Michigan Custom Log Homes: April 2006 Newsletter

Welcome to The Leelanau Log Home Company E-Newsletter. This is a free monthly electronic newsletter that offers helpful tips and suggestions about log homes in general and specifically The Original Lincoln Logs LTD system. We'll cover a variety of topics from planning, buying, constructing, owning and maintaining a log home.

The Leelanau Log Home Company welcomes your feedback, including topics you may wish to see in future issues. If, at any time, you decide you would rather not receive our E-newsletter, please visit http://www.leelanauloghomes.com to remove yourself from our electronic subscriber list.

Thank you for subscribing to our E-Newsletter. Enjoy!

=========================================================================

April 2006 (Volume 1, Issue 7):

Announcements: Lincoln Spring Savings Promotion
Tip of the Month: Planning
Model Home News
Featured Floorplan: Arthur
Website Spotlight: www.loghome.net

1. Announcements:

Lincoln Spring
Savings Promotion

Buy now, save big!
Take your choice:
Free Options or Cash Back.

April Savings:
7.5% of base package toward options,
Or 2.5% cash discount

There may never be a better time to reserve your Lincoln Logs home for summer or fall delivery. It's your choice -- get more and spend less by choosing a substantial credit toward popular options and upgrades, like cathedral ceilings, cedar decking and fixed glass packages, or take a cash discount on your purchase. Either way, the sooner you act, the more you save. This offer is good on all Lincoln Logs standard or custom homes. Don't delay, this offer will expire on April 30, 2006. Call us today so we can discuss your ideas and plans. We look forward to speaking with you soon, and to working with you to make your new Lincoln Logs home a beautiful reality.

This promotion can not be used with any other promotion. Cabin series, garage packages, solariums & engineering/design fees are not eligible.

Contact us today!

2. Tip of the Month: Planning

Let's start with a couple of motivational quotes to bring home the point of effective planning:

"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Plans are nothing; planning is everything." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

With any big project, effective planning can make a difference by saving you time, valuable resources and gray hairs. Here are a few suggested tips to follow whether you're performing the construction work yourself or using a professional general contractor.

Define and document what you want (wish list and must have list) and most importantly what are your specific lifestyle needs. Get your family involved in this stage of the process.
Work with your dealer and/or builder to define the budget early in the process. Get pre-qualified from a lender and know the numbers you have to work with for your budget.
Establish a set of goals for your new log home, i.e., total budget, timetables, etc.
Effectively communicate what you want with your log home dealer and builder to achieve the desired results.
Be ready to comprise and be flexible to keep the project within your budget.

The Leelanau Log Home Company and Lincoln Logs will assist you in all of your planning needs. We like to say from "Conception to Completion." We offer:

Professional design and engineering staff at Lincoln Logs.
Free custom quotes for your log home package.
Assist you to develop your overall plan with budget and timetable.
Complete construction services from shell-in to full turnkey options.
Outstanding customer service through the entire process. Your satisfaction is our top priority.

Talk to Leelanau Log Homes and let start planning! 231-275-5647 or sales@leelanauloghome.com

3. Model Home News:

Hanging the drywall is complete and we're in the final stages of taping and mudding the joints. The kitchen cabinets have been ordered through Standard Kitchens. Tile for the kitchen and bathrooms have been selected. After the drywall is done, we'll start installing the interior T&G pine on the Great Room ceiling and gable walls. Stay tuned!

We'd like to thank the following:

Larry Price Excavating
Leelanau Redi-Mix (Foundation and drain field).
Cousin Carl . Thanks for your help with the site excavation.
Mary Ann & Bill Coyle (Jim's Mom and Dad). Thank you for your support and encouragement.
Bobby G's Carpentry (Rough Framing).
Roof Doctor (Roofing).
M&M Contracting, Larry Morton (Plumbing and HVAC)
Bob's Well Drilling
Positive Chimney
Consumers Energy
Charter Cable
T.J. Dalton, Electrician
Standard Kitchen
Menards

Photo below: Hanging drywall in the kitchen wall and ceiling. For more photos please go to our website and click "Model Home."

If you are interested in personal tour of our model home during the construction phase, please contact us for an appointment or attend one of our scheduled dates. See the Calendar of Events.

4. Featured Floorplan: President Series: Arthur

4 Bedrooms, 2 1⁄2 Bathrooms

Main Level: 2,372 sq. ft.
Second Level: 898 sq. ft.
Total: 3,270 sq. ft.

Here is luxury living at its best. Four large bedrooms accommodate family and friends. The see-through fireplace opens to both the hearth room and the great room. Cathedral ceilings in the great room and master suite add style, and the private den and a 3-car garage allow space for everything and everyone.

For more floorplans access our floorplans database.

5. Website Spotlight: www.loghome.net

Here's a website dedicated to "everything log." Loghome.net is a great resource for the log home shopper or the log home owner. You'll find information about log producers, local dealers, maintenance, log home shows, services, floorplans, free information, articles, etc.

The site is well organized with easy to understand section titles. There's a site search box near the bottom of the home page so finding specific information is easy. This is an excellent website resource worthy of a bookmark. Enjoy!

Website: www.loghome.net

Thank you for subscribing to our E-Newsletter. We hope you find the content informative and useful as you pursue your dream to build a beautiful log home. Please contact us if you have any questions or wish to learn more about pricing a Lincoln Logs System Package. We would be happy to schedule a one-on-one planning session to discuss your dream.

Note: The information in this newsletter represents the opinions of The Leelanau Log Home Company LLC based on their knowledge and experience. Because every home and every homeowner is unique, we cannot guarantee that your experience will be the same. By signing up for this newsletter, you acknowledge your understanding of this representation. As an Authorized Independent Lincoln Logs dealer any opinions and or suggested project costs, cost quotes and or material cost and associated construction costs are only opinions based on the experiences of The Leelanau Log Home Company LLC and are not to be considered final or considered as an offer to build. They are for your estimating purposes only. Final costs, which will be provided by your builder of record, will be based on the final engineered blueprints that Lincoln Logs LTD provide and submittal of bids from the builder and or subcontractors and will be identified in a construction contract between you and your builder of record.