(Updated photos 11/1/19)
When Cliff Point Estates asked us to be part of their project in Kodiak, Alaska we promptly designed two houses, and prepped our field team for a trip north to install the timber frames and the wall and roof panels.
Since we left Kodiak in June (after spending five weeks on the remote island) we were hopeful and curious about what the finished project might look like. This summer, the team at Cliff Point completed a ton of work — and one of the homes, The Kodiak Olive, is complete.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
From our client relations specialist, Sam Gonter — I just returned home from an awesome trip to Kodiak, AK where I had the pleasure of touring the Kodiak Cabin and Olive that our team built back in May. Oh and get this…Cliff Point Estates managed to complete this entire project in LESS THAN 6 MONTHS😮
I also had the opportunity to meet the masterminds behind the projects as well as many other staff and contractors that made finishing these homes possible. That said, I wanted to share a few photos below from my Alaskan adventure.
JUNE 21, 2019
Our team is back from the remote wilds of Kodiak, Alaska after building for over a month on the tiny island.
We hope to return in the future — Cliff Point Estates is slated to become a large development with many more homes to build. Sheer cliffs, rocky beaches, bald eagles and gigantic bears are the norm for Kodiak so we expect the place to take off accordingly.
The homes we built are modified slightly from two of our most popular – The Cabin and The Olive. More pics soon…
MAY 24, 2019
Photos and vids from our team up in Kodiak are filtering in. Three weeks into one of our most ambitious projects to date and we’re loving the results.
These homes are the first two structures in what will eventually become a seaside community — Cliff Point Estates.
THE KODIAK CABIN
sits on a cliff overlooking Chiniak Bay. Timberbuilt hybrid design combines timbers with SIPs, pre-insulated wall and roof panels, air-sealed during install and engineered for extreme energy efficiency.
THE KODIAK OLIVE
faces Womens Bay and the city of Kodiak. Occasional low-flying air traffic (Hercules C-130s and Jaybird helicopters) from the nearby Coast Guard station ads to the otherworldly views of the landscape.
JANUARY 7, 2019
OCEANFRONT WORK SITES, 16 HOURS OF SUNLIGHT A DAY, AND THE WORLD’S LARGEST BEARS
What more could we ask for?
This May we travel to Kodiak Island off the southern coast of Alaska as the first team to begin construction at Cliff Point Estates — an outdoor lover’s paradise-development which sits on a striking peninsula inside the Gulf of Alaska.
The point is loaded with epic views and all kinds of terrain parceled into a collection of unique, ocean-front lots. Some have low-slope walk-downs to the beach, others feature cliffs high above the surf.
Gushing over Kodiak Island is old news. The LA Times called it “Montana at the beach”. Most of the island is contained within the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, 2800 square miles of salmon-packed streams, alpine meadows, spruce forests, and Volkswagen-sized bears.
We’ll be building two homes and the main entry gate on the approach road. These homes are modified slightly from our standard designs so consider this a first look at two new models —
THE KODIAK CABIN
THE KODIAK OLIVE
Building in pristine locations is a responsibility that we don’t take lightly. Check out our commitment to green building practices and what we mean by sustainable homes and you’ll see why we feel like we’re the best team for the job.
Kodiak offers us a rare return to our company’s roots in the great white north where Timberbuilt was first conceived by our founder, George, in an Anchorage library over 25 years ago.
George spent years working summers in Alaska as a carpenter and builder and one of our top foreman, Patrick, travels up every summer to run a small fishing boat.
If we don’t sound excited enough, we’re also looking forward to the chance to show off our logistical readiness and the adaptability of our field crew. We’ve got some experience at this stuff — last summer our team spent a month in off-the-grid cabins in the remote mountains on the west side of Glacier National Park.
Expect updates as they become available…