The log home we are building is the Jocassee V Floor Plan from Blue Ridge Log Cabins and it is almost perfect for our family. Our lot is at 3500 ft in the Blue Ridge Mountains with views of Mt. Mitchell and Grandfather Mountain, and the open floor plan and large wall of windows takes advantage of this. The plan is a 2 story home with an open loft, which we love, but we need a bit more space so we have opted to have the home set on top of a full walkout basement for a total of 4191 SF. Now I really hate the word basement, because technically it is really our first floor. This will be custom designed precast concrete walls which are 10 foot high and pre insulated, purchased from Superior Walls. We will finish the first floor with interior tongue and groove and on the exterior we will rock the front of the center section and put log siding on the remaining 3 sides which will be stained the same as the upper full log levels. In this first gallery you will see the original floor plan supplied by Blue Ridge Log Cabins before we made any modifications.
So here is a rundown of a few of the things we are customizing:
- We have taken out the bedroom in the back of the main floor and made that our Master Bath.
- We have added a Guest Bath to the main floor.
- We took out the desk and put in a nice big Kitchen Pantry which will hold a small chest freezer.
- Made some changes to the Utility/Mud Room – added a sink and moved the location of W/D.
- Moved around and resized some windows throughout.
- Changed the cabinet configuration in the Kitchen – had them mix a custom stain.
- Took out the small dividing wall next to the Kitchen Island and designed a new Kitchen Island.
- Changed the square footage by increasing the size of the Kitchen and Master Bedroom and decreased the Living Room slightly.
- Moved the Kitchen and Master Bedrooms forward a few feet … just to name a few.
Yea, the guys in the design department must have gotten tired of our many rounds of changes, but they were very patient with me. They also supplied us with the floor plan for the first floor that we were able to give to Superior Walls.
The gallery below is our modified floor plan. (Download a copy here.)
The design team also supplied us with these Elevation Renderings of the exterior of the house.
This is a gallery of the Jocassee V Model Home. It will give you a good idea what ours will be like. I’ll be posting some of our own interior design ideas along the way.
Love this!! I just emailed you some questions;) we are looking at a Jocassee model and I would LOVE to see yours!! I like a lot of the modifications you made!
We are on track to have our Jocassee 5 set by the end of February. Your welcome to checkout our other Blue Ridge Log Cabins anytime. We will reply to your email. Thanks. Beverly
Here is a link to download our full floor plan. http://lovemybrlc.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/212077-roseman.pdf
I am so enjoying watching your progress! We have been talking with BRLC, trying to customize a Jocassee to fit our budget and needs:)
I do intend to contact you eventually, finding a nice quiet time to chat on the phone is hard with little ones underfoot. In the meantime, thanks for allowing all of us to live vicariously through you!
I did have one question- we are planning to do a full walkout basement, with two bedrooms, a bath and mud room downstairs, similar to yours. and we are planning to use Superior Walls (just have to find a rep close to us). Who helped you design the layout and floor plan downstairs? I am like you, I hate to think of it as a basement, since it will have 10′high ceilings, lots of windows and be another story of living space:)
Aubry, my husband and I modified the plan ourselves with the help of Wesley and Jason at Blue Ridge Log Cabins. They are very patient and accommodating – of course have modified so many homes they have some good insite. They drew up the plans for us even though they are not involved in the build out. When working on your plans take your time and make sure all your electrical outlets and lighting are sufficient on the log walls, once the house is up it is MUCH harder to adjust than a typical stick built home is. Windows and light are important to me, I’ve found that I need to put in more lighting than normal, the wood seems to absorbe the light and spaces like my dining room are sometimes to dim for me.
You have designed our Dream Home! We own 29 acres in Tennessee that we hope to build a log home on one day. The only change I would make is that the upstairs bath would only be a half-bath and the Loft would be purely loft. Great design!
I debated removing the loft bath, but with 4 children and 7 brothers and sisters we expect a lot of guests – you can never have to many bathrooms.
I hope you visit Blue Ridge before you build.
Can you give approximate cost for the log home you are building? Not including the land, but the basement. Would like to know if My dream of building one like this could be possible. Just ballpark what you will have in it. Thanks, Beverly Sites
Thank you Beverly, please watch for my email.
I too am interested in the approx cost, we are designing a modified Jocassee now, with Superior walls for our basement, finished with much the same layout as yours. Would you mind emailing me the info as well?
Aubrey,
What is the approximate size of your Jocassee?
4192 sq ft
Ditto, could you please approx pricing? We’re looking at building in the same general area and the size and layout are what we’ve been looking at. Thanks!