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Log Cabin Homes for Sale
Everyone dreams of owning their own Log Cabin. Whether you just want to get away from it all or you want to get closer to nature, a Log Cabin Home can transport you to the state of mind you crave. Southern Utah is one of the best places to have your own luxury cabin and Cedar Highlands is the best place in the region for your getaway log cabin home.
Linford Nelson has heartfelt connections to this mountain property and has envisioned another unique community above Cedar Highlands – while preserving the natural balance of the mountain. Nelson Log Homes provides first-class, private, luxury log home ownership opportunities to a limited number of residents. Please call us at 435-559-3014 for more information on available home, large homesites and other unique ownership opportunities.
We have turn-key cabins and log homes ready to move into starting at $240,000 to $1,200,000. Financing available for qualified buyers. Below you will find some of our many log cabin homes for sale. Start living in your dream, in a luxury log cabin.
Featured Properties
Le Chenaib
La Chenaib is a classic Chalet log home – open, airy and filled with light – the features spacious 5,112 square foot executive log home is perfect for entertaining and is positioned to take advantage of the panoramic views surrounding this dramatic 4.45 acre-homesite, situated high above Cedar City in Cedar Highlands.
Big picture windows, patio door, and large covered decks allow one to view the sunrise on beautiful Cedar Mountain. Sunsets in the evening and an overview of the lights of the city are a spectacular sight.
Mountain living with all the city amenities offers the owner the best of both worlds. The completed home features three stories with 24 foot cathedral ceilings, 3 bedrooms and two baths on the main level and a third bath in the lover level generous media/recreation room, den, family room, eat-in kitchen and dining room, and a 621 square-foot work-room/double car garage. Furnished with gas stoves, a number of large, stone gas log fireplaces and wood stoves features cobble stone, inside and out. The large master bath includes a custom tile, walk-in shower and large Jacuzzi soaking tub.
The sunroom is highlighted by terracotta flooring and is a quiet retreat to take in the vast mountain views while enjoying your morning coffee. The low maintenance copper metal roof and clad windows, state of the art security system and stainless steel appliances round out this magnificent executive log home Pine tongue and groove ceilings with extra insulation ensure the home will be warm and cozy during the winter months. This traditional 9-inch Swedish cope log home boasts extraordinary craftsmanship and creative design and is located at the end of a quiet road – add a gate to create your own private estate. Available now for $1,200,000. Other models available starting at $800,000.
Please contact us for more information and the opportunity to spend a weekend here to experience all this luxurious home and peaceful mountain has to offer.
Les Montagnes or Connie’s Cabin
Named for the matriarch of the Nelson Family, this charming log home is located high on Cedar Mountain in the private community of Cedar Highlands. The large covered deck allow views of morning sunrises, sunsets in the evening and an overview of the lights of Cedar City at night which is a spectacular sight by any standards.
Mountain living with all the city amenities offer the owner the best of both worlds. The completed, 2,763 square-foot home boasts three-stories, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, den, 2 family rooms and an eat-in kitchen/dining room.
Furnished with gas stoves, a large fire place, wood stoves and cobble stone inside and out. Pine tongue and groove ceilings with extra insulation ensures warmth in the winter.
This very livable log home features 8-inch Swedish cope logs, extraordinary craftsmanship and creative design. Make this easy-living log home your own. Available now for $650,000.
Investment Properties
Cedar Highlands - True Mountain Living
Carved out of Cedar Mountain in the 1990’s, Cedar Highlands is an intimate, elevated mountain community that represents the best that southern Utah has to offer. One of the premier luxury log cabin and vacation home areas in the region, this private, four-season enclave consists of 166 homesites, ranging from about 1.5 to over 5 acres. Dramatic open space, unparalleled views, and a number of log cabin plans to choose from, make this community a very special place where only a few will enjoy mountain living for generations to come.
