Log Cabin Home Plans - The Most Important First Step
By Theresa Sontag
The plan and specification for your log cabin home are the backbone and vital organs of the structure. As for the superficial treatment of the exterior and interior surfaces, "handsome is as handsome does" applies to buildings as to humans. Just as clothes do not make the man, so the decoration of walls and ceiling does not make the home.
Poorly or insufficiently prepared log cabin home plans and specifications invariably result in a proportionately higher cost of the building. A building is a better investment when it is well planned and if it be attractive in appearance. Bad planning, waste space, poor means of circulation, fire hazards, usually result in loss of income, higher percentages of taxes to income and increased insurance rates. The relationship of the cost of the log cabin home to the care, accuracy and completeness of the log cabin plans and specifications is a very close one. You may not want to spend the money on detailed plans, but it will save you money down the line, for the more comprehensive the plans and specifications are the lower the bids will be. These sketches should be modified and redrawn until the owner is satisfied that a completely adequate design has been found. The production of working drawings/plans is very costly. Changes in them usually involve serious expense. Hence working drawings should not be begun until the plan is well developed and determined.
Another reason to make your log cabin plan as complete as possible, is for the purpose of procuring estimates. When contractors' competitive bids are received, well-defined plans and specifications permit accurate estimates, thereby eliminating the addition of large sums to guard against uncertainty. After you decide on your log cabin home plan, the next step is that of obtaining proposals from contractors. You should prepare a list of competitive bids and should carefully examine the ability, financial responsibility and reputation of those who submitted them.
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