Would you buy a log home?

Question

I posted another question, that brought me to this one.

Would you buy a 100 year old log home? Why or why not.

Do you have an older log home? What are some problems you ran into?

Thanks!

Answer 1

depending on the size and location, i most certainly wood (pun intended). they are no more maintenance than a modern home except they need to be watersealed more often than being painted.

Answer 2

See if you can spend a few nights in one first, maybe a bed and breakfast or something like that.

A hundred year old log house would probably have finished most of its settling! But I would buy it only if I were able to keep up with the maintenance. If it's got rounded log walls, those are kind of hard to keep clean. And it would have the same problems as any 100 year old house -- old plumbing, heating, cooling and ventilation systems.

We bought a kit. My husband is still building it 11 years later. But it's cool in the summer and warm in the winter, and looks very peaceful! We've had a cat in it for the past 5 years. So I don't know exactly what it's like to live in one. I do think they are going to be a great investment for the future, as long as there isn't any insect or weather damage to the wood.

Answer 3

I would buy a log home in a minute. They are so cool, and you can build onto them to expand your living space. They are a part of our American Heritage. They are good at staying cool throughout the day and keeping warm at night. The logs are good insulators. You might have to replace some of the chinking, though. I do not have an old log home, but I have stayed in a few, and I like them.

Answer 4

My brother bought a ca.1800 log house in PA for $60K, spent another $175K to get it livable. The foundation was dry laid stones. Much of the expense waas in raising the house and having a proper foundation poured under it. Wiring, de-bugging (Powder Post beetles) and modern plumbing all cost considerable money.

My advice is to have it inspected by a pro to see what cost you may incur after the sale. Does it have adequate electricity? Plumbing? Is there a mold problem? Insects? Is there heat in every room?

There is a lot more to consider than just chinking.

Answer 5

Buying an older log home could pose problems--termites, carpenter
ants, etc. The new ones today are amazing!! But I could never live in
one because when we went to check one out, I started wheezing and
couldn't catch my breath. That happened to a friend of ours as well.
The sealants caused the problem. I found out that as a small child I
lived in a log cabin in the woods. I don't remember that of course. But
wouldn't it be neat???

Answer 6

Assuming you stay in the UK you cannot get a mortgage for a log house. Otherwise I recently stayed in a log house on holiday and they had all sorts of problems with condensation. It may be a bit cooler in the winter than your bog standard brick variety

Answer 7

I would say no due to the fact that there are more stable built structures, especially with the prevalence of bad natural disasters..

Answer 8

Are the logs made of ****

hell yeah i would