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Casual Articles - Questions to Ask and Things to Look for When Visiting a Dealer’s Model Log Cabin or Log Home
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Of course there is nothing wrong with visiting a model log cabin “cold turkey” or as the first step in your search for your dream log cabin. However, a log cabin is a major investment. One should not make such a decision without appropriate “due diligence.” Any log kit purchased on the spur of the moment to qualify for a “special sale” could very well be the wrong decision.
● If you are serious about log cabins, you should research log cabins on the Internet, subscribe to one or more log cabin magazines and purchase log cabin literature from at least two log home companies.
● Prior to visiting a model, it would be helpful to visit log cabins owned by friends. Ask them questions; seek their advice.
● Bring this document and a 16’ - 20’ steel tape with you.
● Bring any photographs and/or magazines with photographs of features you would like to see in your log cabin.
● Bring any log cabin literature with features you would like to see in your log cabin. The literature need not be published by the company that owns the model you will be visiting.
● By now you should have decided whether you prefer contemporary log cabin designs (lots of glass, open floor plans, high ceilings) or traditional designs (separate rooms, 8’ ceilings, wrap around porches). Of course a blend of the two designs is also an option. A Stuttered Sprint Into 2007
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● If you are serious about log cabins, you should research log cabins on the Internet, subscribe to one or more log cabin magazines and purchase log cabin literature from at least two log home companies.
● Prior to visiting a model, it would be helpful to visit log cabins owned by friends. Ask them questions; seek their advice.
● Bring this document and a 16’ - 20’ steel tape with you.
● Bring any photographs and/or magazines with photographs of features you would like to see in your log cabin.
● Bring any log cabin literature with features you would like to see in your log cabin. The literature need not be published by the company that owns the model you will be visiting.
● By now you should have decided whether you prefer contemporary log cabin designs (lots of glass, open floor plans, high ceilings) or traditional designs (separate rooms, 8’ ceilings, wrap around porches). Of course a blend of the two designs is also an option.<
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● Prior to visiting a model, it would be helpful to visit log cabins owned by friends. Ask them questions; seek their advice.
● Bring this document and a 16’ - 20’ steel tape with you.
● Bring any photographs and/or magazines with photographs of features you would like to see in your log cabin.
● Bring any log cabin literature with features you would like to see in your log cabin. The literature need not be published by the company that owns the model you will be visiting.
● By now you should have decided whether you prefer contemporary log cabin designs (lots of glass, open floor plans, high ceilings) or traditional designs (separate rooms, 8’ ceilings, wrap around porches). Of course a blend of the two designs is also an option.<
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● Bring any log cabin literature with features you would like to see in your log cabin. The literature need not be published by the company that owns the model you will be visiting.
● By now you should have decided whether you prefer contemporary log cabin designs (lots of glass, open floor plans, high ceilings) or traditional designs (separate rooms, 8’ ceilings, wrap around porches). Of course a blend of the two designs is also an option.<
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● By now you should have decided whether you prefer contemporary log cabin designs (lots of glass, open floor plans, high ceilings) or traditional designs (separate rooms, 8’ ceilings, wrap around porches). Of course a blend of the two designs is also an option.
● If you have found a log cabin floor plan this fits your life style or is close to what you are looking for, bring that along.
The visit: You can keep notes in the blank spaces below.
● Note those features, including the d?cor, in the home that you would like in your home and those features that do not appeal to you.
● Ask the dealer if his homes are designed to accommodate shrinkage of the log walls. If so, how is this accomplished? If not, why is this not necessary?
● What species of wood is used in the exposed beams and log walls, and why?
● What exactly is included in the dealer’s log kit?
● It may take a little “nerve” but open several windows to see if they operate easily; or, do they stick and require some strength to open and close?
● Is the customer free to select the windows & exterior doors of his/her choice or must the customer purchase the brand offered by the dealer?
● If you have a floor plan (or a marked up floor plan) that interests you, ask the dealer to give you an estimate on the kit cost. The dealer sho
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