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Can anyone recommend: Who can construct a pre-fabricated log house?

Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 2:20pm
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Mike22

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We have sourced a very good quality log house, 2 storey's approx 200m² in size. It would be delivered ready to be constructed. Does anybody know of a company that can do this type of construction in this area? We are near Cartagena. The company is Scandanavian and due to Covid restrictions it is not financially viable for them to send a team to construct the house.

Any info much appreciated.

Mike

PeterC

Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 2:55pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 2:55pm

Before you commit to buying it, make sure you will get planning approval from your council.

Friends in Malaga bought one in 2005 and had it shipped over, only to have it sitting on their land for years in its wrapping as they could not get permission to assemble it, let alone get a certificate of habitation.

As far as I know they never got permission.

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 6:45pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 6:45pm

Shoot me if I'm jumping the gun Peter, and I have no structural engineering experience. However, 1st thing to my mind is how will a Scandinavian 2 storey wooden house cope with the extreme heat expansion in Spain's extremely high temperatures? Forgive my curiosity!

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 6:48pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 6:48pm

Seems a rather bizarre thing to buy & erect in Spain ??

Mike22

Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 7:03pm

Mike22

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 7:03pm

PeterC wrote on Mon Mar 8, 2021 2:55pm:

Before you commit to buying it, make sure you will get planning approval from your council.

Friends in Malaga bought one in 2005 and had it shipped over, only to have it sitting on their land for years in its wrapping as they could not get permission to assemble it, let alone get a certificate of habitation....

...

As far as I know they never got permission.

Thanks for that Peter. We will check.

Mike

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Mike22

Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 7:07pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 7:07pm

zacdog wrote on Mon Mar 8, 2021 6:45pm:

Shoot me if I'm jumping the gun Peter, and I have no structural engineering experience. However, 1st thing to my mind is how will a Scandinavian 2 storey wooden house cope with the extreme heat expansion in Spain's extremely high temperatures? Forgive my curiosity!

Yes, I initially thought the same thing. However, the wood is treated and of a laminate construction to cope with the heat. They sell quite a lot to Spain apparently.

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 7:23pm

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Posted: Mon Mar 8, 2021 7:23pm

Mike22 wrote on Mon Mar 8, 2021 7:07pm:

Yes, I initially thought the same thing. However, the wood is treated and of a laminate construction to cope with the heat. They sell quite a lot to Spain apparently.

I was nosey too!

https://eccobauer.com/en/log-cabins-in-spain

These guys seem to supply & build, but I guess you could ask them just to build..?

eduardo3332

Posted: Tue Mar 9, 2021 10:15am

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Posted: Tue Mar 9, 2021 10:15am

zacdog wrote on Mon Mar 8, 2021 6:45pm:

Shoot me if I'm jumping the gun Peter, and I have no structural engineering experience. However, 1st thing to my mind is how will a Scandinavian 2 storey wooden house cope with the extreme heat expansion in Spain's extremely high temperatures? Forgive my curiosity!

I had 8 wooden chalets erected outside a small village in the mountains 20 km outside of Benidorm.

There was no problem with the heat or indeed the cold we can get here in Spain, they were all double glazed and a joy to stay and live in.

Angela2020

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:33pm

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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:33pm

eduardo3332 wrote on Tue Mar 9, 2021 10:15am:

I had 8 wooden chalets erected outside a small village in the mountains 20 km outside of Benidorm.

There was no problem with the heat or indeed the cold we can get here in Spain, they were all double glazed and a joy to stay and live in.

Hello Eduardo

Can I ask who you got your wooden chalets from?

eduardo3332

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:58pm

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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:58pm

Angela2020 wrote on Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:33pm:

Hello Eduardo

Can I ask who you got your wooden chalets from?

Hi Angela,

Unfortunately when I got the site, the cabins were already erected and over 5 yrs old, so cannot tell you where they were purchased.

But I was looking at various options and found a couple of companies in the Murcia region.

Sorry cannot be more helpful.

Ed

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