Wooden houses have always been built, and will be built. Which tree is the best way to make a log house? A large favorite in this business is the species of coniferous trees, such as larch, pine, spruce. Larch the most expensive building material. It is not subject to decay, but also hard to process. Lucky houses can stand for centuries. Spruce has many knots, after processing blue, more fragile material. Pine the most affordable building material. It is used most often when building houses than two other.