Modular Log Homes is Cheaper Dream House

Wood is an excellent natural resource for building homes. It is self-renewing, and harvesting wood causes less damage to the environment than extracting minerals and metals. It is easy to work with compared to brick, stone, concrete, glass, steel or aluminum. The average log homebuilder takes five times longer than a traditional homebuilder to research and build his home. Log homebuilders must decide about budget, finance, where to build and how to build - and especially about log species, size, profile and so on.

Log homes are of two types - hand crafted or manufactured. Modular or manufactured log homes are prefabricated homes made of smooth, uniform milled logs that come numbered and packaged. These are easy-to-assemble modular log homes. The cost of a modular log home is much lower than a handcrafted log home. It also compares favorably with a traditional, "stick-built" home. Modular log homes can be altered, and additions are easy to make. In all, log homes beat concrete stick-built homes in beauty and character.

Modular Log Homes

Modular log homes are not limited to a few styles and floor plans anymore. You can get round logs or rectangular logs with log on log style, different log sidding, dovetail corners, gable overhangs, you can definitely get "the look" of a traditional log home without the need to spend the money.

Whilst traditionally log homes are energy efficient, the manufacturing process allows for some additional bonuses and many companies are now marketing green modular homes. Some modern unseen touches can now be utilized like specialized materials can be used for insulation in between the logs creating more thermally efficient walls.

Unless you had a traditionalist visiting one of the beautiful modular homes available you would be hard pressed to see where the additional money is spent, unless of course it was the labour of love you have always dreamed of. Otherwise modular log homes are definitely worth the the money "not spent"!