How to Avoid the Most Common Pitfalls of Building a Log Home

If you have spent only a short time investigating log homes, are you asking these questions? How do I know which log companies offer the best quality? What is a fair price for what I want? What if I like one floor plan but it doesn’t seem to fit on my lot? What’s in a “kit”? Who will build my custom log home?

This Guide will not tell you the answers to these questions but will help you discover the answers by giving you the right questions to ask as you investigate. Along with some great advice about narrowing down what you really want comes a lot of practical information so your dream can take real shape. As you peruse this guide, you will be able to make informed decisions that address your specific situation, spatial needs and personal preferences.

Log homes are unique. Even shopping for one is different from shopping for any other home. Where can you attend a "Brick Homes Expo", or buy magazines devoted entirely to stucco? Logs and timbers are building materials that people actually get passionate about. There is something about the natural look, the smell, the welcoming feel of a wood home that can’t be matched by any other material.

Our company, Atrium Log Homes, LLC, has always valued strong working relationships with our clients; indeed, it is one of our top priorities. We developed this Planning and Design Guide because so many of our clients have said how helpful this information was to them during their building projects.

This Planning and Design Guide distills 30 years of experience working with our clients as we built their luxury homes in the foothills west of Denver, Colorado. As you explore the exciting prospect of building your own custom or semi-custom log home, this Guide will help you:

• avoid the most common pitfalls of building a custom or semi-custom log home
  
• identify the critical “must do” steps of the planning process
  
• equip you with the most important questions to ask

Atrium Log Homes, LLC, is proud to offer Honka log homes throughout the United States. Our company is dedicated to assisting you with the process of building a log home as a complimentary service to the high quality of the Honka product line. We sit on your side of the table in the builder/owner relationship, advising you as you plan, budget and negotiate. Our focus is to see your dreams realized to your highest expectations.

HONKA, based in Helsinki, Finland, is the largest log home manufacturer in the world, offering unlimited design flexibility, innovative solutions, and beautiful architecture to a discriminating international audience. Honka is celebrating their 50th Anniversary in 2008. No one has more experience than Honka to design and produce your dream log home.

HONKA...experience...quality...value…

• 70,000 Honka log homes worldwide
  
• 50 years of log home experience
  
• Unlimited design flexibility
  
• Industry leading technology
  
• European designed windows & doors
  
  

Each year 3,000 to 4,000 people in 36 countries choose Honka for their log homes, making Honka the largest log home manufacturer in the world. The versatility of Honka’s distinctive look and large selection of Honka’s round and rectangular logs, windows, and doors make virtually any style of architecture possible, from traditional to contemporary.

From the beginning, Honka has realized their dependence on their partnership with nature. Honka grows, harvests, and uses only polar pine. Using sustainable forestry and green building principles, Honka’s goal is to build log homes and structures that last for generations. Their advanced technology is unmatched by any other log home supplier in the world, and this economy of labor and resources ensures not only the highest quality, but also a competitive price.

Honka offers

• Complete flexibility in the design of your log home
  
• Variety of log styles for a unique look
  
• Beautiful European style windows and doors
  
• Innovative technology that ensures energy efficiency and longevity