Our five-year search for the perfect piece of property ended in 2002 when we finally talked “old Mr. Lamar” into selling his 6.5 acres to us. He was adamant that he wouldn’t sell his family’s land to someone who would take down the beautiful trees and divide it into a neighborhood. We told him of our dream of a beautiful log and stone home and of our desire for property with lots of tall trees. 

We spent a couple of years traveling to various log home shows and touring existing log homes. After much research, we chose Suwannee River Log Homes to help us build our dream. From a design on scratch paper, we worked with their architects to create the final design. Since our home is a custom, cypress log home with a prow, we wanted a builder we could trust to build our home perfectly. Suwannee River gave us the name of our builder, Joe Whitaker. He is a popular builder and we had to “get in line” for his services, but it was worth the wait!

We were surprised, however, when Joe started building our three-car log garage and then our log home. We had not just hired a builder … we hired an artist. Joe has taken ordinary logs and made them into beautiful works of art, greatly surpassing our expectations of how our home would look. Joe has a wonderful talent for making suggestions for changes here or there that are making our home even more spectacular. He has become a trusted friend while building our home and we will be forever grateful to him for helping us fulfill our dream.