Log Cabin Kits
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Log Cabin Kits
Log cabin kits are one of the best ways you can buy a home on the Internet! While this may sound like a crazy idea, the practice was common a century ago through catalogs, when people bought the materials and blueprints for houses through the Sears catalog and other similar vendors. These days the internet has replaced catalogs and you can buy several kinds of prefabricated houses online, but log cabin kits are one of the cheapest and easiest ways to build your own home. They come in different levels of involvement, from simple blueprints that you would take to a contractor to full-scale kits with all the panels included that you can assemble yourself without heavy construction equipment. In addition, log cabin kits come for several applications.
You can buy log cabin kits that are large enough to build multi-room houses, and these are popular choices for second homes in mountainous areas. However, you can also buy log cabin kits that create sheds, pool houses, hunting cabins or more. Some companies that sell log cabin kits online also offer lots of accessories like log furniture or composting toilets.
Log cabin kits are an economical way to build a home, even compared to standard modular homes. Depending on the size you choose you can expect to pay anywhere between $13,000 and $40,000 for a log cabin base kit. Beware that pricing can be confusing because usually log cabin kits do not include roofing, windows, doors, ladders or stairs and railings. You can expect to pay extra for these and since they're needed to make a home habitable you must factor those costs in when making a decision. However, it's also possible to buy these accessories locally from building stores to save money, and this is probably a more economical decision because you don't have to pay for shipping.
Once you've decided on a brand of log cabin kits you need to determine whether you're going to build the log cabin yourself or have a contractor do it. Most log cabin kits are easy enough to assemble, so much so that small log cabin kits can be put together in a single day.
People who are stick builders of log homes often criticize log cabin kits, saying that stick-built log cabin homes are better constructed and worth more in the long run. However, if you're not experienced with building and aren't somewhere where you can take a log cabin building class, log cabin kits are a great opportunity for a do-it-yourself home. Just make sure you have easy contact with the log cabin kit company so if you need assistance understanding the instructions or need replacement parts you will be able to contact them easily.
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