Building a small barn?
Hello all
I want to build a small barn with about 4 box stalls. I hold some land that would need to be cleared first, it's mostly shrubs and such. I have looked at pole barn blueprints online, and I'm ok next to that design. What I want to know, without contacting a contractor yet, is an estimate of what this project is going to cost. A bit of land clearing, leveling the come to rest, pouring a slab of concrete, hiring a firm to put up the barn and also the materials. Anyone have any experience putting up a small hobby-farm type barn on their properties? I want to bring this up to my significant other, but I want to have a cost estimate within mind and have a bit more knowledge on the event. Help!
im not certain but i would say:
A LOT!
In 2000, we had a 34' x 48' pole barn with two sliders, a row of translucent panel at the top of the walls, and gutters built. It was built on leveled dirt and only the shell of the barn was built, not the stalls. I presume it was around $12,000, not including what I paid the excavator (but does include building permits). We later built the four stalls ourselves, and of late last year I built a tack room.
Answers: I would suggest rather than getting a contractor involved to go to a lumber courtyard - here in Michigan we have Central Michigan lumber - that offers packages for buildings. Our unique lumber company also sells the kits for stalls or the components. One can pretty much design what they want and get an belief of price.
A price from a place like this would be high compared to purchasing the component lumber separately and paying labor separately or doing it yourself, so I'd guess an over-estimation would be safer than an under-estimation.
If you haven't a lumber yard offering components for the horse stalls, you could contact RAMM barrier systems which offer the stall kits, Tractor Supply Company which offers kit or Preifert which also offers kits - there's many stall paraphernalia suppliers. from my experience, the kits cost more than building yourself with rough-sawn lumber and panels - but, again - overestimate is safer. Pair this cost next to the cost of a pole building from a local lumber yard and ensure the pole building price includes inner wall lining of at least 3/4 planks a minimum of 4 foot from the ground when you get the price - it'll be a start without a big meeting or someone calling you then & harping on you to buy what you inquired about or charging you for the estimate.
It will be difficult getting accurate amounts - you'll see a wide range from what answers you do go and get due to different costs in different markets. Here, where I am, the lumber cost to finish past its sell-by date a shed I built was a good $100 more if I drove 14 miles east vs. driving 14 miles west - the western county is much cheaper than the county I'm surrounded by. The materials for a whole barn then, would be a significant reserves just between our two counties.
You need to consider what you want in expressions of quality - kits are nice, but there's lots of things about them - you call for to get to an expo and view as many different manufacturer as you can - all have drawbacks, I haven't found one yet that I love 100%.
Considering purchasing a book - we enjoy a good one at home that came from Tractor Supply - it's call something like "Small Barns and outbuildings" and gives you plans for a few different ones and talks in the order of such things as proper drainage, flooring, etc. I think it cost about $25 bucks and we refer to it time and again to make worthy decisions.
Good luck!
Let's say at least $12,000 - $15,000.00. Bring down the cost by not using cement slab. We used "screenage" over dirt, and it works very okay. No need for mats in the stalls.
We built our barn ourselves using some salvage materials and I got the treated lumber cheap beacause I work for a sawmill...so sorry, I can't be much help as far as cost go. Check out the back of different horse magazines for ads. There are tons of pre-fab barn companies that probably hold contractors ready in your area that can probably confer you a pretty good idea. It is just going to depend on how fancy or simple you want to return with.
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