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How can I lower the cost of my dream home to stay within budget?

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

You’ve found the perfect floor plan, but it is a little over budget.

Don’t worry, there are some variations you can make to the standard package that can make it more affordable, without compromising the integrity of the package.

  • Our home packages come with log railings on the exterior deck and porch areas. To save some money you could convert those to our less expensive square treated baluster rail system. SAVE $500 to $2,000 per package.

  • Our split log homes and garages come standard with butt and pass log corners. You can certainly save money by switching to our solid log vertical corner system. SAVE $2,000 to $4,000.

  • The interior doors that are standard in our home packages are solid, six panel pre-hung doors. If you need to trim costs, this door can be switched to a flush, oak or birch without the panel design. SAVE $500 to $1,500.

  • Our packages include Pro-Line stone on the fireplace chase from the floor to the top of the chimney. You could stone only the area below the mantle and SAVE $1,000 to $2,000.

  • All of our standard packages pro-vide matching split log to cover the exterior rim joist of the first floor. Most companies don’t provide anything, or they just use pine boards in that area. We can deduct the matching split log there and SAVE $750 to $1,500.

  • Our package comes with medicine cabinets for the bathrooms; maybe you would prefer a mirror instead? That will save you a few hundred dollars per room. SAVE $200 to $600.

  • Our home packages come with a matching split log (half log) on the exterior upper gable ends of the home and garage, as well as dormers. You can save some money by switching these areas to a knotty pine tongue and groove or wood shingles. SAVE $500 to $2,500.

  • The ceilings in all of our homes as well as the exterior walls on our split log homes come with knotty pine tongue and groove planking. Convert some or all of that wood to drywall and SAVE $500 to $2,500.

  • If you are building on a slab, remember we have the sub floor and basement stairs included in our standard package. You can deduct those to SAVE $2,000 to $5,000.

  • We provide high quality insulated garage doors and windows for your garage. If your climate doesn’t require these, replace with uninsulated and SAVE $500 to $1,500.

  • If you are building in a temperate climate, we can change our insulated 2”x6” walls to insulated 2”x4” walls to SAVE $800 to $1,600.

  • We have big log tie beams included in all of our loft packages. You can deduct them and SAVE $600 to $900.

  • We include 30 year warranty shingles. You could substitute 20 year and SAVE $300 to $1,000.

  • Buy one of our 46 standard homes and make absolutely NO changes to the plan and SAVE $1,500. If a designer gets involved, this offer is null and void.

    What if I want to make my log home even more luxurious?

    We can solve that problem too. Click here to find out how.

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    Why do you have such a complete log package?

    Monday, November 28th, 2005

    It is really simple, we listened to you, the customer. Here is how it happened and here is how we were able to accommodate our customers. When we first started selling log homes, we also had a building center. We set up our first log model home in the parking lot of the building center and when potential log home customers came in and asked how much the log home was, we told them $22,000.00 and they said “Great”! We want one. Then they asked does that include the kitchen cabinets, the bathroom fixtures, the fireplace, the closet shelving, the light fixtures, the countertops, and garage door? And the answer at that time was no. We found people wanted the whole package, not just the shell. Because we had everything available in the building center to make it a complete package, we started to include everything in the package and the rest is history. We must be doing something right as our sales are growing approximately 27% each year.

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    Why are your prices lower than comparable high quality companies?

    Saturday, October 1st, 2005

    We buy direct from the manufacturers. Truckloads of lumber, OSB, shingles, windows, cabinets, stone, etc. are purchased to eliminate one markup in the buying process. The end result is a less expensive home for our customers.

    How much less?
    Not many people buy things without knowing what it is going to cost. Unlike most products, houses have tens of thousands of variables. These variables make it impossible to be exact on an estimate until you have all the contractor bids in, interior design selections made, etc.

    We do pride ourselves on giving you cost examples and actual building costs to help you find the right size Golden Eagle Log Home for you budget. We encourage our salespeople and dealers to give customers prices. It is a Golden Eagle Log Homes policy.

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