“The team at Tuin have been very helpful especially Karen.The delivery was one hour early and I missed my breakfast,unfortunately my drive was too steep and the driver could not risk driving up it so he had to drop the load at the kerbside.A very kind relachen came to the rescue with a big machine and moved the cabin 35 mt up the drive.”
“Cabin itself is good. Slight twist in the door which I will have to put a latch on the bottom to hold it in and hopefully over time will rectify itself and some cracks appearing but getting the correct preservatives and paint so all will be good. Mind your heads on the overhang sides but brilliant to supply a dry bench area.”
“Put the log cabin up today the 4x4m stian it is brilliant better than j expected would recomend to anyone for value for money and perfect delivery service . It was easy to put up once we unpacked and sorted all peices into piles on the lawn,very good quality very pleased highly recommended and good company to deal with.”
“This cabin is a wonderful addition to our garden, and we are delighted that we bought it - gives us an extra bit of space for all of us at different times with a Swedish 'stuga' at the foot of the garden, and the veranda will be a great place to sit on summer evenings. There is a great sense of satisfaction in putting it together and building your own house too. It was delivered early one morning in July by a very friendly Dutch man and his forklift truck - all in one very long package of wooden pieces. It took myself and 3 teenage helpers about 4 hours to move it all into the back garden and stack it under the plastic sheets for the coming rain. A lot of carrying! It was while doing this, as well as viewing instructions, that we got an idea of which bits were for what. The window and doors come pre-made and I recommend keeping them indoors if they are not going to be fitted for a while, to prevent movement or warping. The next couple of weeks involved digging out foundations, putting down hardcore and sand, and then laying a patio. Spirit level, decent tape measure and large square essential for this! Putting the Stian cabin walls together was quite straightforward, with clear instructions - it all fits together with no screws needed. Take your time with this - in our haste we fitted the window upside down though this was easily rectified. Some you can do as one person and a wooden hammer; for longer pieces of wood, especially the roof beams, you need two adults. For the roof, this is where nails and screws start to be used - the video on the website really helped, and especially for the felting which was completely new for me. We painted the walls a 'falu rod' red paint to look like a cabin in Sweden, and this gives it good waterproofing. It took me a long (pleasurable) time to lay the floor, moving into Autumn weeks, working in the evenings. The hardest job was fitting the front doors, and needed two of us to hang them properly with hinges - they are heavy and take a fair amount of adjustemnt. I had to re-square the angles of the door frame, but again videos/photos on the website really helped. Recommend painting the doors before you hang them. I finished off by laying slabs under the veranda, which I had left over from a new patio a few years back. This gives a bit of height and will probably last longer than wooden decking in the elements. Even during COVID Lockdown, the customer service was excellent, with email questions being replied to quickly - someone who recommended Tuin to me said how good the customer service was and they were right. If you can, lay your foundations before delivery - we didn't start cabin construction until about a month later due to having to do this and poor weather, which meant one or two pieces of wood in the garden had warped by the time of construction. But the wonderful people at Tuin give you plenty of spare bits, so no need to order extra. All in all, a great product, relatively easy to fit together, with pleasing results, all backed up by very friendly people to help you through it all.”
“In summary, the Stian Log Cabin is an excellent & top quality product. Tuin gave me the confidence to self build with the compilation of info on the blog for every single detail of the build. I built the Stian on a timber frame base that would not level out fully due to my sloped garden. Was in touch severally via e-mails and I was getting prompt suggestions; all before I made the final payment for the log cabin. Advice to use Tuin's adjustable base frame pads saved the day. My Stian Log cabin sits level & proudly today while she gets rave reviews from everyone that visits. Competitive product price and prompt delivery capped the excellent service. Would gladly recommend Tuin as a provider and the Stian cabin as an ideal sized cabin especially for a DiY er, like myself....big enough space for a man cave and small enough to self build successfully.”
“I ended up buying the Stian log cabin at short notice after being let down by another log cabin company with a messed up order. The cabin was with me in a couple of weeks, delivered by a very nice chap who put it exactly where I wanted. The quality of the cabin is excellent. I'm very glad I had to swap my order from the other company, as the 58mm logs I'm sure are a lot better than the 44mm on the other product. The log cabin went up very easily, taking approx 1.5 days with a friend to help me. Having an extra pair of hands with the longer logs and beams was very useful. I'd prebuilt and squared a wooden frame, and didn't have to adjust anything during the build. A few of the logs had a slight bend, but we still managed to get them seated ok, with the help of a non-marking rubber mallet. I purchased celotex insulation and OSB boards to go on the roof on top on the tongue and groove, and this went up pretty easily. Initially I thought the overhang on the front of the cabin was a little large, but it actually protects the doors and windows and gives a dry area for entry and exit, so it's worked out well, particularly with the very wet weather. The roof shingles went on easily, took around 6 hrs by myself and look fantastic once on. I paid extra for the best flooring and it went down well, just needing a bit of a finishing sanding before floor varnish. Now that the electrics are finished I'm very happy with the cabin, it's dry and a bone and nice and snug with the floor and roof insulation, perfect for my use as a home office. There are plenty of offcuts and packing pieces from the cabin and I'll used them to build a raised bed, and I've used the four extra flooring lengths to build a worktop/shelving unit. I've still got a few offcuts which will probably go into my wood burner unless I can think of another use. All in all I couldn't recommend Tuin more. The cabin is fantastic and the quick delivery really helped me out when I was let down by another company. The only thing I've upgraded is the cylinder lock, which looked and felt pretty cheap and easily broken, 15 later and a good solid Yale lock has been fitted.”
“Although we bought this some months ago, due to our site issues we have only just erected the cabin. It was easy to erect and looks really good. The quality is great and the packing must have been excellent as it has sat in the original packaging it came from Tuin wrapped in and shows no problems, we just made sure the place it sat was level. The only comment I have is that it seems strange that the window opens into the cabin and not out, but that is a small niggle that is not a problem. We treated the outside with one of the wood treatments recommended by Tuin and it looks really good. Once the outside area of the cabin is done it will look really homely. Well worth the money.”
