Ellsworth
03-15-2025, 07:19 PM
If you want to build your own Butt and Pass log home, or any style of log home, then figure out about how much your finished project would sell for (using comps, square footage, lot size, et cetera). Then figure out how much the standard realtors fee would be, if you were to sell your finished home.
Then don't be afraid to spend the same amount that a realtor would make selling your home on getting an education about log home building / maintenance (2%-3% of your finished homes total value).
For a log home worth $200,000 that would be spending $4000 to $6000 on education.
For a log home worth $400,000 that would be spending $8000 to $12,000 on education. As a point of reference, that is now the price of a higher end consumer / low end commercial log splitter.
https://www.eastonmadewoodsplitters.com/
https://www.timberwolfequip.com/
https://wolferidgemfg.com/product-category/horizontal-log-splitters/
https://woodmizer.com/us/log-splitters
This concept is supposed to make you think about this issue, generally speaking. IMHO $10,000 is likely around the most a person COULD spend on getting a log home education, if they went to every possible class, and also bought every book and DVD currently published on the topic. $10,000 is less than the cost of one year of college at a State college (as a point of reference that's about $11,500). It's a good reference, because it might take a year to really digest / soak up the information you obtain / access. It will be about as much work, over that year of learning, and the potential return on educational investment is similar.
The time, effort and money spent on obtaining an education from every available source will help you immeasurably on your log home building project.
If you are just looking to simply buy an existing log home, then the education could save you a TON of post purchase regret / grief. You'll be able to tell a good log home from a bad log home -- before you make the purchase, before you even waste money on a real / full home buyers inspection.
The main takeaways from this post:
1) Be enthused about spending $4000 to $12,000 on your overall log home education. Knowledge IS power. Knowledge CAN lead to greater and easier success.
2) Start the education process at least a year before you plan to start your project.
3) Seek every available source.
It will save you money.
It will make your build go smoother.
It will make your build experience safer.
It will introduce you to a lot of conflicting information, and thus it will confuse you.
It will force you to think.
There is no sarcasm in this post. A home is typically a person's largest single investment in their lifetime. To have any other outlook that what's expressed above is nuts.
Part of my motivation in making this post is to help reduce purchase regret for the intangible thing called: education. May all your choices be wise, may your journey be smooth, fruitful and hopefully fun too.
Disclaimer: I have been a log home instructor for over 30 years. I am not currently an instructor. It's possible I will be again sometime in the future, and it's possible I will never be again. If I get 10-20 people to sign up on the list of people interested in learning, then I will consider it. #Tomorrow'sProblem.
"In-Person classes*: get on a list "
https://community.loghomebuilders.org/showthread.php?15686-In-Person-classes*-get-on-a-list&p=180469#post180469
I'd rather steer you straight than lead you astray.
Then don't be afraid to spend the same amount that a realtor would make selling your home on getting an education about log home building / maintenance (2%-3% of your finished homes total value).
For a log home worth $200,000 that would be spending $4000 to $6000 on education.
For a log home worth $400,000 that would be spending $8000 to $12,000 on education. As a point of reference, that is now the price of a higher end consumer / low end commercial log splitter.
https://www.eastonmadewoodsplitters.com/
https://www.timberwolfequip.com/
https://wolferidgemfg.com/product-category/horizontal-log-splitters/
https://woodmizer.com/us/log-splitters
This concept is supposed to make you think about this issue, generally speaking. IMHO $10,000 is likely around the most a person COULD spend on getting a log home education, if they went to every possible class, and also bought every book and DVD currently published on the topic. $10,000 is less than the cost of one year of college at a State college (as a point of reference that's about $11,500). It's a good reference, because it might take a year to really digest / soak up the information you obtain / access. It will be about as much work, over that year of learning, and the potential return on educational investment is similar.
The time, effort and money spent on obtaining an education from every available source will help you immeasurably on your log home building project.
If you are just looking to simply buy an existing log home, then the education could save you a TON of post purchase regret / grief. You'll be able to tell a good log home from a bad log home -- before you make the purchase, before you even waste money on a real / full home buyers inspection.
The main takeaways from this post:
1) Be enthused about spending $4000 to $12,000 on your overall log home education. Knowledge IS power. Knowledge CAN lead to greater and easier success.
2) Start the education process at least a year before you plan to start your project.
3) Seek every available source.
It will save you money.
It will make your build go smoother.
It will make your build experience safer.
It will introduce you to a lot of conflicting information, and thus it will confuse you.
It will force you to think.
There is no sarcasm in this post. A home is typically a person's largest single investment in their lifetime. To have any other outlook that what's expressed above is nuts.
Part of my motivation in making this post is to help reduce purchase regret for the intangible thing called: education. May all your choices be wise, may your journey be smooth, fruitful and hopefully fun too.
Disclaimer: I have been a log home instructor for over 30 years. I am not currently an instructor. It's possible I will be again sometime in the future, and it's possible I will never be again. If I get 10-20 people to sign up on the list of people interested in learning, then I will consider it. #Tomorrow'sProblem.
"In-Person classes*: get on a list "
https://community.loghomebuilders.org/showthread.php?15686-In-Person-classes*-get-on-a-list&p=180469#post180469
I'd rather steer you straight than lead you astray.