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Barndominium
Posted on 11/30/25 at 6:09 am
Posted on 11/30/25 at 6:09 am
Currently tossing around the idea of building one. Pros, cons? I’m thinking I can purchase the building itself and give an architect the measurements and have the inside designed how we want it? Anyone have any experience with the process? Thanks!
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Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:23 am to Skeeterzx190
We had a metal pole barn up and had plans drawn, when they did the slab they knocked the depth of the footers off of the cement around the poles, which were 6' deep.
The barndo option really lets you get creative with the floor plans and the ceilings without all the extra roof work, You can do what you suggested, but I'd get the floor plan i wanted before getting the building. We got lucky in that 50x90 did give us the floor plan we wanted, but we did sacrifice on shop/garage area.
Few years back....
The barndo option really lets you get creative with the floor plans and the ceilings without all the extra roof work, You can do what you suggested, but I'd get the floor plan i wanted before getting the building. We got lucky in that 50x90 did give us the floor plan we wanted, but we did sacrifice on shop/garage area.
Few years back....
Posted on 11/30/25 at 8:45 am to Skeeterzx190
I have designed and built a hundred at least pre engineered metal buildings with partially finished floor plans inside. If you have specific questions I’d be happy to help
Posted on 11/30/25 at 9:22 am to cgrand
Mannnnnnn I sure hope i can talk my wife into one of these when the time comes
Posted on 11/30/25 at 9:24 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
three words…her activity room
Posted on 11/30/25 at 9:38 am to cgrand
When the day comes I'll call you. She's a sucker for a good sales pitch as long as it doesnt come from me.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 3:06 pm to cgrand
I may take you up on that offer. It appears you are in hammond. I’m in ponchatoula. We just put the land under contract and will be moving forward soon.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 3:07 pm to Skeeterzx190
I’m happy to design it for you, if you like.
it’s not complicated at all
it’s not complicated at all
Posted on 12/1/25 at 12:12 pm to cgrand
When all is said and done, is a barndominium significantly cheaper than a site built house? I’m talking about turn key.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 12:19 pm to cgrand
Cgrand - do you have a civil engineer you can recommend? I want to check some footing sizes for a buildout inside of an existing building.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 12:43 pm to JusTrollin
what is your location?
column footings are structural you need a structural engineer
column footings are structural you need a structural engineer
Posted on 12/1/25 at 12:47 pm to Bamafig
quote:in total expense that’s highly variable obviously. In price per SF under roof it’s generally cheaper excluding interior buildout and site utilities/site improvements
is a barndominium significantly cheaper than a site built house?
Posted on 12/1/25 at 1:48 pm to JusTrollin
Tom Wafer at Ragland, Aderman
Posted on 12/1/25 at 2:41 pm to Skeeterzx190
One of the cons that I have heard of about a barndominium is that there are no comps and that financing them is tough to do because of that.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 3:14 pm to dstone12
that is correct
however they are attractive when you go to sell.
if I were to build one for myself I would borrow as needed against the equity in a current property and then pay that off when I sold the old property. The good thing about the metal building is that you are under roof, have utilities and can build out the inside as you go…in other words you can live in it while you finish it
however they are attractive when you go to sell.
if I were to build one for myself I would borrow as needed against the equity in a current property and then pay that off when I sold the old property. The good thing about the metal building is that you are under roof, have utilities and can build out the inside as you go…in other words you can live in it while you finish it
Posted on 12/1/25 at 5:08 pm to cgrand
one more giant advantage…you can change your mind as you go on layout/floor plan. As long as you fix your bathrooms/kitchen locations, all other walls are non load bearing unless you do a mezzanine. If you don’t like it, pull it out and change it. Great flexibility within the geometry of the building frame. And, you can expand easily by adding on to the interior framing. Residential construction also generally avoids the fire marshal bullshite with regard to separation of occupancy types (firewalls, etc) between occupied space and “warehouse”.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:12 am to Skeeterzx190
I'll give you what I know on the pool house portion of my shop.
$12.90 Concrete (this price is a bit elevated. I did higher PSI concrete, oversized beams, 5" slab, I stained the concrete in the pool house, and my concrete price included plumbing and a septic - difficult for me to separate those costs)
I would say budget $10-11 a foot on concrete.
Structural steel was around $3.22 a foot.
And the siding/roof/trim for the pool house portion of the structure just came in at $6.50 a sq ft.
This is material cost. Add 40% for labor and this was the shell only. I don't have any reference points for interior finish out.
Total material cost for my entire shop finished is around $100k to $110k. The labor quote I got for the welding and putting siding and roof on was $40k. Again, no finish out in that quote.
What the previous poster said about changing your mind at any point is spot on in my situation. I've changed the plan so many times it hurts my brain. Only thing you can't change is where you plan your plumbing.
$12.90 Concrete (this price is a bit elevated. I did higher PSI concrete, oversized beams, 5" slab, I stained the concrete in the pool house, and my concrete price included plumbing and a septic - difficult for me to separate those costs)
I would say budget $10-11 a foot on concrete.
Structural steel was around $3.22 a foot.
And the siding/roof/trim for the pool house portion of the structure just came in at $6.50 a sq ft.
This is material cost. Add 40% for labor and this was the shell only. I don't have any reference points for interior finish out.
Total material cost for my entire shop finished is around $100k to $110k. The labor quote I got for the welding and putting siding and roof on was $40k. Again, no finish out in that quote.
What the previous poster said about changing your mind at any point is spot on in my situation. I've changed the plan so many times it hurts my brain. Only thing you can't change is where you plan your plumbing.
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 11:16 am
Posted on 12/2/25 at 3:29 pm to Skeeterzx190
an acquaintance of mine built one. Its awesome. What makes it so is that he added about 6'-8' (maybe even more) to the porches and extended the roof to cover it.
Sitting outside cooking, drinking, etc is so much more enjoyable. Its like sitting under a covered arena. No matter how hard its raining, you just never get wet. And you can drive a SxS or 4whlrs right up under the roof and have ample space so the seats never get wet and you don't have water pooling up next to the slab. He also has a huge enclosed carport in the back that you can drive a truck & boat trailer or tractor into. Great for coming home from a fishing trip and unloading in a storm or closing the roll up doors to unload all your shite without being in the bugs or elements.
Would love to have one, but I doubt the wife will ever go for it.
Sitting outside cooking, drinking, etc is so much more enjoyable. Its like sitting under a covered arena. No matter how hard its raining, you just never get wet. And you can drive a SxS or 4whlrs right up under the roof and have ample space so the seats never get wet and you don't have water pooling up next to the slab. He also has a huge enclosed carport in the back that you can drive a truck & boat trailer or tractor into. Great for coming home from a fishing trip and unloading in a storm or closing the roll up doors to unload all your shite without being in the bugs or elements.
Would love to have one, but I doubt the wife will ever go for it.
Posted on 12/3/25 at 4:45 pm to JusTrollin
Piss on the EBR Permit Office... those guys suck. Good luck.
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