We are not building on a island but we did look extensivly at log homes. After doing all our research we shifted gears and went with Post and Beam. They go up MUCH faster then a log home and have a lot of the same looks as far as large open spaces. Plus for us it also seemed to be a little different from what everyone was up to.
One of the bigest issues we ran into was the financing for the thing!!!
Since it is unique construction many people do not want to finance them.