Log cabins (1 Viewer)

[FUBAR]

Searched, but didn't find anything on point. 

My wife and I bought land (8 acres) in Tennessee a few years ago, near center hill lake, a rural community perfect for a cabin but not to live in full time.  We've known we wanted to build a cabin and I think I've convinced her to look into log cabins.  For a long time she's disliked log cabins, mostly because they look out of place where she's seem them but this land is perfect for it in both of our opinions.  We're probably a year away from starting to get started with the process.

I've looked briefly at kits but I don't have the expertise to build it ourselves.  Plus we'll need to clear part of the land - the hill top is fine but the right spot will require about 60 square yards cut down on the slope.  

Something like this

My main concern right now is upkeep.  I'd imagine termites and other insects will be a huge issue if not prevented, but what about rot and expanding wood?  I know we need to treat the outside every 3-5 years, but what about the inside?  

Has anyone owned a log cabin? What has been your experience?  

We'll also want to rent it out throughout the year to pay for maintenance and maybe make a little cash. 

 

[need2know]

One of these would surely fit your needs

https://www.amazon.com/LINCOLN-LOGS-Building-Manual-Instructions/dp/1402750773

 

[Sconch]

Fill it with syrup 

 

[Van Dyman]

 

[Galileo]

I don't know much about log cabins, but I love the Center Hill Lake area.  My college buddy has place on the lake and I have visited a couple times.  Good times!

 

[Abraham]

My house is a cabin. There is a treatment that gets added about once a year. Make sure water drains away from it properly, use the treatment, and have a regular exterminator and you should be fine. 

 

[Sconch]

What's wrong with just building a regular house?

 

[whiskey7]

Log home with green steel roof = beautiful 

Love that look particularly for a lake home/cabin.

 

[FUBAR]

What's wrong with just building a regular house?

Nothing, we have one of those too. We just like how the log cabin would look and feel there. We wouldn't build a cabin in downtown Nashville. 

 

[Sconch]

Nothing, we have one of those too. We just like how the log cabin would look and feel there. We wouldn't build a cabin in downtown Nashville. 

Ahhhh.

I'm thinking of trading in my Mazda for a Conestoga wagon.

 

[James Daulton]

Logs don't grow on trees you know!

 

[kevzilla]

Ahhhh.

I'm thinking of trading in my Mazda for a Conestoga wagon.

Did you ever have a Studebaker covered wagon?

 

[Van Dyman]

Logs don't grow on trees you know!

 

[FUBAR]

Even better if you're a Republican.

Maybe a Lincoln Republican. 

 

[simey]

Some good friends of mine used to rent a log cabin for several years, and lived in it year round. The biggest problem they encountered as far as the logs were concerned were carpenter bees that drilled holes in it for nesting.