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Larry here. I have been a log home enthusiast for many years and have recently acquired property in the Ozark foot hills, on the Black River, here in Missouri. I am looking forward to the experience of building my own log home and plan to begin next year. This looks like a great organization and I am sure my many questions will begin soon, after I read the history to see if they are already answered.
Hi everybody! I'm looking forward to getting out of the rat race and moving to a quiet plot of land in the country, where I can build my own log home and life debt free. I can't tell you how exicting it is to have found this site after weeks of looking at questionable log cabin kit manufacturers. I'm really eager to take the LHBA seminar, but unfortunately can't afford the September course. However, I'm on the mailing list and will be the first to sign up for a 2011 class (if one is offered...I hope, I hope...). I think it's going to change my life in ways that, before, I couldn't even hope to imagine. I can't wait to get started!
welcome! We found LHBA in the exact same manner (researching kit homes). we were SURE we wanted a log home and thought kits were the only way to get there. BOY were we wrong:) you are quite right; LHBA will change your way of thinking about a lot of things (not just log homes). take the time to read through all these public forums. there's a lot of good info here. again, welcome. I hope you find what you're looking for.
Just joined the forum. (: I spent a week in a fabulous log cabin that belonged to a friend's family, and while I'd always wanted to live in a log cabin in the woods, I hadn't really had enough impetus to go after it until I'd actually had the experience of doing so.
So when I got home, I started poking around and found you folks. Thinking about making that dream real now. (: Can't make the class in September, so I'm hoping there'll be classes next year.
Hi all I just joined after poking around on here for awhile, the wife and i have been talking about moving to the U.P. of MI after the kids are out of the house and would love to build a log home there. wont go into to much detail here just wanted to say hello and thank you in advance for any help we get from yall
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hello everyone my name is brandon.... im seeking guidence for my 1st home which i have decided to go with a log home.... ive always loved the way log homes look and i hope im headed in the right direction.. ive searched around and will be on this site for a while so when i get out the army i can have a nice place for me and my family... i wont be able to attend the class anytime soon but hope i can gain some knownledge so i dont screw this up..
hey to the newbies! pull up a seat n forget most everything you think you might know about log homes! its a fun ride.
Rusty-
Well hello,
I'm so thankful The Lord brought me to this site! I have always dreamed of owning a log cabin and until recently I thought it was going to be just that.... a dream. I am very excited for the Las Vegas class and booked my hotel and airfare today! I don't know a lick about logs or building stuff with them but I sure am ready to get started. I can't imagine the satisfaction that comes with building your own home.
See y'all in Vegas :-)
Hi there Uncle. welcome to the forums:) there is a lot of good information to be found here in the general forums but the best info (and all the key details) reside on the members side. I don't recommend building with just the information in the general forums alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by uncle_jo3
THANKS for your military service and all of the sacrifices you've undoubtedly had to make in pursuit of that. we have several folks here on the forums who are currently active duty:)
Take care of yourself. come home safe.
welcome AJWILT. congratulations on signing up for the class. you won't regret it. as ramblinman said 'its quite a ride'! we're in the middle of building now and can definitely say YOU ARE RIGHT! there's nothing quite like the satisfaction that comes with building your own home....especially when you're doing it debt free.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajwilt
Welcome to the family
Psalm 127:1
Hello everyone,
It is good to be here and know there are other with the same dream i have the will powerto go get! Looking forward to hear more of every one's commits and progress.
I'm looking for land NOW to make this cabin become a real.
America
after you take the class you'll have access to a whole HUGE list of websites documenting student's log home building journeys:)
glad you found us. WELCOME!
well, i guess taking the class is the first step, then the land, but welcome, and good luck!
i dont have ANY land and im building 2 log homes right now..and two next year.. then my own. i think desire and passion are good first steps. you never really know where the road will take you. the class is key..it will be a game changer. its there youll learn to think in a differently about building a log home..or most anything else.
Greetings from Texas! Glad to be here. My husband and I have always dreamed of a log home but felt it was out of our reach. This has given us new hope. We have our land and by the first of the year 2011 we will be debt free! We will be starting an organic farm in Indiana where I grew up. I bought the land from my parents who are raising grass fed beef for their retirement. I want to start an online delivery service of organic vegetables and marry it with my parents grass fed beef. I believe everyone deserves access to good food. The idea of building my own log cabin with no debt makes my heart race! Anyway enough about me. Thanks for having me God Bless hope everyones dreams come true!
hey there n welcome..we might have more than a love of log homes in common : ) what part of indiana??
