Log Home Package Order Timeline

Sue | July 23rd, 2010 - 9:27 am

From Drafts to Turnkey…

When planning for your home, it is very important to realize how much time each stage of your home will require. Here are realistic timelines from start to finish for an averaged sized milled and handcrafted home. One factor which may impact the build time of your log home is getting all of the permitting in place. Colorado and California are two areas where 9 to 12 months of working through permits may be required. Be sure to check on the required permits for your specific location and property.  (Scroll down for handcrafted log home timeline.)

FOR A MILLED HOME:
1) Choosing a Floor Plan– In this step a floor plan is chosen that closely matches your needs and reflects your ideals. A floor plan can be chosen from our standard plans, selected from another source, or a custom design. In this stage we either modify the existing plan or draw a new layout.

2) Obtaining an Estimate– Once we have a floor plan, then we gather all the costs necessary for your project. This takes approximately a week. Then we receive a Quotation Sheet detailing the package inclusions and price.

3) Deposit and Signing of Contract – Once you are ready to move ahead with your log home order we require payment of 50% of the total log shell price. This locks in your price, finalizes your drawings with our designer, and secures your log materials. Approximately 2-4 weeks is needed for the homeowner to view the preliminaries, make any desired changes, and receive the modified prelims for approval.

4) Final Payment– The final 50% payment for the log materials is required two weeks prior to scheduled loading date.

5) Construction of Milled Log Home– Typically 4-9 months is required to complete a full turnkey solution. Key factors that dictate exact construction time include size of home, weather, specifics of job site, and the builders schedule.

To Sum It All Up– Please allow approximately 10-12 weeks from initial 50% deposit until delivery of your milled log and material package.
(Rush Orders may be possible within 6-8 weeks depending of speed of customer.)

TIMELINE FOR HANDCRAFTED HOME: (Including Handcrafted Stacked Log, Post and Beam and Heavy Timber Frame Construction)

1) Choosing a Floor Plan

2) Obtaining an Estimate- Submission of plan for quote estimate. Please allow approximately one week.

3) Deposit and Signing of Contract – Once you are ready to move ahead with your log home order we require payment of 40% of the total log shell price. This locks in your price, finalizes your drawings with our designer, and secures your log materials. Approximately 2-4 weeks is needed for the homeowner to view the preliminaries, make any desired changes, and receive the modified prelims for approval.

4) Second Payment– A second payment of 30% of the log shell contract is due when the logs are pre-built in our yard to five (5) rounds up.

5) Final Payment– The final 30% payment for the log materials is required two weeks prior to scheduled loading date.

6) Construction of Handcrafted Home– 4-9 months to complete a full turn key solution. Key factors that dictate exact construction time include size of home, weather, specifics of job site, and the builders schedule.

To sum it all up, please allow approximately 12-16 weeks from initial deposit to delivery of your handcrafted log and material package.
(Rush Orders possible ~ Please call us to check availability in yard.)

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Any projected costs, cost estimates, material costs, and estimated construction/ building costs, are only the opinion of Cowboy Log Homes and are drawn from our experience. Every home is custom tailored to meet our individual client's wants and desires. The construction of a log or timber home is based on two primary costs: material provided by the log home company and construction costs contracted with Cowboy Log Homes as the builder or another builder of the customer's choice. Final costs are obtained and contracted with each respectively. Cowboy Log Homes is simply the "glue" that helps bring these two together to provide a final culmination of a customer's project. * Please note photos and elevations may differ some from accompanying floor plans.
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