There are a lot of reasons that a Southland Log Home is America’s Favorite Log Home™, including personalized design and natural beauty. The use of Southland Logs in our log homes is another important reason."The Carson" log homeSouthland Logs are simply the highest quality logs available for use in your home. Southland uses intensive quality control to [...]
Southland Log Homes customers Bonnie and John White, of Julian, North Carolina, were recently featured in the Greensboro News & Record.According to the article, when asked about their Southland log home Mr. White said “I love it all. It’s an experience — it’s not a place to live. I’ll never live in another house and feel [...]
Mortgage rates are at incredible record lows. However, credit tightness in the construction loan arena has made it more difficult for some to build their custom log home dream. One often overlooked opportunity is a home equity line of credit. Despite recent market turmoil, the baby boom generation has generated unprecedented wealth in their homes and [...]
The “Top 5” reasons that Southland Log Homes support a “green” lifestyle:Southland’s log cabin homes come from sustainable forests.The thermal mass of the log cabins provides good energy performance (has qualified for Energy Star).Southland’s precision milling ensures a tighter fit for a more energy efficient home.Uses less manufactured siding, drywall, etc., resulting in a smaller carbon footprint.Southland’s custom designs can [...]
Southland’s log materials and designs have been shown to qualify for Energy Star certification. Energy Star is a U.S. government program that certifies homes and appliances that achieve significant energy savings. Independent testing results confirmed that a Southland log home can exceed Energy Star rating requirements and receive a five star rating under the Home Energy Rating [...]
Top 5 reasons a Southland Log Home can improve your quality of life:Natural beauty surrounds you every day.Family and friends love to gather in a log home.Log homes are a stress-reducing environment.Southland’s custom designs truly fit you and your family.Fireplaces and candle lit rooms never looked better.
You have an array of financing options to help make your log home dream a reality. But the lending landscape has changed in recent years, and it’s important to learn more about the process before you begin searching for financing for your new log cabin home.Important Factors to Consider in Financing Your Log HomeFinding lenders who [...]
A home constructed of solid logs can offer excellent durability against a wide range of natural forces: rain, snow, sun, insects, and even tornadoes and earthquakes. This article describes how excellent durability can be achieved and maintained in a log home in the face of all of these threats.Log SelectionLog home durability starts with the selection [...]
Unless you have the cash to purchase outright, one important element in planning your new log home is determining how the project will be financed. Financing a log home is very similar to financing any other newly built home, with just a few extra factors to consider. The following post outlines the financing process and [...]
When you decide to build a log home, you gain a long list of benefits, including a beautiful home that will enhance your quality of life. But one major benefit is not always immediately apparent: You gain the opportunity to design a home that truly meets the personal needs and lifestyle of you and your family.When [...]
After working with thousands of people who have aspired to log home ownership, we have learned that “log home lifestyle” can mean very different things to different people. And that is one of the unique aspects of a log home: people “make it their own” in a very personal way. Following are some of the general [...]
For those unfamiliar with the process, building a log home can appear to be very mysterious. Log homes are beautiful places to live, and they offer a great quality of life, but how do you ever wind up living in one? This post gives a simple outline of the process and helps to dispel some of [...]
