• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Where To Build
  • Design / Build A Log Home
  • Rustic Decor & Accessories
  • Fun Cabin Stuff
  • Log vs Conventional
  • More
    • Electronics & Gadgets
    • Health & Beauty
    • Hobbies & Crafts
    • Home & Garden
    • Jobs & Money
    • Outdoor Fun
    • Travel

Log Homes Guide

Real People. Real Experiences. Real Helpful.

a Fun Times Guide site

Home » Home & Garden » Log Home vs Stick Built » Facts About Log Home Owners

Facts About Log Home Owners

Pin
Share
Tweet

Some articles on this site contain affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to yourself.


Who are log home owners? What are their ages? What do they like?

When it comes to log home trends, there are a number of things we can say about log home owners, in general.

Log homes are also becoming popular in the cash-laden celebrity world. While the producers — log home producers, that is — would love to name drop, confidentiality agreements keep these identities guarded more closely than our nation’s nuclear secrets. [Hint: One is a female media mogul who rules daytime TV.]” And don’t rule out the mainstream buyer. More “everyday” people are looking to infuse little slices of luxury into their log homes, too. Whether it’s a spa-style master bath or an indoor rock-climbing wall, choosing a few special amenities works for many buyers — and their budgets.Source

More about log home owners below…

People who opt for log homes are generally:

  • Professional with more education than other buyers
  • More careful and detail-oriented and on average, taking around 2 years to plan their homes vs 6-7 months for conventional buyers
  • Married, in their mid-40s
  • Focused on increasingly spacious layouts, most often around 2,300 square feet.
— Log Home Design Magazine

Manufacturers of log home building materials say more home buyers are making log homes their primary residences — or at least buying them with the intention of living there full time in the future.

— Log-Built Luxury

Who’s Buying? Enter the baby boom generation. Weaned on Bonanza and Davy Crockett, many boomers now have the wherewithal to buy luxurious log homes as primary residences or as second and third homes. “Most of our high-end clients are successful entrepreneurs, who have worked years to earn their money and now they’re rewarding themselves with a log home,” says Matt Franklin, design department manager at Precision Craft Log Homes in Meridian, Idaho.

— Log Home Design

Typical log home owners:

  • Are 50-65 years of age, with children; most are empty-nesters
  • Have a median annual income of approximately $85,000
  • Are respectful of nature, but not necessarily “tree-huggers”
  • Are inquisitive, able to think outside the box, confident

— Ozarks Magazine

The typical buyer is a married couple in their mid 40s to early 50s whose children are grown, or almost grown. They and others like them constitute the most important group of housing customers in this country — the move-up buyer. Their family-raising responsibilities behind them, they plan to start a new life, one focused on themselves. building their dream home is an important part of this plan. Many of them have longed to own a log home for years, often from the early days of their marriage, according to Essinger. For them, the time to fulfill that dream has arrived, and they want everything to be just right. That’s the reason for the long decision-making time. This “starting over” trend has given the log home industry a new and booming market.

— Log Homes Council

And don’t rule out the mainstream buyer. More “everyday” people are looking to infuse little slices of luxury into their log homes, too. Whether it’s a spa-style master bath or an indoor rock-climbing wall, choosing a few special amenities works for many buyers — and their budgets.

— Log Home Design

Log homes have gone from being country cabins to being primary residences. Almost 90% of these houses are their owners’ primary home and 84% are built in or near metropolitan areas. As they have become mainstream houses, log homes also have become easier to mortgage, insure and sell, according to Lynn Gastineau, president of the Log Homes Council.

— Log Homes Council
Lynnette
Lynnette

We’ve gone through the entire process of designing and planning every single detail of our dream log home! We have the blueprints… and the land… and the contractor… and the goal for our log cabin home to be our retirement home. Before you build (or buy) a log home, I have a slew of helpful tips for you — to plan, design, build, decorate, and maintain your very own rustic modern log home. When I’m not fine-tuning the log home of my dreams, you’ll find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun & helpful websites). To date, I’ve written nearly 300 articles for current and future log home owners on this site! Many of them have over 50K shares.

franklin.thefuntimesguide.com/the_face_behind_the_blog/
Pin
Share
Tweet

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Log Home vs Stick Built Tagged With: celebrity log homes

Primary Sidebar

About Me

LynnetteWe've gone through the entire process of designing and planning every single detail of our dream log home! We have the blueprints... and the land... and the contractor... and the goal for our log cabin home to be our retirement home. Before you build (or buy) a log home, I have a slew of helpful tips for you -- to plan, design, build, decorate, and maintain your very own rustic modern log home. When I'm not fine-tuning the log home of my dreams, you'll find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun & helpful websites). To date, I’ve written nearly 300 articles for current and future log home owners on this site! Many of them have over 50K shares.

Lynnette: View My Blog Posts

Top Searches

appliances basements bathrooms bedrooms builders and GCs buying a pre-owned log home Center Hill Lake Property ChoiceDek closets composite decking construction photos Dale Hollow Lake Property deciding where to build dogs doors flooring and rugs floorplans garages green products and energy savings Honest Abe Log Homes interior decor and accessories kitchens laundry room lighting fixtures log home events log home furniture log styles magazines maintenance and upkeep money matters natural disasters organizing ideas outdoor living spaces painting photo tours inside log homes pictures of log home exteriors porches decks and patios prepping the homesite roofs stains and chinking stairs and railings Tennessee land TimberTech Deck toilets windows and treatments

Footer

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
Fun Times Guide logo

Copyright © 2004-2021 The Fun Times Guide | Privacy Policy | About | Contact | Sitemap