Thanks Drewman,
Wow, lots of questions, not sure I can answer them all now. I know this particular builder does only log homes in our area. I believe the logs are like 6-8" in diam. They use some sort of spring/rod system in some of the walls that you tighten over time to simulate the natural compression of the logs over years. It has been 7years now and my buddy said they could be removed now if we wanted, but they are not hurting anyting.
The below pictures are all on top of this hill. The same builder built all three of them. The first two now have front porches on them, these pictures are a little old.
The house we are looking at is the first picture. It has a huge great room off the back you can't see in the picture that is all open the entire height of the house with a rock fireplace the entire height. He has a two layer deck on the back, with a hot tube on the lower level you access by a circular stairway. All over looking the western sky, huge valley, etc.