A short 2-and-a-half hour drive from Las Vegas, this heavily wooded mountain is a luxury 4-season retreat from city life. At 7,000-8,000 elevation, each 1-acre to over 5-acre homesite features its own dramatic view of the surrounding mountains and valley below. Spectacular sunsets thrill residents each evening and wildlife is abundant. Cedar Highlands is ready when you are with a community spring water collection and distribution system, city gas, underground electric, telephone and wireless internet available for immediate build or move-in.
The residents run Homeowners Association serves the community and takes care of the water system and year-round road maintenance to help make your experience here an enjoyable one. A short 4-mile drive down the mountain provides all the shopping, entertainment, restaurant and other activities Cedar City has to offer.
Nelson Log Homes offers homesites and distinctive log homes with a variety of size, styles and floor plans to match your lifestyle. Whether you desire a vacation home, primary residence or retirement home, you’ll find what you are looking for here. Each home is designed for total livability and are a perfect blend of log home techniques and modern conveniences and comfort. We pride ourselves on our old-fashioned values of respect, loyalty and honesty. And we deliver them with an intense dedication to customer service. We strive for the highest degree of personal and professional excellence. When you compare this commitment to quality service, our exclusive mountain offerings and our sensitivity to cost, you will find no better log home value for the money.
Recreation and Rentals
Recreational opportunities abound on scenic Cedar Mountain and Linford Nelson will be more than happy to guide you to some of the more exciting adventures available on the mountain. Linford can outfit you for horseback riding, snowmobiling, a cattle drive or a hunting excursion. He has cabin rentals and other recreational log homes available for a weekend or a month.
Cedar City is a year-round paradise. Known as Festival City USA, Cedar City is about mountains, cool summers and great live theatre, music and art. Located just two-and-a half hour drive north of Las Vegas, Nevada via the I-15 corridor, Cedar City is the gateway to southern Utah’s state and national parks and forests. It’s prime location and beautiful mountains make it a great place to build a log cabin to either live in or for a vacation home. The national parks and scenic areas nearby include Zion National Park, Virgin River Valley, Arches National Park, Kolob Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park, Capital Reef National Park, Cedar Breaks, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Canyonlands National Park, Escalante Petrified Forest, the Grand Staircase National Monument, Dixie National Forest, Navaho Lake and Coral Pink Sand Dunes, just to name a few, offers the diverse, spectacular, natural beauty and enchantment that has made southern Utah famous.
Southern Utah’s greatest legacy has always been the tremendous outdoor activities. Skiers and snowboarders love the deep powder snow at Brian Head Ski Resort, just a thirty-minute drive from Cedar City. Dozens of trout streams, lakes within a short drive, provide endless fishing opportunities. Mountain biking, snowmobiling, camping, wildlife viewing and horseback riding are just a few of the activities to be enjoyed in the surrounding area. All this recreation entices Cedar City visitors and residents with incredible beauty and unrivaled natural attractions. Perhaps the greatest dilemma facing southern Utah is choosing between the numerous recreational opportunities available.
Developer Overview
An inheritance of appreciation for the natural beauty of Cedar City has been passed down through the generations of the Nelson family and for decades they have been in the lumber, land development, and cattle business in this Southern Utah town. Linford Nelson began building mountain cabins in 1964. His direct family ties to a Cedar City lumber and hardware business, along with extensive investments in mountain real estate, has kept him active in building with the family owned and managed company for over 44 years.
While Linford manages the company, his sons Josh and Jed are responsible for supervising construction operations. Nelson Log Homes, developers of mountain property and builders of custom log homes and successful subdivisions, has led to the construction of numerous homes in the Cedar Highlands, an exclusive mountain community on Cedar Mountain, in Cedar City, Utah. The Nelson family have built upon the pioneering spirit of America’s past to bring you the best log home available today and one that will last through generations of your family.
Nelson Log Homes offers a variety of styles and log home floor plans designed for total livability, old world beauty and modern conveniences and comfort. The homes are located on some of the most pristine mountain locations in southern Utah, providing dramatic panoramic big sky views and of the valley below. Several luxury homes and many premium parcels of mountain property are currently available. Please give us a call at 435-559-3014 to find out more.
