Peaches

I'm the third owner and the people I bought it from had no records from the original owner. There was a local builder's name on the septic certificate who has either gone of business or changed names. From what I can tell looking at other plans, it was NOT a major company who built it.

It was built in 1997, so whatever problems are going to happen, hopefully already have, hehehe. The people I bought it from had a roof leak, but never a log problem. They are relatively thin logs - 4-5 inch D shaped tongue/grove. I researched a lot before I bought this house because I thought Iwas going to end up building and I shyed away from the round logs (wanted to be able to have more "decorating freedom" inside) and the chinked (didn't want to rechink) and had chosen the D logs. If I built it over again, the ONLY thing log related I'd do differently is get thicker logs, but not because it's really needed - the insulation is fine for me - but remember, there's no reinsulating log once it's built.

I've not had problems with bugs/woodpeckers except freaking carpenter bees.

It needs to be cleaned, stained and sealed again, but that's not bad after almost 7 years. My isn't anything fancy - about as plain as you get get, lol! It's a cabin, not a house.

One think I noticed about a lot of log cabins is that they are ALL wood inside. My interior walls are drywall as well as all the upstairs walls. Wood on the floor, walls and ceiling are a little much day in and day out and this way I can paint.

Another way to save money is to do what they did with my house - only the main floor is log. The upstairs is cedar siding.

http://www.lhoti.com has a good message board!