MountainView  Log Homes 

Kathy and Ed McLaughlin

bring a life time of experience to MountainView Log Homes.  They have been involved in building since their early years.  Kathy's dad was a plumber and Ed's was a bricklayer and they built their first home when they were 25.   For over 20 years they have lived in Forbes Park, a mountain
subdivision in Costilla County Colorado, in a "Real Log Home" .  They use it as their model.   They are authorized representatives for Real Log Homes with offices in both Colorado and Arizona.

Our Business

Our Skills and services reflect years of experience with log and frame constructed homes.    Kathy and Ed are in business, but personally love log home living.   So when you deal with Kathy and Ed you are dealing with people who know and what they are doing.

We can supply the "do-it-yourself" customer, build the home, or just the shell, for you or we have aligned ourselves with the best and most experienced contractors available.

We are known for our service "after the sale" whether is helping you do it yourself or helping you find the right solutions provided by others.

A Bit of History

The company was started in 1974 as G&E Wood Tech by Ed and his brother George, thus the name G&E.  Ed was getting a degree in Wood Products Engineering at Syracuse at the time and his brother worked at Kodak.  To make a long story short they both already had experience building houses and designing and remodeling kitchens, but had young families to support and limited their 1st real service to supply firewood
to neighbors, while they each pursued their careers.  The rest is history.   

Now Kathy and Ed keep the company going by bringing their experience to the table.  You will also see one of Ed's other brothers, Doug, helping build the homes.   MountainView Log Homes is our exclusive log home business.

Together they have raised four children, built 5 homes for themselves in various climates and managed to stay married for 40+ years.   Kathy pursued a degree in gerontology.   Ed continued in the area of wood science and forestry.   Ed is
the wood technology person and architectural designer, while Kathy is the decorator and organizer.  As a team they can't be matched.

As for Ed's technical experience, it includes years of building and remodeling from all aspects of the process from design to hands on building!  Twelve years in the kitchen cabinet industry included everything from design to installation and sales.   He even won a national design award.  In wood products manufacturing he worked in plywood and lumber operations as well as the land management and timber operations.   As a wood scientist in his younger years, he studied wood in depth and is a lifetime member of the Forest Products Research Society.