Take a look at the photos: in summer in winter inside the house         
I'll keep adding more over time, as the seasons go by. 

A 6-bedroom log home with a generous 296 m² of usable space

On the ground floor, you'll find:

• an entry hallway

• an open-plan living room and kitchen, with a large tiled stove in the center

• a barrier-free bedroom — the entire ground floor is accessible

• a utility room with sinks, prepped for a sauna

• a separate room with a toilet and shower

• a garage with a workshop/utility corner

Upstairs, there's:

• a spacious master bedroom

• two symmetrical children's rooms

• an office or smaller bedroom

• a large bathroom

• a separate large toilet room with space for a washer and dryer

• a small walk-in wardrobe area

• an attic space above the garage

Outside, there's a small covered terrace beside the house, and a 15 m² woodshed under the roof overhang in the back.

Energy and Heating

The house has an official energy rating (PENB) of "D" – 122 kWh/m²/year.
Honestly, I was a bit disappointed by this result, as I expected better. Wood generally insulates well, but I don't know how they calculated the heat loss through the walls—probably from outdated tables for log homes. I'm happy to send the full PENB certificate to anyone interested.¹

In any case, we heat, cook, and light everything using electricity. Over the past three years, our annual electricity costs have consistently stayed between CZK 40,000 and 45,000. There is a gas connection about 100 meters from the property, but I chose not to connect when the village was being hooked up.

The plot is 1,186 m², broken down as follows:

• the house footprint: 181 m²

• driveway and parking space for 3 additional cars: approx. 100 m²

• a dug-out area for a natural pond: approx. 120 m²

You'll also find:

• an approved 44-meter-deep drilled well with a strong water supply

• 5 young fruit trees – 2 cherries, an apple, a plum, and a medlar

• a variety of shrubs – blueberries, serviceberries, quince, currants, gooseberries, jostaberries, rugosa roses, hazelnuts, and along the fence: rose hips and sloes.

¹ Bureaucracy these days brings all sorts of surprises...
This result says more about the system than about the house. It shows that:
a) the real-world energy performance is actually better than the certificate suggests,
b) older log homes like this one have a small bureaucratic advantage – they can still be approved as family homes. :)

Important context:

Log homes without added insulation often don't meet current building standards and can't be approved as family homes anymore. The reference values for wood insulation are based on outdated 1950s data. In reality, solid wood insulates very well – it just doesn't look that way on paper.

Here's a quote from a technical article (in Czech language only):

To meet the Czech standard ČSN 73 0540 for low-energy houses, an exterior wall must have a maximum heat transfer coefficient (U-value) of 0.24 W/(m²·K). According to outdated norms, a 30 cm solid wood wall has a U-value of 0.60–0.80 W/(m²·K), depending on wood type, density, and moisture. But recent lab tests show that Czech wood, 30 cm thick and with 18% moisture, actually achieves a U-value of 0.26 W/(m²·K).

In practice, that means solid wood is nearly sufficient for low-energy housing by itself.

One more point:
That same article lists electricity costs of around CZK 50,000 per year for a "low-energy" log home that's half the size of ours. Yet we consistently pay CZK 40–45,000 per year. That speaks for itself.