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A Little Info About UsWe love the outdoors - we hunt, fish, horseback ride, enjoy campfires, gathering pinon nuts, sledding in the winter and the list goes on. The area we most frequently drove to for recreation was barely an hour from our home in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We finally decided it was time to look for some property up there. We found a five-acre parcel that we liked and bought it with the dream of someday constructing a log home. The property is on the Kern Plateau at 6300-ft elevation. It is walking distance to the South Fork Kern River and there are many trails to ride our horses on. In fact,
After buying our mountain property we knew it would be awhile before we could build a log home so we proceeded to make the property comfortable. We fenced it in, carved out a driveway, and installed the water system and septic tank. For temporary quarters we moved in a 32ft. fifth wheel and added a patio. We added a few more amenities and corrals for our horses and mule. Then we started our search for a log home company. Getting information on log homes a few years ago wasn't as easy as it is today. Nevertheless, we were successful in accumulating quite a bit of information, lots of floor plans, and we became quite familiar with the confusing world of log home packages. We learned about the various kinds of logs, too, air dried and standing dead. We learned about settling and constructing the log homes to allow for it. We learned about larvae and bugs in the logs and about the pitch or sap that was in them. None of those features appealed to us. Because we were focusing more on companies in the western region we did not research eastern companies. We felt the cost of shipping would be prohibitive. Not surprisingly, we became discouraged. We started exploring other alternatives and had plans drawn up for a stick built home. After getting back the figures on the cost of the lumber and doing an estimate on the siding, insulation, plastic wrap, drywall, etc., it seemed to us we could build a log home for nearly the same amount of money, maybe a little more, but we would have what we wanted. We went back to our original plan, to build a log home. We started searching again - on the Internet and we included eastern companies. That is when we found TimberHaven and came across the term 'kiln dried logs'. We could not believe there was a way for a company to kiln dry all the logs that are needed to build several log homes, all at one time. That takes big buildings, sophisticated equipment, and a lot of real estate. Lumber companies have kiln dried boards for construction for years but logs? We learned we wouldn't have to allow for shrinkage or settling (the logs are kiln dried to an average of 19%), the larvae and bugs are killed in the process and the pitch/sap is set or crystallizes, which means it doesn't seep out of the logs. And they had a 'No-Shop' package. For the first time we were able to see what was NOT included. We were sold. We studied the TimberHaven catalog; found the exterior we had always wanted and placed our floor plans inside. If the company would help us we figured it would work. We contacted a representative, and visited their model home. We loved what we saw. Our representative sent our sketch and the Estimate/Quote form to TimberHaven. We waited nervously for the results. A few days later we had our estimate. It looked great. (And, it included shipping.) We signed up for our preliminary plans. In a short while we received them for review and made some changes. One of our changes wouldn't work. They got back to our representative right away. They explained the problem and even suggested some options. Of course, we went with one of the options. They were wonderful. We are so pleased with the experience we have had with TimberHaven and the quality of their log homes that we made the decision to be TimberHaven sales representatives. They took us into their family, gave us extensive training and assured us they are available for anything we may need. They have been true to their word. TimberHaven a wonderful company.
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ABOUT TIMBERHAVEN LOG HOMES
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we have immediate access to the well known and recently completed Pacific Crest Trail which begins in Mexico and ends in Canada.