It is a very small town called Sharpsville in Central Indiana. My parents have 120 acres there, I grew up on a farm. I never thought I would miss it. When your a kid you think, Man when I get out of here I'm going to get me a nice job in town! No more shoving poop for me! Now after 20 years I can't wait to go home. Where are you all from? Are you into green organic living too? Have you been to the class? I can't wait! We are doing David Ramsey Debt Snowball, so far going well. My husband and I are both RNs. We had about enough of big pharma, Mancento and Walmart-They lie. We are ready to be farmers! Not glamerous but real. Nice chatting hope all is well with you.
i grew up in the city. i took the class 3 years ago ( you will love it ) im BIG into eating good food : ) and green living. im building a few log homes on a grass fed beef farm that also does organic/biodynamic market gardening. its a pretty amazing place. i dig your idea with your farm..the beef on the farm here is GREAT. ill be moving to the land myself after these cabins are finished.
Welcome kbsatlive, I work in Kokomo and we are building just outside Logansport. The wife is into organic gardening and I would like to raise a few bison.
King Lewey,
I am checking out your pics. What are the dimensions of your structure?
Thanks
Vegas in Sept!!!
Hi danlaurajacobson, the cabin is a 30 x 30. it is 1 1/2 stories with a half loft bedroom going in upstairs. Congrats on taking the class in sept, it is definitely a life changing class. It was the best decision I have made, make that the 2nd best decision behind my wife.
That is so great! I'm very excited for you. My husband and I thought about Bison also. We are starting small with chicken, eggs maybe ducks and geese and veggies. Next I think we'll try pigs and work our way up! Good luck on your home!
I Love Chicago. We used to take the train up there. It's a great city, not too big but big enough. Your place sounds amazing. My parents have an old farm house that was built in the 1890's I want to covert it to a B&B someday. I thought if people could come to a working farm where people are doing things the right way-Maybe we could change things you know? Goodluck on your cabins, I know you'll do great!
My wife is from Southern Michigan and I lived in northern Indiana for 40 years ... Logansport area is really nice, but are you ready for all the snow????
We're building here in Texas ... what part are you in currently?
Captn, I grew up in Northern Illinois (rockford) for 22 years. I have been living in the Logansport area now for 18. The winters are milder than the northern part of the state and seem to keep getting milder every year. Last year I was only able to get the snowmobile out one time and only put about 30 miles on it.
Well, we only saw snow once last year .. and it melted as soon as it hit the ground!
Well, my name is Ahiranta and living in England UK. This being an American based association I hope I am still welcome here to learn from you all. Originally I am from Holland so forgive me if I make some mistake in my choice of words, but live in England with my Welsh husband. We are as lucky to have bought a property in Sweden in 2005 which is build in 1869 and contains a big house traditionally build with logs, a barn, a store house, and a garage o and a stable with outhouse build onto it. Stable is build in 1949 so is of more recent date. Any way if your interested you could do a search, the property is called Strombacken. By having spend some time in this property we have fallen in love with log build houses. In 2007 my husband was given, by his mother, the "family land" in Wales on which stood 11 miners cottages which were all demolished in the 1960s. This land was bought by my husband parents in the 50s but sadly my husband father died 6 weeks after arriving on the land from a heart attack. Since then the land has been lying there without being used. Its not a tremendous big piece of land but big enough for what we have in mind. A little stream runs over the land. We would love to build log cabins on it, so we can spend some month's each year up Wales, and bring friends and family with us for walks in nature etc. The plan is to divide our time between Sweden, England were we live in a small counsel house, and Wales. Because the property in Sweden is already build out of logs does not mean we will be knowing what we are doing when starting to build in Wales so any advice of any one will be welcomed. We want to build it all without lending any money because we value our freedom highly. Although on paper we look rich we are not, in England we would be classed as being of NO class, which is our personal joke , or better still UNDERCLASS, hahaha. First of all I am going to find out what butt and pass means. I saw it on one of the pages within the website and I have no idea what it means although I have a quess that that is the system they used to build our buildings in Sweden. Any info about building a so called removable log cabin would be lovely too. Ok hope to hear from at least one of you. Kindest regards, Ahiranta
Welcome!
when you're doing research on our building method be sure to look for 'tightly pinned butt and pass'; that's important! again welcome!!