How to Afford Your Own Log Home 5th Save 25 Percent Without Lifting a Log

This completely updated fifth edition tells you everything you need to know to get the log home of your dreams at an affordable price. Learn how to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of your mortgage, or get a larger home for what you budgeted, and save 25 percent off your construction and site-preparation costs. Sixteen pages of full-color photos give you a sampling of today's log home styles and sizes.Use this guide to: select the ideal log home kit for your space and design requirements; buy land at the best price and with the fewest restrictions; learn about general contracting and management skills you already possess; obtain a construction loan as well as mortgage financing; estimate your costs accurately to avoid unpleasant surprises; find the best suppliers and get great discounts; choose reliable subcontractors and schedule their work; get help and advice from log home manufacturers.Inside you'll find a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, along with a glossary of construction terms and sample forms and contracts for every phase of the project. (8 1/2 x 11, 96 pages, color photos, sample forms)

Praise for previous editions: "An indespensable guide for the beginning builder." --Long Home Guide for Builders and Buyers; "Easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions on planning, financing, estimating, and constructing a log home." --Better Homes & Gardens Building Ideas; "Not just for Lincoln nuts, this book explains that contemporary log homes combine energy efficiency and practicality with nostalgia for a past way of life." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

Use this book to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of mortgage, or get a larger home than budgeted for, and save 25% off the construction and site-preparation costs. Included are a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, a glossary of construction terms, and sample forms and contracts.

Here's everything necessary for owners to get the log home of their dreams at an affordable price. Readers can use this book to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of their mortgage, or get a larger home than they budgeted for, and save 25 percent off the construction and site-preparation costs. Included are a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, a glossary of construction terms, and sample forms and contracts for every phase of the project.

Use this book to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of mortgage, or get a larger home than budgeted for, and save 25% off the construction and site-preparation costs. Included are a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, a glossary of construction terms, and sample forms and contracts.

A veteran, licensed general contractor formerly involved in log home construction and sales, Carl Heldmann is now a mortage consultant in financing log home construction. He has founded two schools of building and written several books on construction. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

(1) Being Your Own General Contractor (2) Selecting Your Log Home Kit (3) Buying the Land (4) House Plans (5) The Construction Loan (6) The Permanent Loan (7) Cost Estimating (8) Subcontractors (9) Suppliers (10) Building Your Home (11) Useful Tips That Save (12) Appendix