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Personalizing Lindal Home Designs Learn about Lindal's three level system that makes it easy to personalize your Lindal home. Read more...

Q&A With Our Founder, Sir Walter Lindal

Sir Walter Lindal, founder of Lindal Cedar Homes more than 60 years ago, continues to be active in research and development.

Your New Home Construction Timeline. Sir Walter makes recommendations on when to start planning your dream home to make sure your new home building schedule meets your needs.
Home Financing Options. Sir Walter outlines when to qualify for a new home construction loan-and the home financing options available through Lindal partner financial institutions.
A New Home is a Stable Investment. A new home is a way to appreciateboth your net worth and your lifestyle—every day.
Plan Energy-Efficiency From the Ground Up. Throughout the U.S. and Canada, people are feeling the bite of rising energy costs.
Choosing a Building System. Outlines the benefits of today's most popular building systems-from conventional framing to log homes.
Environmentally-Friendly Building Materials. Tips on how to realize your dream home while protecting the environment.
Window Shopping Tips. Confused by the entire window rating system? Sir Walter cuts through the abundance of information to help you compare your window options with one easy tool.

If you have additional construction timeline questions, or any other home building related questions, please email Ask Sir Walter.

New Home Construction Timeline

Articles about the timeline and steps involved in building your new home can be found here.

Ask Sir Walter: Your New Home Construction Timeline. Sir Walter makes recommendations on when to start planning your dream home to make sure your new home building schedule meets your needs.
Setting Your Timeline. The time spent planning and building your home is a four-stage process. Here is how to plan accordingly.

Your Building Site

There are many factors to consider when choosing a building site and designing a new home to build on your lot.

Finding the right property for your home and lifestyle: What is stopping you from building your next home, vacation getaway, or your final retirement destination? For most, it begins with finding the perfect location.
Ask Sir Walter: Which Comes First - The Floor Plan or the Lot? Sir Walter makes recommendations on where to start planning your dream home.
Your Building Site: It Will Shape Your Dream Home. Choosing your lot and how that lot will factor into your floor plan.
Critical Siting Considerations. Your home can spring to life once you have your building site. If you're still searching...

Cost & Financing

The choices you make before and during construction can influence the cost of your new home greatly. Get tips and advice here.

4 Tips to Avoid Going Over Budget One of the hardest tasks a customer faces when building a custom home is trying to avoid going over budget. Here are a few tips to help budget properly.
Financing Construction of a Dream Home Construction loans differ from mortgages. If you're building a home, the USAA Educational Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing consumer information to the military and general public, has tips for choosing the right loan and provider.
Ask Sir Walter: Home Financing Options. Sir Walter outlines when to qualify for a new home construction loan-and the home financing options available through Lindal partner financial institutions.
The Short Answer to Cost Per Square Foot. Learn the answer to the most common question home builders around the world receive, "How much does it cost per square foot?"
Savvy Financing. One of the most important factors in successfully building your new home is obtaining financing.
Ask Sir Walter: A New Home is a Stable Investment. A new home is a way to appreciate-both your net worth and your lifestyle-every day.

Energy Efficiency

Building an energy-efficient home is easy using quality materials from Lindal. Learn how windows, doors and building materials effect energy efficiency here.

Ask Sir Walter: Plan Energy-Efficiency From the Ground Up. Throughout the U.S. and Canada, people are feeling the bite of rising energy costs.
Energy-Efficient Home Planning: How to Decipher R-Values. Learn about R-values and their role in saving your energy dollars.

Products

Lindal Cedar Homes adds new products to fit the needs of their customers. Read more about our new products and get ideas for your new home building project here.

Introducing the James Cutler Signature Series. You can live in a new Lindal home designed by the architect that recently designed Bill Gates' house.
Introducing Lindal Log Homes. Now available for log home enthusiasts: Lindal Log in either Swedish Cope or D Log.

Design & Building Tips

From designing your whole home to getting the most out of small spaces, find great tips here.

Five Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Kitchen Transforming your kitchen into a food- and family-focused haven is easy. With a variety of options for improvement, you can merely upgrade one or two aspects, or go for a complete overhaul.
Personalizing Lindal Home Designs One of the hardest tasks a customer faces when building a custom home is trying to avoid going over budget. Here are a few tips to help budget properly. Creating an Outdoor Space. Spring is here and so is the time to turn your yard into an oasis for entertaining and relaxation with a deck, patio, courtyard or private outdoor living space. Creating an outdoor retreat has become one of the hottest trends for improving your home in 2006.
Ask Sir Walter: Choosing a Building System. Outlines the benefits of today's most popular building systems-from conventional framing to log homes.
How to Analyze a Floor Plan. Looking at hundreds of floor plans can be overwhelming. So, how can you tell which one is right for your family?
Ask Sir Walter: Environmentally-Friendly Building Materials. Tips on how to realize your dream home while protecting the environment.
Ask Sir Walter: Window Shopping Tips. Confused by the entire window rating system? Sir Walter cuts through the abundance of information to help you compare your window options with one easy tool.
Discover Tips and Advice from Lindal Homeowners. Wondering what it is really like to build a Lindal? Lindal homeowners share their stories.
The Simple Care of Cedar. Questions about cedar maintenance are the most frequent at lindal.com. Learn quick upkeep tips now.