Barn sticker shock. WOW!

[WoodChuckDad]

I started reaching out last week to a few builders in my state to get a quote on a 40 x 60 or a 40 x 80 pole barn. I am still looking around and talking to people but it seems that in my county there really are no buildings. So the builders are going to have to come from at least 60 miles away. I just got the first quote for a 40 x 60 with some windows, two man doors, and a 14 foot rollup door. This building would have 16 foot walls metal siding metal roof and that was it. It would have a cement floor. With those simple requirements he said 70s. I would be in the 70s probably upper 70s. He said the cement work would be about 16,000. That makes sense to me it’s not too far off of what I figured since I just had my foundation for my house put in last year. I am flabbergasted. That is $30 a square foot. There is just no way. Absolutely no way on gods green earth that I would pay $75,000 for a 2400 square foot cement floor barn

 

[Industrial Toys]

The dollar becomes slowly worthless, not the price of the barn!

I spent 80 something grand almost ten years ago on a 72 X 24 (or something) driveshed. Everything above your dirt floor, steel clad basic building is going to cost! Concrete, higher specs, plywood, fancy doors, excavation, utilities, it adds up in a hurry. But the contractor was right. It's NEVER going to be cheaper, and I am so glad to have already had the almost ten years of use out of it, although it feels like maybe three!

 

[boomer1025]

Any Amish around your area?

 

[Industrial Toys]

Menonites built mine! One of my favourite pictures of the mayhem of my project that almost drove me crazy. If you don't micro-manage it, things won't go right!


Looking way more civilized, and then a logging operation commenced on the property!

 

[teejk]

Concrete seems high. Steel is steel and priced at the linear foot. But 16' sidewalls and that door are going to cost a lot.

 

[fried1765]

I started reaching out last week to a few builders in my state to get a quote on a 40 x 60 or a 40 x 80 pole barn. I am still looking around and talking to people but it seems that in my county there really are no buildings. So the builders are going to have to come from at least 60 miles away. I just got the first quote for a 40 x 60 with some windows, two man doors, and a 14 foot rollup door. This building would have 16 foot walls metal siding metal roof and that was it. It would have a cement floor. With those simple requirements he said 70s. I would be in the 70s probably upper 70s. He said the cement work would be about 16,000. That makes sense to me it’s not too far off of what I figured since I just had my foundation for my house put in last year. I am flabbergasted. That is $30 a square foot. There is just no way. Absolutely no way on gods green earth that I would pay $75,000 for a 2400 square foot cement floor barn

Here is a way to put the cost in perspective.
38 years ago I had a 14' x 36' x 48' Morton put up.
Cost was $12,500 including floor.
That worked out to be $7.23 per sq. ft.
I thought that was expensive ......THEN!

BTW: My Morton building still looks great, and lives only 1/2 mile from the salt water.

 

[RNeumann]

Their are about 50 different ways to build a “barn”. That could be a great deal or about the going rate. Depends on how it’s constructed and what’s included- plans, permits, concrete, site prep etc.

 

[Stimw]

Here is a local company in Florida that is advertising on Facebook Market Place- Steel Truss Pole Barn Kits from OverbuiltBarns.com

They are showing basic kit- 40 x 60' $5800.
I tried to copy the price sheet from the ad but it won't load.
3 years ago I put up a red iron 40' x 60' for under $40,000. including $12,000 for concrete.
Much stronger than pole barn!

 

[747driver]

Just had a 30x50x16 Morton pole barn built. They were really the only barn builder near us here in the mountains. I had 2 big overhead doors, 1 man service door, 3 skylights, no windows. Cost was $38,000 with no concrete. Concrete cost me $4,000, I did all the site work and installed the rebar and stone base. All they had to do was pour and finish..

Mine came out to $30 a sq. ft. Underground electric for 250 ft was $3,000. Yes...barns are expensive but as everyone else says l, they aren't getting any cheaper !!!

 

[newbury]

<snip>Absolutely no way on gods green earth that I would pay $75,000 for a 2400 square foot cement floor barn

And how much will it be next year?

Back in 2011 I bought the 4 workshops pictured, all on cement floor, total of 5,500 sq feet, for about $150K, so the price per square foot was about the same as what your barn is costing.



And the seller threw in a 3 bedroom house w/pool and full walkout basement, another 800 sq ft shed and 3.5 acres of land.