Thinking of building your new log home from a log cabin kit? Here’s what you need to know BEFORE you start exploring log home kits!
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Share Your Own Log Home Stories Here…
Are you in the process of building a log home?Or maybe you recently built or moved into a log cabin and would be interested in sharing some unique or interesting stories about your log home experiences……
Abraham Lincoln’s Log Cabin And Farm Land For Sale
Abraham Lincoln’s farm land is up for sale to raise money for a new log cabin and visitor’s center. Small parcels of the 4-acre tract will be sold to the general public. The monies raised will be used to restore the log cabin that is located on the property.
Log Homes In Florida… Good Or Bad?
Do you advise future homeowners in Florida to build a log home, as opposed to a traditional stick-built home? What do you think… how well do log homes hold up in Florida?
Yes, Our Dale Hollow Lake Property Is Still For Sale
We’ve decided to advertise our Dale Hollow Lake property for sale. If you’re interested in building a new home, vacation home, rental home, or lake cabin at Swan Ridge Lake Resort on Dale Hollow Lake, let us know! Here’s more info…
Tips For Buying Lake Property In East Tennessee
Joe and his wife were recently in Tennessee visiting potential homesites for their future log home. He has compiled 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.
Important Info Regarding Lake Property For Sale In Tennessee
Are you looking to buy a lake lot in Tennessee? Whether you plan to build a log home on it, or a conventional stick-frame home, here are some tips from someone who has thoroughly explored lake property in Tennessee. Just some thoughts…
Douglas Lake Properties For Sale
Douglas Lake has a LOT of expensive, high-dollar homes, so we didn’t even think we could afford to build there. But, there were actually a handful of new developments going up, and we picked out about a dozen or so lots that we felt were well worth looking into.
Center Hill Lake Properties For Sale
Center Hill Lake is between Dale Hollow Lake and where we currently live in Williamson County, Tennessee. It only made sense to see what lake property was for sale there, but we never found anything we liked.
Lakefront Living In Tennessee
Looking for lake property in Tennessee? Did you know that lake FRONT doesn’t necessarily mean lake ACCESS in Tennessee? The thick perimeter of land surrounding every major waterway in this state is technically owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the Tennessee Valley Authority. As a result, they dictate what you can and cannot do on that piece of property between your house and the lake.
Tennessee Lake Property For Sale
Here are details of our lake property on Dale Hollow Lake in middle Tennessee.
It’s REALLY Official This Time… We’re Building Our Log Home In Williamson County Tennessee!
Pictures and details of our 5 acre property in Williamson County Tennessee.
Top 5 Best Places To Build A Log Home
Here are the top 5 places to build a log home. Is your favorite not on the list?… Share it with others in the Comments below.
The Top Vacation Log Home Hot Spots To Build A Log Cabin
The Log & Timber Homes Network has compiled a list of the most ideal areas across the country in which to build a vacation log home. See if you’re as surprised as we were to see which ‘hot spots’ are on the list…
Log Homes On Center Hill Lake
We drove to Center Hill Lake — near Smithville, Tennessee — this past weekend. We wanted to see how many log homes have been built in the area. We also wanted to see how the lake lots on Center Hill Lake compare to the lake lots on Dale Hollow Lake. Here are some of the log homes we saw.
Enjoying The View At Our Dale Hollow Lake Property
Here’s a photo collage of a day spent at our property — at Swan Ridge Lake Resort on Dale Hollow Lake. It was our dog Tenor’s first time visiting the property. Also his first time off-leash to roam free. He did great!
Where We Are Now In The Log Home Building Process…
We’re down but not out! After a year spent securing the land, finding a log home builder, designing the blueprints, and saving money to build the log home of our dreams, we had a minor setback when we learned that we couldn’t build our log home for under $160/SF. Now we’re gearing up for Round Two in the log home building process. See what we’re planning now…
Snowy Dale Hollow Lake Property
When we bought our property on Dale Hollow Lake, we wondered just how much snow would fall in that area during the winter months. Dale Hollow Lake is a couple hours north of Nashville, and a tad east — it’s fairly close to ‘the plateau’. So yesterday morning, we hopped in the car to check out the freshly fallen snow on our property.
How We Decided On Dale Hollow Lake (& Swan Ridge) As The Place To Build Our Log Home
Word of mouth. That’s how we found this beautiful property on Dale Hollow Lake. Here’s how we discovered Swan Ridge Lake Resort near Cookeville, Tennessee.
Summary of Our Search For Lake Real Estate in Dover, TN (Lake Barkley/Barkley Lake)
When we began exploring lake real estate in Tennessee, we started with Dover, TN. Here’s why we ultimately decided NOT to build on Lake Barkley or Kentucky Lake. While definitely beautiful lakes — and a great place to visit — we just couldn’t see ourselves living there. Here’s why…
It’s Official… We’re Building At Swan Ridge Lake Resort on Dale Hollow Lake!
We plan to build our log home on 1.62 acres at a new lakefront development in Northern/Middle Tennessee. It’s called, and we’ll be one of the first to build there. Here’s more…
More Photos of Homes & Property in Dover Tennessee
Enjoy these pictures that summarize lake living in Dover, Tennessee. Here’s a day in the life… on Lake Barkley!
Exploring Kentucky Lake & Lake Barkley Some More
We still have so many questions about living in the Dover area. The prices for the land seems quite reasonable — for waterfront no less! But the only ‘odd’ thing is that waterfront doesn’t necessarily mean water access.
Our First Trip To See Lake Barkley & Kentucky Lake Properties
We had so much fun just riding around Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. While Dover is a really small town (it’s also the county seat), it’s fairly quaint and clean and quiet. At least that’s how it seemed to us — our first impression.
We’re Starting With Middle Tennessee Lake Properties
We are going to start our search for lake property at Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley — the northern part of Middle Tennessee, near the Kentucky/Tennessee border.
