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Thinking of building a barndominium
Posted on 10/23/20 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 10/23/20 at 5:02 pm
I’m recently divorced, and the ex and I have just put our home and property up for sale. If we get near what we list it for, I should make out with about $60k. My goal is to build something in the barndominium style, 800-1000 sq ft with nothing fancy. I retire in about four years, and I want to go into retirement debt free, or with very little debt. One other detail, I am the anti- handyman, so this building would need to be finished. Price estimates to get this done? Advice? Do’s and Don’ts?
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 5:06 pm to High C
Interested and Following. I want to build one as a bachelor pad, with future use as a camp should I ever get married. Small like you said, 1000sf or so. No frills, finish a lot of the work myself.
Wouldn’t even necessarily need to be a barndominium, just a small house on a lot of land.
Wouldn’t even necessarily need to be a barndominium, just a small house on a lot of land.
This post was edited on 10/23/20 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 10/23/20 at 6:12 pm to High C
I’m assuming you mean a pole barn building that’s built out into a house OP? It’s one thing to not be handy, but there other aspect is to be to be the General Contractor it yourself? The main advantage to a pole barn is that the roof and exterior go up first, so you can live in it while it’s built out.
ETA: my father in law built a “farmhouse“ this way 2-3 years ago at their hunting farm. It’s about 1200 sq ft I believe and their cost was about $80,000. It’s 3 bedroom, 2 bath, with a bunk room and half a garage you can fit a Jeep or 4x4 in. But they scraped together supplies, GC’d themselves, etc.
Some Amish guys threw up the pole barn in a weekend though.
ETA: my father in law built a “farmhouse“ this way 2-3 years ago at their hunting farm. It’s about 1200 sq ft I believe and their cost was about $80,000. It’s 3 bedroom, 2 bath, with a bunk room and half a garage you can fit a Jeep or 4x4 in. But they scraped together supplies, GC’d themselves, etc.
Some Amish guys threw up the pole barn in a weekend though.
This post was edited on 10/23/20 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 10/23/20 at 7:42 pm to High C
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One other detail, I am the anti- handyman, so this building would need to be finished.
You may also want to look at some prefab options as well.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:48 pm to High C
go check texas barndominiums on youtube
Posted on 10/23/20 at 11:43 pm to High C
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This post was edited on 10/18/21 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 10/24/20 at 12:39 pm to High C
I think the shell for the metal building that size is around 12k. Probably 10k or so for the concrete.
ETA: A friend of mine did this with a 40 x 60 and the total was around 130k but that included a few extras such as dirt work and custom finish work.
ETA: A friend of mine did this with a 40 x 60 and the total was around 130k but that included a few extras such as dirt work and custom finish work.
This post was edited on 10/24/20 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 10/25/20 at 8:58 am to High C
I built mine about 6 years ago. I have a 40x80 shop spilt 50/50. 40x40 house (1600 sq ft) and 40x40 shop (1600 sq ft.)
Turn key I built it fully furnished for 140k. I think you may be pushing it 60k especially with the rising building cost.
Also mine is nice but I do not have many crazy features. It is/was meant to be a bachelor pad and be paid off in 10-15 years (I was 25 when it was completed)
Turn key I built it fully furnished for 140k. I think you may be pushing it 60k especially with the rising building cost.
Also mine is nice but I do not have many crazy features. It is/was meant to be a bachelor pad and be paid off in 10-15 years (I was 25 when it was completed)
This post was edited on 10/25/20 at 9:01 am
Posted on 10/25/20 at 9:58 pm to High C
I'm a contractor in Iberia parish and I can tell you a barndominium is a good bit cheaper right now. Cost of wood has been sky high but it is starting to come down. Just remember to keep the building basic, the more you try to dress up the exterior the closer you'll get to conventional home cost per sq ft.
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