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"I still remember the day..."
"I still remember the day when we walked into your Petoskey Model with the beginnings of an idea about remodeling and adding on to our little cottage on Walloon. You and your architect developed that idea into an exciting concept that turned into a delightful home in just 12 short months. The engineering, architectural drawings, building materials and help in selecting a contractor were done on time, on budget and in the most professional manner. We are delighted with the appearance, quality and functionality of the space and look foward to many years in our new and renewed Town & Country Cedar Home!."
Sincerely,
Sue and Dan D., Dayton, Ohio
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Town & Country Cedar Homes has built beautiful, custom cedar log homes for more than sixty years! It's our specialty - but it's not all that we do. We've grown from a Michigan custom log home Builder to become a National Builder. Now we are an international supplier of cedar log siding and Northern White Cedar building components. And we've never forgotten our humble beginnings...
 Having been raised on farms as young men, building log homes was second nature to Bernie Kondrat and Ben Organek. By the age of eight, Bernie was a regular in the woods alongside his grandfather, getting paid to make fences using Pine, Spruce, Tamarack, Balsam and White Cedar trees.After several years had passed, Bernie made a discovery that defined his and Ben's future as businessmen. While inspecting the fences, he noticed that the Pine, Spruce and Balsam posts had severely deteriorated, but the White Cedar log posts remained healthy and strong.
Bernie kept that discovery in the back of his mind as he and Ben shipped off to World War II. Upon their return, Ben asked Bernie what they should do for a living. Remembering the strength of those White Cedar trees, they hitched up 2 horses and headed into the woods.With a $200 G.I. loan, Ben and Bernie began their business venture. Initially, they hand selected and cut White Cedar from Bernie's farm to build fences, but there wasn't much money in that since cattle were all "free-range" at the time..jpg)
%20copy.jpg) Cutting their losses, they began the process of creating their first custom cedar log house together using a bell saw, and their first mill, a $35 investment. The 22x22 house was built for a total cost of $475 using White Cedar hauled from Bernie's farm to Ben’s mill. Even more unique, the outside of the house was comprised of vertically split White Cedar logs. With the completion of this house in 1947, Boyne Falls Log Homes was born.
With faith in each other, Ben and Bernie hit the ground running and so did Boyne Falls Log Homes. Over the next two decades, Ben and Bernie would establish a reputation as superior custom log home builders. During the 1950s, they built a series of chalet style custom cedar homes in the Poconos and landed a contract to build a unique, low-maintenance housing resort called Breezy Point in Minnesota in the 1960s. During this time, Everett Kircher founded Boyne Mountain. Having seen the craftsmanship of the log homes Ben and Bernie built, Everett contracted them to build the first Boyne Mountain Ski Lodge that still stands in the Boyne Mountain Village today.
Boyne Falls Log Homes evolved into Town & Country Cedar Homes in 1983. Today, Town & Country can celebrate six decades of experience as a Michigan custom cedar log home builder. Although the name of the company has changed, the foundation of what we stand for hasn't. Bernie and Ben’s dedication to hard work, customer satisfaction and to each other is the basis of what Town & Country Cedar Homes is today. We are dedicated to your 100% satisfaction.
In addition to building cottage, craftsman, timber style homes and the luxury built log cabin homes for which we've become famous, we offer commercial building services and ship materials to locations around the world. We look forward to the opportunity of building a custom log home that matches your dream vision.
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