been a while

COSTS PER SQ FT for the tiny 330 sq ft arts colony cabin i live in now exceed $1000/ft sq.
i dont know whether to be sad or humiliated. I knew Moss Log Homes was ripping muy mom off as she sent check after check out. The latest in the mezs is that the dumbass thief masquerading as builder did not actually bothger to sdee the chinking installed correctly. NOW ITS FALLING OUT OF THE WALLS- just in time for winter.

I'll explain this later along with example of top quality chink wqiork on 10 Huckleberry Mtn done by Phil at Sun Painters, Hendersonville, NC

well i've really let this blog go

l up here. We had some good progress at least before shutting down. The electrical and plumbing rough-ins have passed their inspections. No HVAC and this terrible mason who would appear for an hour or two at a time hast some how not been able to comlete about 3 days worth of work in the past 2 months. The little cabin that was supposed to be essentially finshed has turned out to be terribly cold- no insulation below and nothing in th huge gaps that moss Log Homes left in all corners and at the union of the floor and walls. Turns out thatMoss log Homes also manged to leave only 8-14" of crawlspace under about half of the cabin as well as somehow getting a roof on the thing that is 17" lower than the original roof- that's why anyone taller than 5'6" hits their head on the ceiling upstairs in the loft. We were able to get the bulk of the big cherry milled into two inch boards that will become interior window trim. Since we have essentialy run thru the the money for the renovation witht he thing far from finished, the years it will take to cure the moisture out of this special lumber seems now like a gift not a hurdle. The weather sits on us like a ball and chain too- its bot been this cold or this snwoy in the region in 20 years.

it got crazy busy- which means prgress.

I'll catch yall up on developments soon. meanwhile, anyone know where to find measured drawings of Gustav Stickly exterior corbels?

Window Coverings at SunlandHomeDecor.com

Window Coverings at SunlandHomeDecor.com

Squeaky wheels some times do get the grease

arell

but other times fall of the axles and rot by the trail. fortuneately, we are blessed to have a builder with some personal standards and a conscience and Willie Fhas responded to our concerns about the set of the replacement logs. As i write he stands- chainsaw ready- adjusting the cuts on the dove tails that make the house' corners. The walls look uniforma again after 3 days of cutting and changing a few logs out. More later- but it looks like we are goning to make it after all. And the electrical is near ready for the county inspectors, plumbing too.

and the thing had got off to such a good start back in early spring

Then at the end of July, Willie Farrell the contractor disappeared. it was 3 months and a week between the times he set foot on our place and even stopped returning calls o answering emails. In fact, his email account disappeared. His "carpenter" Matt and the helper Zach (aka Beevis and Butthead) appeared to busy themselves painting things and doing make work in the other house on the proerty but when i caught them painting trim on windowsx that were to be removed i hunted down the missing builder. It went south fast- the guy turned Beevis and Butthead loose on that lull with about 3 hours of training. Not only could they not select which logs to insert in the holes they wre making in the walls, they couldnt set them properly and (as any utterly incompetent carpenter will do--) kept on cutting and cutting. Basically, the house is ruined. Willie's business Celtic Log Homes has disappeared as a financial and legal entity in his efforts to avoid attempts to collect a multi-million dollar civil judgement against him, so i dont know who to thank. Since I
i can not email the man and he is loathe to communicate in writing anymore, I thought i would share with yall some of he texts I have sent him in the past few days:

To Willie Farrell
Why were logs over windows flanking fireplace on North wall 1st floor cut completly thru then stuck back in place? You sat here with me Saturday discussing at length how we would not have transoms inserted- but Beavis and Butthead seemed to have other plans
I am furious on close examination Of the destruction done in the last several weeks and you weren't here!!!!
You sent those boys out to hack random sections out of my house and are personslly responsible for the damage done. Have you even inventories the old logs they riunt? The smashed casework? The mess. You assured us that you would be personally repairing that mess and I really hope you have locatedsuitable timber. See I heard all if this from you late summer befoore you vanished. Only the painters and the wreckage you people did here is new. We need to see some positive results here

Sent from my iPhone
To Willie Farrell
Why were logs over windows flanking fireplace on North wall 1st floor cut completly thru then stuck back in place? You sat here with me saturday discussing at length how we would not have transoms inserted- but Beavis and Butthead seemed to have other plans
I am furious on close examination Of the destruction done in the last several weeks and you weren't here!!!!
You sent those boys out to hack random sections out of my house and are personslly responsible for the damage done. Have you even inventories the old logs they riunt? The smashed casework? The mess. You assured us that you would be personally repairing that mess and I really hope you have locatedsuitable timber. See I heard all if this from you late summer befoore you vanished. Only the painters and the wreckage you people did here is new. We need to see some positive results here

We were unimaginably generous in our offer of a personal leave to let you get your life together. On umyour say donors than $30Kworth of skilled labor is booked to rough in inand paiiny( what a joke) a house with at least 25 % of its walls missing. You havent been back to get counts or anything Anyone else i expect would be running to complete his minimal obligation and leave this but we aint seen u siince you contrite smiling exit Saturday. 4 pm and i will come to you .t

To Willie Farrell
Why were logs over windows flanking fireplace on North wall 1st floor cut completly thru then stuck back in place? You sat here with me saturday discussing at length how we would not have transoms inserted- but Beavis and Butthead seemed to have other plans
I am furious on close examination Of the destruction done in the last several weeks and you weren't here!!!!
You sent those boys out to hack random sections out of my house and are personslly responsible for the damage done. Have you even inventoried the old logs they riunt? The smashed casework? The mess. You assured us that you would be personally repairing that mess and I really hope you have locatedsuitable timber. See I heard all if this from you late summer befoore you vanished. Only the painters and the wreckage you people did here is new. We need to see some positive results here
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Sent from my iPhone

To painters

I keep forgetting you during daytime. Sorry. There are major problems with the new construction on 10 Huckleberry Mounain Rd and until I see the ruined logs replaced and some productive action on the project, there is nothing to say. It's a waste of both our time to make plans to seal chink and stain walls that to date exist only in the builder's expressed intentions. I expect a change by the start of the second week in December at the latest. I guess you saw the carpenters had done a good deal of painting over the summer. If your painters do carpentry I expect yalll can stArt right away.
Sent from my iPhone

Willie may not even have a computer.
His address is 5800 Ashville Highway, Pisgah Forest , NC 28768



*** if any reader can detect result of the $8000 were shocked to get charged for "aging and weathering" of new logs then please let us know . I cant see it in the logs or pictures.

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