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Happy birthday to our owner, Rick Kinsman. Rick was here day one and designed, cut, delivered, and assembled the first Confederation. Happy birthday Rick! Any guesses on how old he is?
Saturday Sept 13th 2014 marked a special day for a key member of the Confederation team. Our Principal Designer, Matt Reinwald married his long time sweetheart Alannah Howard in Haliburton. The ceremony, reception, dinner, and dance floor were all top notch and a great time was had by all. Congratulations...
Confederation was nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which Rich Kinsman gladly accepted. Become a fan of our facebook page and see the video by clicking here: https://www.facebook.com/1867CLTF
School is back in session and that goes for log and timber frame customers too. Our Southwestern Ontario dealer, Darryl Boyes, will be holding 2 Educational Seminars; Sept 6th and 27th. These Seminars will cover all the same topics as our Head Office Seminars do, so no question will be...
Big news coming out from the City of Kawartha Lakes as the development charges have been increased for any new buildings from $7,000 to approx $28,000. This is a significant increase, but you still have time to get your drawings done and permit in hand before these prices come into...
A common misconception is that bugs will be attracted to a log home, and that isn’t the case with a Confederation. Since we air dry all our material 1-2 years before we get into production, the wood doesn’t offer anything for a bug. Also the stain that we provide for...
Another award for Confederation and this time it’s from the Bobcaygeon Chamber of Commerce. We are the proud recipients of the award for ‘Business Leader of the Year’ This award recognizes and honors a business person that has been a leader in moving the town and area forward or has...
This open concept plan features the master bedroom on the main floor, spacious his and hers closets, and a huge ensuite. All the principle rooms face the view side of the property. Imagine sitting around the fire looking at the lake, with a glass of wine, and surrounded by family...
Announcing another first from Confederation…. Introducing the newest product in the Confederation family of log options, the Triple E Log! This is an engineered, insulated, foam filled, manufactured log that gives the home owner a R28 wall system. It’s important to note that nothing else changes in the 35 year...
If you want to feel good about your new log home – not just in terms of comfort and beauty, check out our new page, A wood house is a good house. Feel good about the choice you’re making when you buy a wood home.
We always get approached with excited people who can’t wait to build their perfect home or cottage but haven’t seen their ideal floor plan. Well, this is very common because every home we do is totally custom. There are no 2 Confederation homes that are the same and best of...
As the summer building season is upon us, Confederation will be launching a plan of the month. We will showcase a plan that is either in the Design Phase, being built, or has been built. We hope you enjoy our first model, the Bayfield: This 2370 sq ft, story-and-a-half home...
We have expanded our library with 15 new floorplans. These are based on past customers houses, popular features, overall design comments from our Design Centre. “The most popular pages on our website are plans and pictures,” says VP Operations Andy Kinsman, ” so over the coming months we will be...