The company Lindal Cedar Homes has just launched new models of cottage kit with pre-cut to a single form. In Quebec, these cottages in western red cedar have been feeling the Salon Chalets and cottages where the public is more accustomed to seeing houses in traditional styles. The nine new models in the collection Dwell Home, about half of which is specifically designed to use country as more windows, were designed by architect Joel Turkel. Mr. Turkel has already worked in the past with Dwell for a collection of townhouses. "The goal of our association with these kit houses is to present modern homes at a price a little more affordable," said the architect,

in an interview with La Presse. These houses, sometimes with a flat roof, present for most flooring plank cedar horizontal, indicating a very contemporary look. Supplied in kit form and assembled, these houses still reach a price equivalent to that of a condo in downtown Montreal, or $ 250 a square foot. If you have the skill of a autoconstructeur, you will pay $ 100 per square foot. A proportion of the customer about it chooses to raise the house but is responsible for the interior finishing to reduce costs. "The townhouses and houses are exposed differently. The main reason is that in the plane of the house, most of the parts we see in all directions, "said the architect. Pre-cut In Quebec, Houses and Cottages of Cedar Quebec distributes the past twenty years, the product of British Columbia Lindal. Lespérance Raymond explains that these are homes with pre-cut and prefabricated, which means they do not "signs" already mounted. It states that the cut pieces are prepared and packaged, such as beams and columns, for safety. "All the materials arrive in a closed container on the site to build," he explained. It lists some characteristics of these houses of quality: structure of beams and columns apparent exterior cedar horizontal cedar windows throughout the house, interior and exterior doors upscale, cedar interior trim, ceiling cedar for open spaces, outdoor cedar trellis (above the terraces), cedar terrace. "With the Turkel house, we can make changes on the surface, the internal divisions ...», says Lesperance. Usually, once the model ordered, it takes 12 to 15 weeks for delivery of the house on the site.