All of our log home pricing begins with a log shell only. The Woodcrafter Series is a Random Length Log Package. All logs must be cut to length on site.   The items included in our Woodcrafter Series Log Package are detailed below (click on image to enlarge). Logs are available in Round Log, D-log, OR […]

Planning Sets- To help with planning your new log home, we are pleased to offer a Planning Set for any of our stock plans for $99. For $99 you receive an emailed PDF file and a permission slip granting you permission to print hard copies for planning and gathering subcontractor cost purposes. The plans can […]

Architectural Round Log Shell Detail Sheet All of our log home pricing begins with a log shell only. The Architectural Series is a Precut Log Package with door and window openings precut, corners prenotched, and pitching etc. This shortens the building time and reduces waste on site. The items included in our Architectural Series Log […]

After our last article, “Log Home Turnkey Costs Today”, some of our readers asked for a bit more clarification about exactly what a turnkey cost includes and a few more details relating to construction. Turnkey Pricing Inclusions for Log Homes Turnkey pricing includes all of the labor and materials needed to complete the house so […]

Within the scope of this article, we are going to price out the turnkey on three of our most popular models including the Bridger, the Madison, and the Sierra stock plans. The turnkey estimate is based on a cost per square foot of living space of  $325 to $350 per square foot. This includes the […]

A very common question we are asked is the current cost of a full turnkey solution for a log home in the Bozeman, Montana area.  While labor and material costs fluctuate often in today’s, markets, we try to give an informed and reasonable guestimate for people planning to build in the 2023 construction season. Turnkey […]

Archtitectural D-Log Shell Detail Sheet All of our log home pricing begins with a log shell only. The items included in our standard D-log package are detailed below (click on image to enlarge). A D-log profile provides a flat surface on the interior of the home and a rounded profile on the exterior. D-log packages […]

A new log home holds the allure of being decidedly yours from day one. Having the opportunity to make all the selections, from wall log size to the complete kitchen layout, insures the home is custom tailored to meet your specific wants and needs. But one drawback is the time required to build the log cabin […]

Log Homes are so much more than just logs. If  you think about what drew you towards a log home in the beginning you will probably find that it wasn’t just the log walls that captured all of your attention. Most likely there are a number of other features that makes a log home so appealing […]

We are proud to have supplied a few photos for the Log Home Living July 2015 issue. These photos showcase a log home under construction, but with materials that are not as expensive as some on the market. When the home below was built the owners chose the large diameter handcrafted logs because they fell […]

In our article, “Log Homes and Shrinkage“, we illustrated and discussed shrinkage channels. Now we would like to share with you an illustrated article regarding slip joints. For our Log Homes and Shrinkage Article Please Click Here Log home shrinkage is not something to be overly concerned with, so long as the log home construction […]

When you are reading down through a log home bid you soon find yourself thinking, “Gee, what does some of these terms mean?”. Right at that moment you have crossed over from being a log home observer-– to being an owner. The dreaming stage of reading log home magazines, looking through cabin websites, and browsing […]

Look at the photo below. Do you know what it is? You may have guessed it is a stacked log wall with a log ridge beam and some interior framing. But look again. What else do you see? Try the next log home photo were I have some things noted… While we all can spend […]

We all love to dream about our new log home, but the reality behind every dream is, “How much does it cost?”. Cost is the vehicle that carries that dream. Well laid budgets can encounter surprise costs during the build, but overall the well prepared budget vehicles will get to the finished home line in […]

Extra! Extra! See all about it! We would like to thank Log Home Living for selecting one of our construction photos for their September 2014 magazine. On page 60 we are featured as the lead photo for the article entitled, “Contract Conversation”, By Jim Cooper.  This photo shows one of our handcrafted log homes under […]