Guest Lodges

Western Red Cedar Lodge

Since 2017 NLH has been the exclusive sales agent for Pioneer Log Homes of BC. The main reason for this advancement in business relationships is the fantastic and beautiful Western Red Cedar logs that they have available.

NLH saw the opportunity at this time, to offer our customers not only the best Douglas Fir logs in the Southern Hemisphere, as we have done for 30 years, but now also massive 200 year old Western Red Cedar logs and homes.
Pictures above are of first Western Red Cedar Log home imported into NZ in 2017 to my customers Jason and Heather. They really wanted the massive western red cedar logs that we cannot get here in NZ.

Te-Anau, Southland, New Zealand

This 700 m2 residential house with spectacular views of Fiordland, features 4 bedrooms, 3bathrooms, two stone fireplaces, log stairs, elevator lift, two living spaces, …. spread over three living floors. Log post & beam creates the main structure of this house. The space in between posts is filled with conventional framing and aluminium joinery. Some logs we used on this house are up to 14m long, and some posts are 3 stories tall.

Greenvale, Australia

Another Post & Beam large scale project. This time in Victoria, Australia. Handcrafted log staircase is a big feature of this Melbourne retreat. Features of this lodge include three story tall trees supporting the roof structure.

Log Home Retreat, Alexandra, NZ

This guest accommodation lodge has been assembled in April 2008. Total of 620 sqm. The massive lounge / great room is LOG POST AND BEAM – another specialty of ours! This two-storey, 600 m2, log home is the largest in New Zealand. Handcrafted log staircase with its spectacular tree roots intermingling with the tiled floor is a unique feature of this house. Unique handcarfted staircases are becoming a trademark of NLH.

Lake Pukaki Lodge, Mt.Cook, New Zealand

This house is settled above lake Pukaki with views of Mt.Cook, straight out of the bedrooms. Set in one of the best locations in New Zealand – on the shore of Lake Pukaki with an amazing view of Mt.Cook out of every bedroom in the house. We feel very privilidged to be chosen to build in such an prime location.

Fiordland Lodge in Te Anau, New Zealand

Graeme Mould and his team built this in 2000 (when we were South Island Log Homes). The Lodge is high above Lake Te Anau, with spectacular views, and fine food and accommodation for hunters, fisherman, and other holidaymakers. Natural Log Homes is proud to have built this luxury Fiordland Lodge. It is set on a superb site with commanding views out across Lake Te Anau. Across the lake to the west lie the mountains of Fiordland National Park, an area of over three million acres of untouched wilderness and part of the much larger South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.

Woodbury Hunting Lodge, South Canterbury

NLH did supply handcrafted posts, beams, log floor joists, log trusses, roof system, portico and other log features for this large 800 m2 lodge. Locally grown 80+ years old Douglass Fir logs used for front post & beam structure. This 800 m2 hunting lodge is built conventionally but with many log features – from log floor joists, post and beam to log trusses and double roof logs spanning up to 12m.