap off the roof. Dont use logs too much weight. Use plywood and framing. Build it on skids. So you can pull it with snow mobile.