Log cabins are beautiful, cozy places to spend your time. The have a classic look and feel to them that is timeless. Log cabins are generally located in the breath taking mountain and wilderness areas. While some individuals own log cabins that they live in, most people rent them to leisure while camping, skiing, or just getting back to nature. Log cabins are great for those who enjoy the outdoors yet want some comforts of home as well.
For those who own land and want to build a log cabin, there are many options. You can hire a contractor to do the work for you. There are many qualified contractors who will be glad to complete the work for you. If you enjoy working with your hands and want to save money, consider purchasing a do it yourself log cabin kit. These kits come with complete instructions, a video, and you can choose from over 200 floor plans.
There are several companies that specialize in do it yourself log cabin kits. You can contact them for a free catalog or check out what they have to offer on the internet. You can view the inside and outside of log cabin models as well as explore floor plans on the internet. You will not believe the various options available for a log cabin. There are more than 200 floor plans available on the internet. You can also choose to design your own.
Log cabins have been loved for their appeal and comfort for a very long time. They offer a peaceful get away from the hectic pace of our daily lives. You can choose to rent a log cabin, have one built, or build it yourself. Regardless of the method you choose take the time to compare prices and options. If you plan to rent a log cabin, schedule it well in advance or you may be disappointed to find you can’t get one. Staying in one at off peak times is a great way to save money. It is also important that you conduct research on the contractor or the company you use. Check their status with the Better Business Bureau as well as online reviews by other customers.
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Anyone ever built a log cabin for rec property?We're thinking about building a smallish (less than 1000 sq. ft.) cabin on our recreational property. I'd like to hear from others who have personally built one by themselves.. Would you do it again or hire it out?
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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.
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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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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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.
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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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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