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One of our goals is to help educate and provide resources to help you navigate building a custom log and timber home. Our blog has a number of additional articles, if you have any additional questions you can always reach out to us and we would be happy to help.
One of our goals is to help educate and provide resources to help you navigate building a custom log and timber home. Our blog has a number of additional articles, if you have any additional questions you can always reach out to us and we would be happy to help.
Building a Log Home: Contract Types
Advantages and disadvantages of the two most common types of log home builder contracts. Financing the cost of your log home can be a stressful process for some, but it doesn’t have to be. When [...]
Top 7 Log Home Floor Plan Mistakes and How to Avoid them
We’ve all done it at one time or another. Picked something, a car, a piece of clothing or a meal, that we think we are going to love and find that we don’t. We don’t [...]
Green Building: Understanding the Carbon Footprint of a Log Home
As we learn more and more about sustainability and our impact on the environment, there is an increased focus on building homes that are the less harmful to our planet. In the building industry they [...]
Timber Frame Log Homes: Advantages and Disadvantages
Once you’ve decided to build a custom home, there are a number of choices that you need to make. While finding the best custom home builder should be a priority, it’s just as important to [...]
Log Home Inspection: What to look for when buying a log and timber home
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover,” my dad use to say. The same goes when buying a custom Log or Timber Frame Home. It’s important to do a full log home inspection, inside and out [...]
6 Log Home Maintenance Tips for Spring
Spring is an important time of year to take on some general log home maintenance. Inspecting your log home for winter damage from sitting snow, freezing water and chimney use, while preparing your home for [...]
Best Log Home Builders in British Columbia (Reviews/Ratings)
If you are considering building a log home, chances are you are doing a fair bit of research. In doing so, you’re going to research different styles and builders to find the builder that best [...]
Which is better: Western Red Cedar or Yellow Cedar
If you are considering a custom home there are numerous decisions you have to make including what type of logs and timbers to build with? When building a custom home, it’s very important to select [...]
Feature Project: The Blackberry Kitchen Cafe at Norma Kenny House
In 1979, Norma Kenney, locally known as “The Velvet Steamroller”, founded the Mission Heritage Association (MHA), with a mandate to preserve the area’s local heritage. Through this Association, Kenney became the driving force for preserving [...]