Aaron":1h5fyefm said:
My plan is to eventually build something similar to HD. Don't know if this policy is similar everywhere, but in Ontario, log-constructed homes have a very low property value assessment..they see them as essentially worthless, because they don't use commercial timber. I was told that the highest they value a log home in Ontario is $40,000, which is great to keep your property taxes low.
I hate to disagree but I live in Ontario, in a log home which is presently assessed at over $600,000, only on 1.5 acres , with a log shed as well. Unfortunately, we are taxed on this amount. The land is assessed in this area at 4 acres for 120,000 (lot across from us, vacant land, owned by a friend) so it's not all land value.
We have R40 in the attic, only the logs for insulation in the walls, have central air which is only on a few days a year--logs insulate very well against heat as well as cold....it's worst when the kids leave doors and windows open, winter or summer...