Having a log cabin built is an exciting time. Whether you are building a log cabin in the mountains to get away to or you are building one to live in permanently, it can be a beautiful home to live in. But just like any other home on the market, it can become quite expensive to construct one.
When having a log home built or you, there are some major cost factors you will want to take into consideration. There are several things you can do to reduce the high cost of your cabin while still maintaining the incredible design and uniqueness of a cabin home.
Before anything, you will want to get a turnkey cost estimate. A turnkey cost estimate refers to the total cost it will end up being to build your log home or timber home. Many times you can get a rough estimate of what it is going to cost you to build the home of your dreams. Of course a lot will depend on whether you design it or not, what you decide to include in the log cabin and how large you want it to be.
If you get the estimate back and see that it is just outside of your budget, do not go on with the decision just because the floor plan has already been sketched out. Have your designer review the plan and suggest alterations you can make to reduce the cost of the overall home.
There are several suggestions your designer will recommend to help you reduce some of the major cost factors. The first thing your designer will bring up is the size of the plan. Obviously, the overall size of the log cabin will have the biggest affect on the cost because it affects all other facets of the home as well. If you reduce the size of the home, you are also reducing how many materials you need and many other things.
The next major cost factor your designer will recommend you changing is the complexity of the design. There is nothing quite like having a gorgeous timber home, but you do not necessarily have to have the most complex design available. As you can guess for obvious reasons, the price is going to be hiked up with the more corners, roof ridge lines and roof valleys there are in your design. The more basic your design is the better off you are.
As mentioned above, the larger your home is the more materials you will need. But the choice of building materials you go with can run up the price as well. The more stone, marble and glass you use, the more you can expect to pay. This does not mean you cannot include any of these materials in your home; but maybe use them lightly in your home.
The last thing you want to consider when building a log cabin is the site condition. This is typically something that many people overlook, but it can greatly reduce the cost of your home. Things like building a home on slope or over roots can make it a far more expensive purchase. Try to pick out a location that is not going to require much other work to get it going.
Having a turnkey cost estimate done prior to having your log home built is highly recommended. You will be able to see the cost estimates for materials, labor, and what you can do to reduce the cost. It will be well worth it to get an estimate so you do not end up spending far more than you had originally planned on for your log cabin.
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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.
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how is this not a real photo?
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!!!!!
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.
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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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hm i couldn’t tell the difference between photograph and painting comparing the final resault.
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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.
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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.
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