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title: "Portable Cedar Cabins — Home Builders | Houzz"
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address: "Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869, United States"
latitude: 47.9657
longitude: -116.868
phone: "(208) 263-6947"
website: http://www.portablecedarcabins.com/
rating: 5
review_count: 1
followers: 6
last_updated: 2026-09-05
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# Portable Cedar Cabins

Original Houzz profile: [Portable Cedar Cabins](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/portable-cedar-cabins-pfvwus-pf~1352915975)

## Professional summary

- **Primary category:** Home Builders
- **Location:** Spirit Lake, ID
- **Serves:** Spirit Lake
- **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (1 review)

## About

### Houzz Badges

- 25 Ideabook Saves

The customer isn’t moving here – the house is moving there.
It’s mounted on a steel frame outfitted with wheels, and once it’s finished, a trucker will attach the home to a semi and haul it 2,400 miles across America.
Bates owns Portable Cedar Cabins, which specializes in “park model” recreational vehicles – basically, cabins on wheels.
The homes’ footprints are small – no bigger than 400 square feet – but with the help of high ceilings and efficient floor plans, they feel surprisingly roomy.
Last year, Bates sold 32 units, and is on track to match that output this year. During a recent interview, he discussed how the cabins have evolved since he started building them nine years ago, and how much it will cost to tow one from North Idaho to West Virginia.

### Services Provided

- Custom Homes
- Cabins
- Bunkhouse
- Tiny Cabins
- Storage

### Areas Served

- Spirit Lake

## Business Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Business Name | Portable Cedar Cabins |
| Address | Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869, United States |
| Phone | (208) 263-6947 |
| Website | http://www.portablecedarcabins.com/ |
| Followers on Houzz | 6 |

## Contact

- **Houzz profile:** [Portable Cedar Cabins](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/portable-cedar-cabins-pfvwus-pf~1352915975)
- **Website:** http://www.portablecedarcabins.com/
- **Phone:** (208) 263-6947

## Reviews

**Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 1 review**

*Aspect averages:*
- Work Quality: 50.0
- Communication: 50.0
- Value: 50.0

### All 1 review

**★★★★★ — HU-150978094, Oct. 2020**

> After 5 years of research,  walking through the tiny homes and cabins and taking lot's of pictures of the tiny homes and cabins being built on the Portable Cedar Cabins lot we asked Dave and his crew to custom build our beautiful cabin.  Dave and the crew were always available to talk with about the progress and happy to add or change things we asked for along the way.  High quality work done with excellence. Our cabin came our exactly as we planned.
> We have lived in our cabin totally off grid in the mountains of Boundary County for a year now. The wonderfully insulated well built design has been easy to keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
> We are very pleased with Dave, his work crew and the work they do and refer others to them regularly.

## Selected projects

- [Tiny Portable Cabins](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/tiny-portable-cabins-pj-vj~2119315)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 7

[See all 1 project](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/portable-cedar-cabins-pfvwus-pf~1352915975)

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*Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-05.*