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City Escape: Build Your Dream Log Home Outside Chicago
Ready to get out of Chicago and build your dream log home in the country? eLoghomes is ready to help. Our Chicago log cabin kits help streamline the home-building process, so you can move into your dream home even sooner!
From small cabins to expansive multi-level homes, eLoghomes has the perfect floor plan for your family. Take a virtual tour of our homes, then check out our extensive model gallery to find a home that’s right for your needs and budget.
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Build Your Scenic Cabin Without Giving Up Your Chicago Roots
Whether you’re looking to leave Chicago far behind or you want a quick getaway destination with easy access to the city, you have options.
Building on the outskirts is the sweet spot for many new log cabin homeowners. You can still take advantage of all Chicago has to offer—but without the noise, congestion, and hassles of urban life.
Here are some of the most popular locations to build a log home outside of Chicago:
Wilmington – If you love hunting and water recreation, Wilmington is ideal. The Kankakee River—one of the most beautiful in the state—runs right through town. The area also boasts prairie preserves, beautiful lakes, and lots of hiking spots. Wilmington is just a one-hour drive from the heart of Chicago.
Effingham – This small enclave about three hours south of Chicago is a hotspot for people looking to get out of the city, thanks to Lake Sara, a tranquil recreation spot that gets much less traffic than other popular locations in Illinois. If you want a quiet, peaceful life, Effingham is an ideal place to settle down.
Ottawa – Another charming town of around 18,000 people, Ottawa sits at the confluence of the Illinois River and Fox River in LaSalle County. If you love boating, rafting, fishing, and hunting, you’ll have a lifetime of adventures in this “Starved Rock Country” outpost.
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When you work with eLoghomes, you gain a partner through your home-building journey. Our team will work collaboratively with your builder or general contractor to ensure you have the best possible experience.
eLoghomes is a leader in energy efficient log home design. Our impressive catalog includes more than 200 customizable log home models, with floor plans for every need and budget. We also offer a variety of upgrades like handcrafted accents, decks, porches, and garages, to help you create a home that’s all your own.
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What’s Included with an eLoghomes Kit?
eLoghomes helps streamline the home-building process, making it easier for your builder or contractor to finish your home sooner. Each of our log home kits comes with a standard materials list that includes:
- Log wall system (Eastern White Pine)
- Exterior windows and doors
- Rough flooring
- Framing of interior spaces, interior stairways, and railings
- Decking and porch materials
- Roofing materials (up to the underlayment)
- Platinum Energy Package*
eLoghomes offers two different package options: gold and silver. Visit our packages page for more information about what is included in each log cabin package.
We also offer optional construction services for your eLoghomes package. We highly recommend this option. When you partner with us, we’ll send a capable crew familiar with our log home kits to properly build the shell of your home.
Learn More About Construction ServiceOur Log Home and Log Cabin Process
From Design to Construction, eLoghomes guides you through our log home building process. We have ongoing communications with you throughout the entire design, blueprint, and delivery preparation processes. As an eLoghomes customer, you’ll be assigned a log home specialist and project planning specialist.
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Register For PricingWhether you’re still searching for the best location outside the city or are ready to start building, eLoghomes will help bring your log home vision to life.
Get in touch today for log home prices and to learn more about our Chicago log cabin kits. We’re here to guide and support you every step of the way.
Clients Testimonials
I won’t be able to say enough about the personal service we have received from eLoghomes. From the very first contact, we have had nothing but prompt and courteous service. It makes looking forward to retirement and our lifelong dreams of having a little cabin in the woods that much more special and the costs will allow us to add more extras to enjoy. My wife especially loved the fact that we could change things in the floor plan and it would be made just for us. Thrilled!!!
A. NationWe stopped in at the I95 place. We were extremely impressed with looking at all of the log homes there and will be building in TN soon. We can’t wait to have our dream home these are it.
E. FarmerWe have been looking a long time for a log home company that had a place to walk through homes and look at them and have lots of choices but also let us change what we wanted to. eLoghomes is it. we thank you so much.
G. JohnsonWe had a great time touring the log houses and people at eLoghomes are so helpful in helping us. We are so excited! We didn’t want just any old plan and now we are actually looking at custom work that uses my ideas for the floor plan. So lucky to have found you!!!
A. BakerWe ended up making some major design changes and it was no big deal. The eLoghomes team were all about what the final product was going to be for us… we became like family when we were building the home.
M. & L. PorporaWe bought our log home in February, 2020. eLoghomes held our hands through all of the custom changes we needed. Our customer service representative had the patience of a saint! The builders knew exactly what they were doing and our new home was completed in early November. We would highly recommend eLoghomes to anyone who wants a top-notch home and a professional partner to design and build it.
L. CollinsWe bought our log home in February, 2020. eLoghomes held our hands through all of the custom changes we needed. Our customer service representative had the patience of a saint! The builders knew exactly what they were doing and our new home was completed in early November. We would highly recommend eLoghomes to anyone who wants a top-notch home and a professional partner to design and build it.
L. CollinsMy wife and I are very pleased with the professionalism of this log home manufacturer. We researched and spoke with many log home companies and this is by far the best we have experienced and they not only manufacture log homes but they build them too so that is a plus for us. We’d rather have the people build what they make instead of trying to find somebody to build what they are not familiar with. A win-win.
C. DanielI won’t be able to say enough about the personal service we have received from eLoghomes. From the very first contact, we have had nothing but prompt and courteous service. It makes looking forward to retirement and our lifelong dreams of having a little cabin in the woods that much more special and the costs will allow us to add more extras to enjoy. My wife especially loved the fact that we could change things in the floor plan and it would be made just for us. Thrilled!!!
A. NationWe stopped in at the I95 place. We were extremely impressed with looking at all of the log homes there and will be building in TN soon. We can’t wait to have our dream home these are it.
E. FarmerWe have been looking a long time for a log home company that had a place to walk through homes and look at them and have lots of choices but also let us change what we wanted to. eLoghomes is it. we thank you so much.
G. JohnsonWe had a great time touring the log houses and people at eLoghomes are so helpful in helping us. We are so excited! We didn’t want just any old plan and now we are actually looking at custom work that uses my ideas for the floor plan. So lucky to have found you!!!
A. BakerWe ended up making some major design changes and it was no big deal. The eLoghomes team were all about what the final product was going to be for us… we became like family when we were building the home.
M. & L. PorporaWe bought our log home in February, 2020. eLoghomes held our hands through all of the custom changes we needed. Our customer service representative had the patience of a saint! The builders knew exactly what they were doing and our new home was completed in early November. We would highly recommend eLoghomes to anyone who wants a top-notch home and a professional partner to design and build it.
L. CollinsWe bought our log home in February, 2020. eLoghomes held our hands through all of the custom changes we needed. Our customer service representative had the patience of a saint! The builders knew exactly what they were doing and our new home was completed in early November. We would highly recommend eLoghomes to anyone who wants a top-notch home and a professional partner to design and build it.
L. CollinsMy wife and I are very pleased with the professionalism of this log home manufacturer. We researched and spoke with many log home companies and this is by far the best we have experienced and they not only manufacture log homes but they build them too so that is a plus for us. We’d rather have the people build what they make instead of trying to find somebody to build what they are not familiar with. A win-win.
C. Daniel