Log home secrets of success an insider's guide to making your dream home a reality
"Covers designing, planning, building and living in a log home, with details on selecting a log-home producer, evaluating log packages, incorporating green energy, buying land, calculating costs, and working with a builder and other key players. Also discusses interior decorating, landscaping, livin...
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Masonville, CO :
PixyJack Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Keep your eye on the prize
- Learn the common log home myths and why they are myths
- Understand wood
- Think green
- Do your homework
- Gather ideas
- Decide on the look
- Calculate how much house you can afford
- Know when and how to compromise
- Anticipate the unexpected
- Buy your land before you buy your house
- Make sure you can build on your land
- Assemble your dream team early
- Design for yourself and your lifestyle
- Design for protection
- Design for the future
- Think inside the box
- Choose a company that offers the look you love
- Understand how your log producer provides for log settling
- Know what's in your package and what isn't
- Understand what a log home costs
- Get to know your dealer
- Visit several actual log homes by your producer and builder
- Hire the best builder, not the cheapest
- Determine your level of involvement
- Expect delays
- Don't forget furniture
- Landscape for beauty and wildlife
- Have realistic expectations
- Move in and move on.
