Or, if you'd prefer, Log Home Builders will provide technical assistance to you or your builder in the construction of your home. Also, through our nationwide distributor organization, we have a list of local builders familiar with our homes that we can make available to you. Contact your Jim Barna representative for more details. But, in every case, your total investment should be about the same as a conventional home built to the same exact standards and with similar construction methods. Your log home will probably cost more than tract housing, but it should cost about the same as other custom construction.
Wood is one of nature's best insulators.
Test after test has established that solid log walls are among the most efficient wall systems in use today, and Jim Barna's log systems are designed for tightness and lasting integrity. In most areas, you will have no problem at all getting mortgage or construction financing from your local lenders. However, in some areas where log homes are not that common and lenders are not as familiar with them, the lenders may have questions or hesitations. These can usually be answered quickly and easily by examining the fast growth of the log home industry nationwide and credentials of Jim Barna Log Systems as a company. Contact your local Jim Barna representative for more information.