Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,758 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 1 Garage: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a country style single-story 3-bedroom barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This single-story barndominium shows off a country appeal with its board and batten siding, stone accents, and a wraparound porch that provides views on three sides of …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,006 Bedrooms: 3-4 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 1 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story 4-bedroom modern barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This two-story modern barndominium features an upside-down floor plan with the sleeping quarters on the main level and the common spaces on the upper floor. It includes an …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 4,272 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 5-bedroom two-story barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This two-story barndominium features a well-thoughtful floor plan showcasing deep front and rear porches along with a 3-car garage that comes with a man cave/workshop. Inside, an enormous great …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,517 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 1 Garage: 4 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 5-bedroom barndominium style single-story home. Here’s the floor plan: This single-story barndominium offers a sprawling floor plan that’s designed for wide lots. It has a charming rustic exterior and a bright and airy interior, thanks to …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,948 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story rustic 3-bedroom barndo-style home. Here’s the floor plan: Dark board and batten siding, grand cables, and charming covered porches framed with wooden trims embellish this 3-bedroom barndo-style home. It includes a double side-loading garage that …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,293 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story 4-bedroom barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: Wrapped in a board and batten siding, this two-story barndominium showcases a great curb appeal further enhanced by a large wraparound porch highlighted by wood accents. The home includes …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,717 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a rustic 3-bedroom two-story barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: The two-story barndominium is adorned with a rustic appeal showcasing its stone and siding, wooden accents, and a grand, open gable front porch that adds a striking character …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,350 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 1 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 3-bedroom country style two-story barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This 3-bedroom barndominium radiates a country charm with its board and batten siding, stone skirting, and covered porches framed with decorative columns. The porches take you to …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 6,169 Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 4.5+ Stories: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 6-bedroom two-story barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This 6-bedroom barndominium offers a sprawling floor plan with over 6,100 square feet dispersed across two floors. It features an 8′-deep, covered porch that spans three sides of the home letting …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,752 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.5 Garage: 3 Floor Plan Photos About This barndominium-style (it is built using conventional framing) 3-bed plan has attractive board and batten siding, a standing seam metal roof, and a large pergola. Large windows on two sides help bring the outdoors in. Inside, the main living area is …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 1,920 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Stories: 2 Garage: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 3-bedroom two-story barn-style home. Here’s the floor plan: This barn-style home is oozing with captivating features boasting a distinctive gambrel roof with a ridge turret on top along with white sliding double barn doors that create …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,159 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story 3-bedroom farmhouse. Here’s the floor plan: A two-story farmhouse with a mixture of country and rustic architecture charmed by dormer windows, striking stone accents, and a captivating front porch with a double entry …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,291 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Stories: 2 Garage: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 3-bedroom two-story rustic ranch. Here’s the floor plan: This two-story rustic ranch shows off a natural charm with its board and batten exterior siding, gable roofs, inviting porch, and plenty of glazed windows dominating the facade. …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,695 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story 3-bedroom country-inspired farmhouse. Here’s the floor plan: This country-inspired farmhouse has a perfect symmetrical design graced by a captivating gambrel and stunning stone accents that add texture and character to the home. A well-thoughtful …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,079 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 3-bedroom two-story post-frame barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This two-story barndominium is designed with an efficient post-frame construction that uses large poles or posts buried in the ground instead of wood studs, steel framing, or concrete …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 4,072 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story 3-bedroom barndominium inspired country home. Here’s the floor plan: A 3-bedroom barndominium with a country appeal boasting a white board and batten exterior siding, wooden shutters, and a welcoming porch defined by decorative columns. It has a …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,216 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Stories: 2 Garage: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 3-bedroom two-story modern barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This two-story modern barndominium has a traditional aesthetic adorned by board and batten exterior siding, marvelous stone base, and ridge turrets on top of gable roof for instant …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 1,871 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Stories: 2 Garage: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 2-bedroom two-story farmhouse cabin. Here’s the floor plan: This gorgeous two-story farmhouse cabin boasts a craftsman appeal with its white exterior siding, stunning stone accents, decorative wood trims, and a covered porch lined with stone columns. …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,776 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Stories: 2 Garage: 4 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story 4-bedroom barndominium. Here’s the floor plan: This impressive bardominium features a great open floor plan attached with a massive garage. The home is adorned with gable roofs, cream exterior siding, and a welcoming front porch …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,414 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 2 Garage: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 3-bedroom two-story modern farmhouse. Here’s the floor plan: This two-story farmhouse is a charmer with its gorgeous gambrel roof, white exterior siding, decorative columns, stunning stone accents, and a front porch that runs the width of …
Barndominiums, or “Barndos” as they are sometimes called, are a stylish combination of a barn and a condominium.
I remember seeing my first house that looked like a barn.
All it really had was a gambrel roof, but to me as a young kid, I thought it was barn turned into a house. Yes, I thought it was cool.
While it’s easy to confuse a house with a gambrel roof with a barndominium, they are different.
For instance, a barndominium does not necessarily have a gambrel roof.
Moreover, houses with a gambrel roof aren’t always (rarely are) a barndominium in the true sense of the word.
Barndominiums, or “Barndos” as they are sometimes called, are a type of house that is a stylish combination of a barn style structure and a condominium that together creates a home and large functional area.
The idea comes from an old and practical living solution on farms and ranches, where the owners would have living quarters located above the animal stalls so the hired hands would have a place to sleep, and the animals would have a person on hand in case there was any trouble.
Today, Barndominiums are a popular living space especially in upscale western communities. They have a basic steel shell on the outside, and a customized interior that emphasizes an indoor/outdoor lifestyle.
