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Posted 26 September 2020 - 08:13 AM
Anyone getting calls for Barndominiums? First time requests here
as some ' work from anywhere' population shifts to rural areas occur.
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Boss
Posted 26 September 2020 - 08:50 AM
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Posted 26 September 2020 - 09:06 AM
David, Agree with the regular house and shop out back. This is an actual working barn with livestock below.
Will be used for temporary housing above while for owners while the main house and shop are being built.
After the additional outbuildings are constructed the living area above the barn will be for Ranch Hands quarters.
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Posted 26 September 2020 - 03:13 PM
I've been doing 5-6 per year. But mine are all built inside a metal building. Sometimes they fill the entire building with house, Some do half house half shop. One did a 3 plane hanger below and 2500 sq. ft. home over the back half of the hanger.
Doing the metal building saves quite on the exterior cost if you don't mind the look of a metal building. Especially if you want 20' clear ceiling inside.
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Posted 27 September 2020 - 04:02 PM
Dennis and Warren, The metal ones look nice and definitely more affordable. We are up against
many areas not allowing metal buildings or roofing depending on reflectivity. Even some of the lowest
reflective surfaces are rejected. This customer wanted the old barnwood and stone look for all the building,
Barn, House, Shop.
We have done a few about 15 years ago but getting more interest in the 'Barndominiums ' lately.
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Posted 28 September 2020 - 06:40 AM
We get a lot of customers wanting pole barn houses. I do my best to discourage this because I feel that finishing the inside of a pole barn is more difficult than a stick frame. I suggest a stick framed structure covered in steel.
Sometimes these homes become quite large and surprise the homeowner as to how much they actually cost. Typically they value the size of the garage 1st and the house gets bigger as a byproduct.
Another issue we run into with the pole framed is they are essentially creating a balloon framed structure when they build their lofts or 2nd stories. My area has very little code enforcement, so noone stopping code violations.
Here is a more decorative one I had a few years back:
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Posted 28 September 2020 - 07:40 AM
Dennis and Warren, The metal ones look nice and definitely more affordable. We are up against
many areas not allowing metal buildings or roofing depending on reflectivity. Even some of the lowest
reflective surfaces are rejected. This customer wanted the old barnwood and stone look for all the building,
Barn, House, Shop.
We have done a few about 15 years ago but getting more interest in the 'Barndominiums ' lately.
Yes, the metal ones have to go where there is not an hoa. Last year the State of Texas Legis. passed a law forbidding any city from writing any code or zoning law that dictated the exterior building material. If it's a legal exterior material mentioned in the IRC then it's legal. That means no more 100% rules etc. There are a few exceptions to that law. So I expect there will be more metal building houses being built in the future. Right between those two expensive brick and slate roof homes.
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Posted 27 October 2020 - 12:18 PM
I did one a few years ago that converted an old airplane hanger/living quarters that was very dated to 2/3 house 1/3 shop for his remodeling business. Plans came out really cool and even attracted HGTV's attention. Unfortunately he never built the project as he couldn't get comps for the area making it as nice as he wanted to.
Boss
Posted 28 October 2020 - 08:52 AM
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