Lindal Cedar Homes

Lindal Cedar Homes

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About Lindal Cedar Homes

Lindal Cedar Homes specializes in designing and manufacturing customizable prefabricated homes. It has been in business for over 75 years and offers a wide range of plans and design options. Lindal homes are built using sustainable materials and energy-efficient construction techniques. The company provides a comprehensive package of services, including site assessment, custom design, project management and after-sales support.

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Rated with 5 stars
Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
Original review: March 14, 2023

Lindal helped me design my new home and I was very pleased with the design. They followed my instructions and worked with what I wanted. I was very happy with the outcome and would recommend them if you are looking for a quality home.

Lindal Cedar Homes response

Thank you so much, Dan! It was a pleasure working with you.

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    Rated with 5 stars
    Verified Reviewer Verified Buyer
    Original review: March 10, 2023

    It has been a pleasure communicating with Lindal Cedar Homes! They have responded promptly and in detail every time we were in touch. They offer a truly great solution for anyone interested in prefabricated cedar houses and I can highly recommend their services - and their team. Thanks so much for all the help. :)

    Lindal Cedar Homes response

    Thanks so much for your kind review, Katerina. It is much appreciated!

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    Rated with 1 star
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Aug. 29, 2022

    The house had so many defects we had to go to arbitration which was a farce! What made this experience even worse was that I went to school with this scumbag. Now 20 years later I have leaking hose bibs. The plumber comes to install new bibs but couldn’t figure out how to get to the one on the deck which comes out behind the fireplace and another comes out near the corner wall in the basement. Plumber said they should be in crawl space.

    15 people found this review helpful
    Rated with 1 star
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: May 31, 2022

    My experience with Lindal Cedar Homes has been a nightmare!!!! They want your money upfront to start the process and are horrible at getting you what you bought. Once you send them your money the customer service becomes extremely poor at best. No site visit, no drawings (other than what I provided), survey, elevations only virtual meetings and lip service! I never received my refund after many requests. This company, Lindal Cedar Homes is a rip-off company. I would advise anyone to never consider doing any business with Lindal Cedar Homes. The Representative was a con artist to the max. I believe that this company needs to be put out of business. Very Dissatisfied Customer.

    31 people found this review helpful
    Rated with 1 star
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: April 17, 2022

    Great process of designing the home. But they want your money up front and are horrible at getting you what you bought. Once you send them your money the customer service becomes extremely poor at best. We made some changes to the home and paid for updated drawings mid-December 2021. As of April 17, 2022 they have not responded as to when we might see the revised drawings.

    You pay for delivery of the entire home and they backorder items. As far as they are concerned if you want the backordered items you will have to contact them and ask for them. Then they tell you some were not really backordered, "the guy who loaded them was misinformed." And if you want the backordered items, which you already paid to have shipped, you will have to come and get them. There have been other issues but the above is adequate reason to avoid them. Don't use them unless you are desperate.

    32 people found this review helpful
    Rated with 1 star
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Jan. 17, 2022

    In Lusby, MD. Builder Jim Davis was terrible. No real supervision on site, and would not accept responsibility for anything. Lindal design flaws everywhere. Since day 1, 18 years now, windows facing wind and rain have leaked. No resolution. So many other builders and home design companies. Go elsewhere.

    34 people found this review helpful
    Rated with 2 stars
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Nov. 25, 2020

    Had a Lindal dealer install a room where there had been a three season porch. The roof leaked and the dealer was never able to fix it. He was soon out of business and there was a new dealer available. He couldn't fix the roof either. Now after several years and the third new dealer in the area, we still have buckets on the floor and no prospect of getting a repair. They seem to depend on the dealer for everything and the quality and capabilities vary. I was able to get several of the windows that had rotted out replaced, but I still have dry rot and carpenter ants in some of the beams. I really recommend very thorough checking of references with these guys. Try to visit the owners, not just talking on the phone.

