Log Home Design | Award-Winning Log Home Architecture | Mountain Architect's Log and Timber Home Designs

Designing Custom Log Homes & Timber Frame Homes

Great homes begin with great designs. As our client, you will be working with Mountain Architects, Inc., the leading architectural design firm specializing in mountain style architecture. Their unique focus has earned Mountain Architects more national design awards than any other firm in the industry.

At PrecisionCraft we believe that professional design is the most critical step in the journey toward building custom log homes & timber frame homes. Whether you are customizing one of our award-winning floor plan ideas, or designing a home from scratch, we have the tools, services and experience to make your dream a reality.

Tools That Make Your Design a Reality

Having a good idea and being able to turn that idea into a reality are two different things. It is not enough to design custom plans, your custom design needs to be buildable.

At PrecisionCraft we provide you with:

Our award-winning design firm Mountain Architects Inc. to design your custom home.
A comprehensive palette of quality log & timber product options.
State-of-the-art manufacturing technology.
Patented engineering techniques for constructing milled log, handcrafted log and timber frame homes.

These tools enable us to design, produce and build the custom mountain style home you have been dreaming of.

How Does Design Affect Turnkey Cost?

Your turnkey estimate will be greatly affected by your design choices. This is why we create a turnkey cost estimate for your design. Ensuring that your home design is in sync with your turnkey budget is critical to the success of your project.

Your designer will help you understand how each of your design choices will affect the overall cost of your home.

Design Process

Depending upon the complexity of your log home or timber frame home design, the design process may take several months to complete. A clearly defined and thoughtful log home design is fundamental to a successful building project and will ensure that the home building process goes smoothly.

Designing log homes, timber frame homes, and log & timber hybrid homes is a collaborative process. Given that communication is essential during the design phase, we have created a custom Web portal called ClientConnect™. You can use this online project tool to communicate with your designer & project manager, view your drawings & turnkey estimate, and provide any feedback you have.

How Can I Customize a Floor Plan?

Choose Your Own Product

Choose the product that best suites your design, budget and personal style. No matter how they were originally drawn, any of our floor plans can be redesigned as a:

» View an example of what a plan would look like as log, timber, hybrid or Mountain Accent Home™.

Alter the Size of the Plan

You can add or remove total square footage to the plan. This may include:

Adding or removing rooms
Modifying existing rooms
Adding a garage
Adding or removing levels

» View examples of how past clients have modified the size and layout of designs.

Increase or Decrease a Plan's Complexity

Complexity can add character to your design, but it can also increase your turnkey cost. Work with your Mountain Architects' designer to find the right balance for your design. Complexity in design can be most impacted by increasing or decreasing:

Roof ridge lines
Number of corners
Number of roof valleys
Size, number and style of windows

» See how you can modify the complexity of a design.

Upscale or Downscale Home Finishes

Your Mountain Architects' designer will help you select home finishes such as: HVAC, roofing, stone, windows and lighting; which will complement your timber or log home design. They will also use our turnkey estimating techniques to insure that these choices fit your budget.

» Choices you can make in home finishes.

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How Can You Customize a Home?