Ruth H. sent us an email:

Soon I will need to buy a home in FL. There is a log home available in Ft. Lauderdale. Can log homes last that far south? I would love to find out more about what I should be looking for. Please send some advise."

Interestingly, the inquiries about our lake property that's for sale have started to pick up recently.

So, in case you're wondering... yes, the property is still for sale.

Joe is our "roving reporter" for the day. He's a longtime visitor to this site and you will find his comments at the end of many of the articles found here.

He has certainly done a lot of research on lake living (in Tennessee) and log home building, in general.

Joe and his wife recently spent some time in East Tennessee visiting potential homesites for their future log home. We are most grateful that Joe has taken the time to compile a summary of his findings.

If you are interested in buying lake property in Tennessee (or, you're simply exploring the option of buying or building a log home near a lake), then I'm sure you will find some valuable information here.

My friend Joe (whom I've never met) is a regular visitor to this site, and also a future log home owner (...if all goes as planned).

I don't know what I did to deserve it, but he has provided me (and by extension, you all) with some very valuable information that I just have to share.

This mostly pertains to those seeking a lake lot on which to build here in Tennessee...

Yet another lake we visited during our search for the perfect lake property is Douglas Lake in East Tennessee.

Here are our first impressions of that particular lake.

I thought I'd tell you a little about one of the other lakes in Tennessee that we considered, ever so briefly: Center Hill Lake in Middle Tennessee.

Lakefront (or waterfront) property in Tennessee is very hard to come by these days... I don't care who you are!

Why?