Hi Jay,
Thanks so much you and all who replied! We need all the help we can get. We want to look at the blue ridge log cabins (modular that I have heard so much about. they put it up in a few days. (turn-key) this would be a nice option for us and…
Jay & Julie,
There is so much great advice from posters below! I'm just wondering what to add...:o) My husband and I started around a year and 1/2 ago building our home. We built it outself from a package from a company out of Georgia. Square, D lo…
Hi Denise!
We have chosen a builder! So far, the only steps we have taken is to have our land surveyed and the soils test. I have provided our builder with a sketch of a floor plan and we are putting together some photos to illustrate the look we wa…
I am new to this forum and saw your post and was wondering if you ever started to build yet? We are deciding which way to go, modular cabin or regular cabin. We are on a strict budget and of course have to sell our existing home to afford it but we…
Never too late. We are in Durango now and will be meeting with the builder we have chosen this morning. As you all may see by the time length of this thread, we have been very careful and finally made a decision. We still don't plan to build for ano…
Jay & Julie:
I know I'm coming in to your discussion a little late in the game, but where are you planning to build? Check out this website riverstoneloghomes.com.
If there is a builder I would trust to build my own home, it would be him. I've known…
Tami: Julie drew up our floor plans herself after looking at many floor plans from different books. The best thing to do is to find a plan that is close to what you want and then have it modified. We bought our logs through Yellowstone Log Homes in…
Hey Jay I'm in the LA area of CA - we will be building in MI - where are you planning to build? I have some great suggestions for funding and a craftsman for you to check out:
http://www.chippewavalleybank.com/default.asp
http://www.rivervalleybank.com/index.cfm
http://www.koskiloghomes.com/phpstuff/test.php