The interior is typically an open concept that is laid out to the owner’s specific wants and needs. The exterior is usually a basic steel frame with features such as roll-up doors, large windows, and wraparound decks and patios.
The range is huge. If you order a kit and assemble it yourself and put in a modest interior, it can cost very little per square foot.
If you hire a custom builder and build a huge, rustic masterpiece sparing no expense on the inside, you’ll spend as much as you would a luxury home build.
Usually, it falls on the lower end of the cost of a house per square foot just because you’re building a large open space with economical exterior materials.
The best thing to do is talk to kit companies or builders to find out how much a barndominium costs per square foot.
Other considerations are your lot, whether you’re remote, foundation needs, etc.
They can be tiny guest houses with a garage or small shop or a large building fit for nobles and everything in between. Check out the examples below for some ideas of both small and big barndominiums.
Typically they are structures that are bigger than typical houses because of the “barn” area which can really be an actual barn with livestock, garage, shop or some other functional space.
Watch out for reported square footage when looking at plans. Some might report only the living space in the square footage number while others might report the entire structure’s square footage. It can be a huge difference.
For example, the shop area may be 3,000 sq. ft. with 2,500 sq. ft. of living space. If you inquire about the size and are mostly concerned with the square footage of living space, you could be told 5,500 sq. ft. but that’s for the entire structure, not just the living space.
Therefore, when inquiring about size, specify living space and other space.
It can vary but if you opt for a kit, typically it’s steel. If you get it custom-built, you can use any exterior material including wood, concrete or other.
Most barndominiums are open concept but it doesn’t have to end there. You can include a basement, loft, shop, garage, porch, outdoor pool, breezeway, RV garage, windows, skylights, insulation packages, mezzanines, overhangs, heated floors, energy-efficient features, concrete floors and more and any other feature you wish.
As for the types of barndominiums you can build, they can be a regular house that looks like a barndominium, have a large garage, shop, airplane hangar, man cave – whatever you want.
You gotta love the internet age and the advent of peer sharing websites. You can rent barndominiums on VRBO. Here are a few examples:
Rent this Barndominium on VRBO.
You can rent Fixer Upper’s famous barndominium on VRBO. This is an absolute beauty in Lacy Lakeview, Texas.
Yes, a barndominium can have a basement. You can build one on a traditional foundation and pour in a basement or crawl space just as you would a regular house.
Yes, of course you can. You can hire an architect to draw up plans or look for barndominium floor plans and work from those.
Alternatively, you can buy a barndomium kit or buy an existing structure (i.e. barn or large shop).
There are many great companies with websites from which you can order a barndominium kit (shell). They offer all sizes and styles. Heck, you can even get a barndominium that doubles as an airplane hangar.
Here are some of the best websites for barndominium kits:
Sunwardsteel.com: This site offers kits for all kinds of structure types including barndominiums of all sizes. Note that they only provide the shell, not the interior.
Gensteel.com: You can get a cost quote for your barndomium shell based on the size and height you specify. This is very cool. Again, you can order shell exteriors for many building types including barndominiums.
Worldwidesteelbuildings.com: This Barndominium kit outfit sends you the kit and you assemble it. Yes, you’ll save money but be prepared to work or hire a contractor to assemble it (or your bro).
Below are some great examples of barndo designs including the layouts (i.e. floor plans).
The following is a Barndominium house plan courtesy of ArchitecturalDesigns.com.
See more of the above here.
The following farmhouse-style barndominium is courtesy of ArchitecturalDesigns.com.
See the rest of the above here.
The next example is also courtesy of ArchitecturalDesigns.com.
A pole barn is a building that uses pole-frame construction rather than a solid foundation. Those poles support the roof, rather than walls as a traditional home would do, so it is a construction approach that does well with an open-concept home design.
They typically have wood or metal siding, and the interior can be customized to either a complete open concept or walls can be added in as part of the construction plans.
Pole Barn houses and Barndominiums are very similar in appearance, but their structures are very different. A barndominium will be built on a foundation, similar to a traditional home or barn, while a pole barn house uses the pole-frame construction and does not have load bearing walls.
However, both pole barn houses and barndominiums are known for their open-concept designs, are frequently built for a rustic look (although that is not required) and are less expensive to build than traditional houses.
The cost per square foot will vary depending on labor costs, material costs, and the pricing on the kit itself. If you plan on doing doing most of the labor yourself and are planning on a smaller design with less expensive materials inside – think less expensive countertops, flooring, and such – then you can start around 20-40 dollars per square foot.
On the higher end, if you are planning on a more luxurious or upscale interior, wraparound outside porches, the price goes up accordingly. On the higher end of the scale, you can expect to pay 100-120 dollars per square foot.
A pole barn usually costs 15-35,000 dollars on average, which costs 15-30 dollars per square foot. From there, you will have to factor in the costs of decorating and finishing the interior, which will vary depending on what you are looking to do and which materials you want to buy. On the higher end, a pole barn house can cost up to 100-120,000 dollars total.
The square footage will vary. Some are sold in pre-fabricated kits which have set square footage ranges. Others are custom-built which can be any size. You will often find barndominiums with square footages anywhere in the range of 900 square feet for a cottage to over 2000 square feet as a full-sized home and meeting place.
A barndominium is often used for long-term rentals but the exact rules vary depending on state and local zoning laws. Some states have no zoning laws regarding them at all, while others consider them to be agricultural or commercial buildings, so you will need to check with your local authorities for more information.
Yes, in many states and jurisdictions barndominiums are used as rental properties and are very popular for short-term stays. Many people prefer to stay in a niche setting and the barndominium is perfect for really getting into a rural or rustic lifestyle during a vacation.