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Most of our ancestors lived with extended families for a variety of reasons. In agricultural settings, a large family worked the farm. In urban settings, it became necessary to care for aging parents and for young families to stay with their parents for help with child care, expenses and other practical needs. As Americans became… Read more »

With an increasingly challenged power grid and increased response times to emergency outages, many homeowners are looking for cleaner, quieter and reliable ways to maintain power in their homes. Last year power outages forced more than 13 million people from their homes, at high cost and inconvenience. The challenge for home generators has always been… Read more »

There’s a lot of buzz about LEED certification—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Now that LEED for residential construction has made its way into the market, more people are learning about this environmental approach to housing. LEED is a system of scoring a building based on a point system throughout the planning, design and construction… Read more »

The age-old mantra for real estate says it all. But when it comes to a green strategy for saving money, the location can have a profound effect on your energy bottom line. How? When designing a new home, many people consider the energy consumption of their appliances, the insulation of their homes and the efficiency… Read more »

Designing and building your dream log home can be a proud — and exciting!—time in your life. That’s why we’re inviting you to Eddie Montgomery’s Steakhouse for our Katahdin Cedar Log Home Planning Seminar. These off-site seminars are just the thing for folks who can’t make the trip to our Maine log home mill and… Read more »

As a regular reader, you’ve probably seen us promote our Home Buyers Seminars. If you’ve never had the chance to attend one, here’s an insider’s peek into the recent Seminar held in Wells, Maine. First a bit of background: Katahdin has been holding Home Buyers Seminars at the Oakfield headquarters for many years now— usually… Read more »

Closets have evolved from a closed space with a single pole to whole “systems” for organizing your stuff. When you’re designing your new log home, it makes sense to pay attention to your closet configurations as well. Maximizing your closet space makes sense not only for your personal use, but also for future buyers. No… Read more »

In today’s buyers’ housing market, many of our customers are looking for an edge in marketing their existing home. One such marketing tool is a home energy audit. We spoke with Nancy Chandler, Supervisor of Conservation and Education Services at Maine Public Service, an organization that provides energy audits for homeowners in our state.  “Many… Read more »

Yes, its that time of year again! But with this year’s increased benefits for energy saving improvements you won’t want to forget them when it comes time to file your 2009 tax returns. Here are some basic points on federal energy tax credits for 2009. Make sure you have documentation for the actual installation of… Read more »