    68 people found this review helpful
    Rated with 1 star
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Aug. 19, 2020

    While Lindal Cedar Homes are undeniably beautiful to behold, their business model appears to have been borrowed from a used car lot, mattress store or cheap pawn shop. This is a painful review for me to write because I have dreamed of owning a Lindal "Prow Front" cabin since I was a teenager... And now that I am a position to build multiple homes, I have found getting a straight answer out of Lindal to be absolutely impossible.

    I have repeatedly asked for straightforward pricing information and all I get are absolutely useless broad estimate ranges of $280,000 to $450,000 for the same home. I have unsuccessfully tried getting a price for the home I am interested in built on site by their dealer with no upgrades. I have unsuccessfully tried to get pricing for the home I am interested in delivered as a kit for me to build on site. I have tried unsuccessfully to get the foundation requirements for the home I am interested in. I have tried unsuccessfully to get confirmation that the home I am interested in is designed to meet current code requirements for the state I live in. In fact, I have tried unsuccessfully to get any meaningful information needed to decide if a Lindal Cedar Home is a practical alternative for me.

    It appears that their business model is designed to suck consumers into a long and complicated process with a dealer you are forced to work with where you are expected to get steadily more and more invested/committed without having any idea what the the final pricing is going to look like... Doesn't this sound like a jewelry store or pawnshop where they are trying to size you up and figure out how much they can gouge you for? The last time I felt this uneasy shopping, it was running from jeweler to jeweler in my 20's trying to figure out how an engagement ring was going to cost.

    Check out their website (Lindal.com) and let me know if you can find prices or price ranges for any home or kit anywhere... Not even their "Quick Ship" homes have any pricing information... Worse yet, the dealer I dealt with couldn't provide me with any delivery time estimates either... I do not know for sure if my experience is the result of a rogue dealer or if this is the way Lindal wants their business run. Unfortunately, I have written Lindal corporate several times and each time they just refer me back to dealer without answering any of my questions. As a result, I am left to conclude that the dealer is doing exactly what Lindal wants them to do... Truly sad.

    170 people found this review helpful
    Rated with 1 star
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: Jan. 14, 2020

    Made contact with the local Lindal designer in Seattle to talk very ballpark numbers regarding our new home. This was to start planning our financing and what our budget for land would be. She said she wouldn't talk pricing until we had a piece of land she could look at. Understanding that costs can vary based on environmental conditions, I get it. But I was just looking for a range so we could plan accordingly. So months go by and we find a couple of properties we're interested in (flying blind, since we don’t really know what we should be budgeting) and contact the designer but get no response. Then I call, no response. I call again, no response. We got tired of waiting so we did our due diligence and pulled the trigger on a property anyway.

    After we closed, I contacted the designer AGAIN and leave a message telling her that we are now property owners and are ready to move forward. I get an email back the next day asking about the plans I might be interested in. I explain that we are looking at something small, likely one of their non-customizable "quick-ship" homes because we likely went over budget on the land. Again, no response. I followed up with a call/voicemail and still, no response. All in all, from first contact to last was nearly 8 months with no follow up. They claim they have homes for any budget, but they clearly only want to work with people who have very deep pockets and will pay for all of their "design services", IF you can get them to call you back, that is. We found another builder who wants our money and returns our calls.

    189 people found this review helpful
    Rated with 1 star
    Verified Reviewer
    Original review: April 27, 2019

    We worked with Lindal architect dealer. Their program is not as advertised. They put together a plan that is poorly detailed, then deliver a package of lumber and materials, with much missing and much borderline - minimum spec material. Siding split and warped. Very thin. Much framing material missing and wrong sized. Nothing precut. Their recommended contractor built foundation at wrong level and off-square walls (by 6 inches per side). The company overcharges for all the material, and did not stand by any of their inferior materials. Stay away from this outfit.

    196 people found this review helpful
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