| The Log home industry has matured these
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| | big part of your budget will cover the
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| last many years, but there is still a lot
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| | labor, because this home will be built
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| of confusion about how much a log home
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| | entirely by hand. Your contractor may
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| costs. Naturally, everyone wants to know
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| | not have to peel or notch the logs, but
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| the cost of the log package; however, the
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| | he will still be placing the logs one at
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| budgeting only starts here. If you are
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| | at time, making sure the walls are plumb,
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| shopping for a milled log package (as
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| | drilling holes for the wiring, cutting
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| opposed to hand-crafted, which is a
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| | settling gaps above the windows and
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| totally different category), the
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| | doors, possibly fitting the roof frame
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| difference between one manufacturer's
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| | one board at a time. Your builder is the
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| price and another is minimal when
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| | most critical part of the project, and
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| compared to the total cost of the
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| | it's not necessarily a good idea to go
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| structure. Here are some reasons
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| | with the cheapest quote. Do you really
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| why:Other materials. The logs themselves
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| | want him to cut corners to stay within a
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| only form a portion of the material
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| | low quote?Design features of the house.
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| costs of the home. Once the log walls are
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| | The most dramatic log homes have roof
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| erected, you still have to worry about a
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| | lines that point in all directions,
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| floor, a roof, the windows, the doors,
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| | dormers that grace the front, vaulted
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| the plumbing, the kitchen... the list
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| | ceilings in the great rooms. But
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| goes on and on. Some manufacturers quote
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| | remember that every new angle you add to
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| a "weathered-in shell" which includes the
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| | the roof adds exponentially to the cost
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| logs, the windows and roof - all the
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| | of the project. If you need to keep
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| elements that enclose the building
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| | costs down, think about a simple roof
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| (protecting the house against the
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| | line with not too many angles.Also, the
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| weather). Other manufacturers only quote
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| | old adage remains especially true with
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| the log package, and leave it to the
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| | log homes: it's much cheaper to go up
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| contractor to provide the other
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| | than go out. If you want a rambling
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| materials locally. When pricing a log
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| | one-story ranch house, you will have a
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| package, make sure you are comparing
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| | bigger foundation cost, a bigger roof to
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| "apples to apples".From our experience,
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| | consider, and lots more labor. If you
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| the price of the Logs only constituted
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| | build more stories and a smaller
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| approximately 1/5 of the total price of
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| | foundation, even though you will have to
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| the finished structure. As for the
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| | invest in a staircase the savings are
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| rest... it's a high-end custom home, and
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| | considerable.So what is the bottom line?
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| like any custom home, your cost is
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| | A basic budgeting cost in the Northeast
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| limited by your imagination - and your
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| | US would be $140-$150 per square foot for
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| budget. You decide whether to use
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| | a milled log home; this is about the
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| hardwood floors or carpet, marble
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| | equivalent of a high-end custom
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| counters or formica, a metal roof or
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| | stick-frame house. This does not include
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| asphalt shingles. No log home company
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| | the land, the well, the septic, the
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| will offer these products to you. Unlike
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| | driveway, etc. It does include the
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| a Development contractor who offers you a
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| | basement, the kitchen, the plumbing, etc.
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| limited selection, you choose everything
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| | This is the turnkey budget for the house
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| yourself, from doorknobs to toilets.
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| | only. You can certainly do less if you
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| Once you start factoring in all these
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| | give up a lot of amenities, but I
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| items, you will discover that there isn't
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| | wouldn't advise a starting budget of any
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| a whole lot of difference between a log
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| | less than $130 per sq. ft. You may find
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| home any another home - except for the
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| | yourself running out of money way too
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| exterior walls.Local price differences.
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| | soon, and that would be a terrible
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| We built our log home in New Jersey,
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| | shame.Mercedes Hayes is a Hiawatha Log
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| which tends to be a lot more expensive
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| | Home dealer and also a Realtor in New
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| overall than much of the rest of the
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| | Jersey and Pennsylvania. She designed
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| country. The same house in Tennessee
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| | her own log home which was featured in
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| would cost considerably less in lumber
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| | the 2004 Floor Plan Guide of Log Home
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| and other materials. Also consider that
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| | Living magazine.
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| labor costs vary wildly as well. A very
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