Lindal Cedar Homes

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.

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. :)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.