Just signed up anyone from around Mass?

[Nordin]

Hey all I just found your website last week and have since hurt my eyes reading everything i have found on it. Ever since i was a kid i have liked the look of log houses bu never really considered it a possibility to live in one. i live in MA and land and housing prices here are ridiculous. Especially since i live south of Boston. However after looking at this site it seems that is is a possibility as long as you dont mind the work (wich I dont) I'm excited to see how this all plays out. I would love to have no morgage and own a house free and clear.
Anyway i was just wonering if there was anyone in Mass that has taken the class and built their own log home. I know it's a long shot but i figured i'd ask. I think the biggest problem for me would be to get logs around here. I hear some of this is covered in the class I'm hoping to take within a year. there arn't any logging company around here or a nationl forest that would consider letting an American citizen buy their trees that are so "important to the maintaining of the eco system" So if anyone knows if this is possible without me having to get logs from Vermont or New hampshire I'd just like to hear about it. So thanks for reading. Looking foward to getting to know you all. Oh by they way My parents do have a place by Laconia in NH so anyone that is around there give me a shout.

Thanks
Nordin

[hemlock77]

Nordin;

Welcome. I am building in Ashford ct. Which is about 15 min over the Mass line off I 84. After you take the class, and get ready to build I have a couble log sources I can put you in contact with. Belive it or not Mass has huge tracts of managed timber harvested anualy. The class will point you in the right direction as how to aquire the logs needed. There are a few builders in the area like myself that have more locolized info on who to contact. I was origanaly going to buy logs from a guy in mass, but I found a source the next town over from me who could get all my logs needed at once.
Do you have land yet? I noticed a few buildable lots in Worcester county that are approaching some sort of economic reality, one 2 acre lot for 40K.
Stu
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[Nordin]

Hemlock
Hey thanks for the reply. No i dont have any land yet. I have been looking into buying it. i have a realitor looking around for me, mostly on the south shore but thank you for the tip I'll have her look into that. Thats awesome to hear that Mas actually has that I have been searching the internet for it this past week but havent been able to come up with anything. although all i was searchng for was logging companies. That would be awesome for when the time comes if you could put me in contact with some people i'd appreciate it. This is still really new to me. I'm excited to see what happens. I have two friends who i told about this site and i think they are going to try going to the class as well when it is offered again. All of us are motivated to have a house with little or no morgage. Again thank you for responding

Nordin

[hemlock77]

As you have descovered logging companies aren't your best option. Your needs are too small for the big logging companies to be bothered with. The class will go into depth on going right to source rather than the middle men(which logging companies are).

A few words of caution, Once bitten by the log home bug(which I suspect has already taken place), there is no known cure. The bug will reach full effect after taking the class. "Loggernecking" will be one of the early symptoms, followed by an addiction to craigslist and the members forum. There is however sledgehammer and spud therapy. The beautiful thing once you have completed therapy, you will have a log home to live in.;
Stu

[StressMan79]

I agree with Hemlock. I took the class and have been addicted to CL and the members forum for most part of a year, but instead of subsiding, it seems to get worse!

Anyway, I have to get back to CL. (and my real job)

-Peter

[spiralsands]

Hey all I just found your website last week and have since hurt my eyes reading everything i have found on it. Ever since i was a kid i have liked the look of log houses bu never really considered it a possibility to live in one. i live in MA and land and housing prices here are ridiculous. Especially since i live south of Boston. However after looking at this site it seems that is is a possibility as long as you dont mind the work (wich I dont) I'm excited to see how this all plays out. I would love to have no morgage and own a house free and clear.


Nordin, my neighbors in NY are from Massachusetts. When I was land shopping in '06, I looked at their property first because it had the old house on it. It was 23.5 acres of rolling pasture with a bit of woods in the back and had the old farmhouse from 1830 right on the road. I was too afraid of the age of the house and the work that it needed (even though it was suitable to move right into) so I passed on it and instead bought the acerage right next to it. Then my neighbors came from Mass and bought the house and land for about 140K. I bought my lot, 23.5 acres for 55K. When I met them last summer, they said the same thing about housing and land prices in their home state. It's funny how some people see NY as a real bargain! If it weren't for the taxes it would be absolutely perfect.