I LOVE Amish craftsmanship. It's the best of old world and new school.

What do they look like inside

Yes it's beautiful there butbcostly to live there from what I've heard . Very high property taxes & expensive car insurance .

Instablaster.

Yes it was nice.

Thank you.

Let’s build another one on Massachusetts. It’s a beautiful state.

@@AmishMeadowsOfficial Thank you for your reply as this gives me great hope that this will become a reality soon. I would like to call you and make some arrangements for our dream cabin and know an approximate cost 💲 This is going to be something spectacular and I believe it’s you that can make this happen. I’m currently in the United Kingdom and packing up. I’d love to get started asap 🫶🏼💫

Nah.. You don't want to live there, that's where all the old and sick go to live ! I'm kidding Mr Shaw, I'm sure it's ok as long as you wear a face mask ! LOL !

@@rotattor I live here on the west coast. In my county face masks are now required in public , it's a $250 fine if one is caught in public w/.o a mask on .

How the world is changing ! On Monday our local government will be passing new bylaws for the use of face masks.

He is actually in Westminster which is an hour or more from the Berkshires. Their 500 acres are beautiful with a number of lakes on the property.

Is it true what I've heard that it's expensive cost of living & high property taxes and expensive car insurance ?

@@bobshaw4063 food is cheaper than where I live in Geraldton Western Australia. But I love Massachusetts USA, the only state of America I got to see so far. Yes Boston is listed as I think the 3rd most expensive city in the USA

Usually there’s not much because there is a gasket and glue between the logs. The little bit that comes through is not a problem. You have to remember usually we are staining the house before people are living in it.

Thanks for the explanation. Totally understandable!

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Second this

Yes I would too definitely an engineered interlocking cement product some of those big giant ones they can go infinite Heights it's amazing what they can do with engineered cement products these days

@@xj1716, I sure hope they put some serious ''dead men'' / Tie backs'' when it was all installed, cause the whole house looks like it's sitting on a pedestal !

That’s a very interesting question for anyone considering a log cabin as their primary home. I’m not sure myself about the maintenance costs but would be very interested in the answer. Every property requires regular maintenance of some type but after four years it became very distressed in the colours of the wood 🪵. Might this be due to the railway or is it to be expected? Beautiful job.

I’m not sure when we’re going to Ireland again, but I would love to take my family over there. We fell in love with the place, it was even more beautiful than I had imagined. The mountains and forests and of course, the people are so beautiful! We are hopeful that the log home permitting process will be given the greenlight, so that we can begin building handcrafted log home products for your very special island! At that point, we would be coming over a lot!

Chinking is the “caulking” that we apply on the seam between each log course to seal where one log sits on top of the one below it. It seals off any possible gaps between the logs and creates an airtight wall.

That pressure washer was a serious unit.....it was not your average Home Depot special for 500 bucks I bet it was at least 4,000-5,000 PS ( I would also imagine it was a high flow unit at least 3.5-5 GPM which is actually the biggest factor in removing all that discoloration and lightning up to wood ) I and I bet there was a good Honda industrial motor on it! I wonder what manufacture it was maybe elvii can tell us (I know he's a busy guy though!!) it's so refreshing to see the craftsmanship and the extremely devoted and hard work that his entire family brings to this industry and their amazing product. I have been watching his videos and aware of his company for a long time and it was so happy to see that he was able after years of hard work to make his dream home slash apocalyptic proof masterpiece. Their family and community - group have such an amazing back story as far as separating from the main group back east. I encourage everybody to peruse the his playlist as there is a small documentary that talks about their move West and the meadowlark home company lot of people don't know that one of their biggest income sources is the general store which I believe is in Libby as well. I would drive along ways to have that good quality baked goods in all the amazing things they have there. (too bad I'm in Nevada)

Stain should be done every 10-15 years depending on climate and location.

In 2020 to clean stain and chink the exterior was $68,000. In 2023 it is higher than that.

The price for stain application varies a lot because it depends so much on the condition of the logs, the age of the home, the complexity and size of the home of course. A home the size of this one in Massachusetts would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000 to completely clean and stain three coats but it also has a garage and a lot of complexity.

@@AmishMeadowsOfficial we want to build in New Hampshire so how long would that stain usually last in that region ?

We built 2 log homes in Massachusetts, and they were both 4 or 5 miles from the village of Westminster in a very rural setting.

Located in Massachusetts - add another "0"...

@@marksimonds13, Easily !!

See above reply 800K 2017 etc

They don’t need to be re-stained that often. In this video, the home had never been stained yet. This was the first time it was stained.

@@AmishMeadowsOfficial OK, thanks.

In 2016 I expect they spent about $800,000. Today this home would be well over $1 million.

To each your own. I liked seeing the surrounding area and views. I came for the log home, but enjoyed that portion very much.

We did not build the deck, the customer did it himself. However if you look through the video we restored it for him and it is beautiful in the end.

@@AmishMeadowsOfficial Thanks for the update love the videos