The question of how to build a log cabin is really a very general one.  If you have the goal of building your own log cabin, there are actually three main paths you can take to attain it.  Each path has pros and cons, and it’s worth understanding them before you decide how you’re going [...]

Most people think a log cabin is a high cost, high quality item.  That is mainly because the log cabin industry is a niche market, with a higher average cost per square foot than the stick frame industry.  If something has a limited supply, and cost more, then people naturally start to think that is must [...]

Because of the popped real estate bubble, it makes even more sense now to build a no loan log home then it did in years past.  Many people are on the brink of financial ruin, in part because they assumed a huge mountain of debt, and bought overpriced homes that they couldn’t really affordable.  They may have faced [...]

If you just build or buy a log home the ‘normal way,’ then you’ll be a typical American who spends 34% of their income to pay for their housing (according to the U.S. Statistical Abstract).  You would simply be removing one third of your income, from each and every paycheck, to pay your rent or a mortgage.  There’s [...]

By building your own low cost log home from scratch, you can get ahead financially by skipping rungs on the property ladder. The ‘property ladder’ principle goes something like this: In your 20′s, you buy a cheap starter home.  It might be a small condo, or older 2 bedroom home. Then about 5 years later [...]

If you have looked at kit log cabins, then you were probably dissapointed to realize they can be very expensive.  You do not need to pay a large amount of money for a kit, because there is a ‘secret’ to getting ‘kit’ log cabins for free — or for a shockingly small amount of money.  This is [...]

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A properly built butt and pass log home can often go many years with virtually no maintenance.  We have members reporting that they have lived in their homes for over 30 years, and have hardly had to do any maintenance at all.  It takes the right knowledge to build such a log home though, the [...]