| log home is one place that you will always find very | | | | use in the home. Can they be easily obtained from |
| interesting. It is the typical rural western home. Many | | | | the area? Will they have to be brought from else |
| people have traveled into the country to view log | | | | where? What will be the exact cost in bringing them |
| homes for pleasure sake. The house takes on a | | | | from afar? |
| different meaning when it comes to those of | | | | The wood used in the log home should be properly |
| country homes. Though cheaper to construct, a log | | | | cured and sealed so that they do not discolor in the |
| home must be approached with great car so that | | | | future. Discolored log homes do not look appealing |
| you derive the best value. The least structural error | | | | and it can lead to wood rot in the future. |
| or design flaw in the log home can cost a lot of | | | | Each log home must have an overlapping roof. This is |
| money in the future. For example, leakages will lead | | | | to ensure that rain does not splash against the |
| to rot and the eventual destruction of the home. | | | | foundation beams. The rain should drop off the roof |
| There are essential questions that you must ask | | | | away from the walls of the log home. You should |
| yourself if you want to build a log home. First, where | | | | take care to properly construct rain gutters so that |
| do you want to build it? How big do you want it to | | | | you can be able to harvest rain. You can place barrels |
| be? What fittings do you put in? The answers to | | | | as receptacles so that you ca collect all the falling rain. |
| these questions will determine how your construction | | | | Again, you should be careful in the landscaping of |
| will go. | | | | your home. There should be no gullies around the |
| The acquisition of the land and all its rights is very | | | | house else the building will become raised and then |
| important. You would want to do a due diligence on | | | | eventually collapse or tilt. Divert all sources of run off |
| the land so you know the true owner. Again you | | | | water away from the foundation of the building. |
| would not want to buy a land that has so many liens | | | | Again, ensure that flooding is reduced as much as |
| against it. Particularly pay attention to ingress and | | | | possible within the site of the home. |
| egress issues. If there are any easements to be | | | | Molds can damage your log home easily because it is |
| made, make sure that these are well sorted out. | | | | made of wood. Try to clean them as they form. You |
| Then you must find out with the local authorities if | | | | should also inspect the property for wood rot or any |
| the type of house you want to construct is | | | | other similar condition. |
| permitted. | | | | For your cabin home to maintain its rustic look and |
| One major consideration will be land. How are you | | | | beauty, you will have to pay a lot of attention to it. |
| going to get it? Are you going to buy a previously | | | | Unlike conventional homes made of concrete, the log |
| owned log home and demolish it to get the land to | | | | home is primarily wood which is easily affected by |
| build what you like? Or you are going to get fresh | | | | the weather and other conditions. You would |
| land? Are you going to bud a log home inside a ranch | | | | therefore take utmost care to look after your home |
| or you are siting it somewhere else? | | | | so that it looks appealing to guests who will be |
| You will have to think about furnishing too. How do | | | | lodging there. As an owner you will also derive much |
| you want the place to be designed? Are you going | | | | pleasure from seeing your property sparkle with |
| to have a rustic interior look or a modern plush look? | | | | newness. |
| Think of the availability of the material you want to | | | | |