Featured Log Builder: Coventry Log Homes

Company Background and Heritage

Coventry Log Homes is a log builder that's been in the business of log home building for over 25 years making them a log builder you can trust. Jim Elliott, was the start of Coventry Log Homes even though he didn't actually start the business himself. Jim used to run a log building family business Woodsville, New Hampshire when he had young children. Then, as the kids grew up, they were also introduced to the log building business when they were of the employable age. This worked out great since when Jim wanted to retire, his son, Jeff stepped in to take over the business and start up his own log home business. Which was when Coventry Log Homes was created and named after their home town's original name. The new log builder company started out by building a small mill on the horse lot, and then Jeff hired on his brother Mark who became the vice president, and the business became incorporated in 1994. Their business has grown and changed over the last 25 years, and it eventually had them creating Coventry's line of products including their 60 plus models in several different categories. They have five different series of cabins including the Craftsman, Tradesman, Cabin and Timerframe Series, but they also do additions and garages as well so people can add extra storage onto their log homes.

Log Home Packages and Options

The log builders also offer three different package options including the log wall package, the shell package, and the complete package. The log builder also offers these packages in a variety of log profiles including the 6x8 D, 8x8 D, 8x8 Round, and the 6x8 and 8x8 Chink profiles. For those who only want the look of siding, they also make 6x8 and 8x8 solid logs milled to look like clapboard siding. Coventry log builders also create log siding that looks like logs without the high price of full logs. Coventry Log Homes has over 30 employees including the log builders that create the log home packages. Unlike a handcrafted log home where the log builders create the home from the ground up, creating each and every log by hand, the manufactured log packages are created by a machine, and then the log builders label each of the pieces to ensure they are assembled properly. The log builder factory professionals will assist each and every customer in getting the perfect log package in the design they want. Coventry log builders don't sell their log home packages through a dealer network because they want to make sure that each of their customers is getting the quality service they need throughout the process.

Expertise and Direct Service

Coventry log builders know everything there is to know about their log homes which makes them the experts on them, instead of a dealer who may only have just bought a log house from the log builder and doesn't know the specifics of their buildings and processes. Dealers usually will just refer customers to the factory of the log builder which makes it a roundabout process whereas Coventry Log Homes is a log builder who has everyone under one roof including the drafters who work of the log home plans, the pricing department, and the log builders in the mill. Also, since a dealer makes a commission, that may mean that you're paying more by buying from a dealer, but buying directly from the log builder factory means you don't pay these extra fees making the overall price much more affordable for you. Coventry Log Homes log builder also belongs to the Log and Timber Homes Council, where log builders and manufacturers must grade their logs through accredited third-party agencies to oversee the quality of the materials. This means that all of the logs used in the construction of this log builder's homes meet the national standard of log home construction. So you can feel confident in your purchase of a real log home made by professional log home builders and manufacturers.