Hirsilinna hirsitalot ja hirsimökit

Denim Pine wood maintains all its normal structural qualities after the fungus infection. Mountain pine beetles are especially fond of lodgepole pines so Denim Pine supply is mostly this sort of lumber. Naturally this limits the choice of raw material for log home builders.

Denim Pine has two excellent advantages over normal trees. Firstly, they have special colouring, which can tempt some buyers that are looking for novelty solutions with their log homes. Secondly, this kind of beetle-killed wood is dead and dry at the time of its cutting. This speeds up manufacturing processes and also lowers associated costs, as there is no special need for natural or artificial drying of the logs.

Please, don’t be too much alarmed. The title is there just to agitate a bit. The story begins as Plum Creek Timber Co. created a subdivision of vacation homes. Plum Creek Timber Co. is a private land and timber company. They own and manage natural resources and try to get best possible return for their investment.

There was lot of demand for beautiful vacation homes that resided at such a tranquil place. With this project, the company was so successful that they want to repeat the project many times over. This in turn, could spoil the nature that home buyers want to experience with their purchase.

Here is a link to the original article, go and check it out, discussion runs wild.

My personal experience with this topic comes in a four-year package. It took me four years to get building rights for my own log home that resides by the lake. I live in Finland, so it was very difficult to get anywhere with environmental authorities and legislation.

I tried to get special building licenses for my lot with multiple arrangements. Nothing worked as neighbors were complaining about possible esthetic and environmental damages. However, now I have my right to build and the work will start next summer (I will start special topic for my log home building project). What happened?

Legislation in Finland still works for the benefit of the masses. I lobbied hard about the benefits for having general subdivision and special environmental building code on the area. Slowly my neighbors started to see the light. If the lake would have several idyllic vacation homes, buyers would come and they in turn would mean more money for this small community. Together we applied for building rights and we got them. Now there is the danger that land by the lake will be over-built and results will damage the nature. I wanted to have my land in good use, am I selfish?