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BUDGETING YOUR LOG HOME: Where do you start?

Written by Mercedes Hayes


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- Design features ofrepparttar house. The most dramatic log homes have roof lines that point in all directions, dormers that gracerepparttar 125354 front, vaulted ceilings inrepparttar 125355 great rooms. But remember that every new angle you add torepparttar 125356 roof adds exponentially torepparttar 125357 cost ofrepparttar 125358 project. If you need to keep costs down, think about a simple roof line with not too many angles. 

Also,repparttar 125359 old adage remains especially true with log homes: it's much cheaper to go up than go out. If you want a rambling one-story ranch house, you will have a bigger foundation cost, a bigger roof to consider, and lots more labor. If you build more stories and a smaller foundation, even though you will have to invest in a staircaserepparttar 125360 savings are considerable.

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Mercedes Hayes is a Hiawatha Log Home dealer and also a Realtor in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She designed her own log home which was featured in the 2004 Floor Plan Guide of Log Home Living magazine. You can learn more about log homes by visiting www.JerseyLogHomes.com.


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