My Homestead Barndominium Cost - Dirt to Metal Building Kit

Here is a cost break down to put our Homestead Barndominium Kit on the property. I am literally going to take you from the price of dirt all the way up until the barndominium kit is standing. Every single line item I can think of up until now!

I am so glad ya'll came to my channel! My name is Katie Shoda aka "The Homestead Realtor®". I decided to hop on youtube to share my experience as I go building my 40+ acre homestead.

I have a passion for teaching others how to find the perfect property to start their own family homestead. From chickens, cows, baking, gardening and building my own barndominium, be prepared for a ton of content from our farm!

With Love, Katie Shoda

[znlztvs]

You had to pay the local government $15k to allow them to tell you it is okay to build on your own land.Absolute corruption. I guess that helps me make my decision on where I'll retire in a couple of years. My wife and I were debating between Florida and Tennessee as we currently reside in Georgia. Thanks Nassau County. You made my decision easy.

[Minerva]

On our 45 acres, we put in an RV pad for a 44ft Alliance 5th wheel, drilled a 300ft well, wellhouse and pump system, power and septic system. Installed two Conex boxes and a very well built 10x20 wooden shed. Didn't need one permit for any of it. We live in Missouri. Cannot believe all those extra costs and hassles are mandated in Florida. Jeez.

Great cost run down, thanks!

[jennsappalachianden]

Those permit fees are absolutely ridiculous! I’m shocked! We live in TN and only had to pay $250 for our building permit. There’s no other permit outside the septic system and it was dirt cheap.

[josephjohnson]

I built a metal sided 30 x 60 all in, including appliances for 100K The permits were $75 plus .10 a square foot. And that is why I moved to Texas.

[aprilsippy]

What a great break down and can’t wait to see it finished

[WolverineRecon]

As a banker its important to note that if you start your project with cash and then try to get a loan to finish you could hit a snag because many banks wont pick up your project in the middle because they cannot validate how the project was done from the start. What if things are not up to code? The bank is likely to not risk their money on a project that is already in motion. So figure out your cost and get the loan going up front. Construction loans do draws so you are only paying interest on what is drawn. So if you have cash dont take draws until later but dont wait until later to get the loan. Its best to be upfront with what you plan on paying for in cash up front. As there are a lot of laws that go into a mortgage. And all assets and sources must be disclosed anyway.
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[stephenvos]

Wow. Above my pay grade. But thanks for giving us the process and costs of a barndominion.
I love that term. Never heard it before

[dirtman]

Wow, that’s exciting to see the progress. Love the energy and thanks for sharing.

[kalendamaya]

Thank you for sharing the “crazy” costs and fees of various permits! We, too, are planning to pay for the barndo in cash (from the sale of our current home…no mortgage payments…thank goodness!) We live in a rural area in Virginia, and have just been approved from the building inspector’s office that we are able to build a barndo on our land, which was a deeded gift from my dad “umpteen” years ago, and so glad we didn’t sell it (in hindsight). We are pretty excited, but at the same time a bit nervous about the entire process. We may also start a YOUTUBE video as we go through the process. Thanks again!

You guys may be currently living in your new home since the video. If so, congratulations and enjoy!!

[rebeccatheall]

You did a great job! To the point, friendly! Very informative!! Thanks!

[don]

The fact you got your building supplies AND installed for 34k is an incredible deal WOW!!! 👏🏾 👏🏾

I just had a vendor do a 40x50 render w zero input from me and they came up w 45k, for delivery ONLY

[DownsizingMakesCents]

Finally a metal barndo build that goes over all the numbers and the steps to build. Thank you. We are full time RVers who also are full time YouTubers, looking for land to do a barndo in florida. North of gainesville. We are looking at a 40 x 30 building, we are two old people who have lived in a 300sq ft rv for four years, so we can go smaller. I would love to see all the details of your build, who did you use for the metal building, because 27k seems really cheap for that big of a building. Are you interested in a youtube colab of some sort where we tour your barndo. We have 60k subs and 28M views on YT. Our videos about looking for a home base are doing really well. We are going to do a whole series on buying land and building a metal building barndo. Just an idea, let us know. Larry And Alice.

[briannaperse]

Ok... this was helpful! We are trying to find alternative ways to build in Nassau County and I'm feeling blessed to have found you! Thanks a ton for your video!

[LaSouthernGemini]

That was a great breakdown on your cost so far. Really well done!

[fionafenix]

This was SUPER helpful!! Thank you so much for sharing your real world numbers!! 🙏🏽😁

[Tigron]

Great video! Very helpful. I'm looking to built a Bordominium in the Polk County FL area and would love to see a part 2 video of the finish work and all other expenses you incurred to complete yours.

[stuartkorte]

Thanks for sharing. Just had a 30x50 shop built in Wakulla and want to start on the barndo at the end of the year. Who did you get building from and what was the deciding factor for going with the tube style versus wood post/beam or red iron building?

[rebeccapanosso]

Thank you for the cost breakdown! Where did you purchase your Barndo kit? Would you buy from them again?

[matrixpwr]

I’m building a barndominium up north right now. The building cost was 160k without installation. There are changes to design like snow load and mine is solid steel tube frame, 108’x70’ and we need a 4’ frost wall with footing.

[giddyjigga]

Thank you for providing real world numbers so that those of us looking have at least a baseline to start at.