House vs barndominium

[Mike D]

It's primarily non combustible. Metal frame and skin don't burn.

You are correct. However brick/stone doesn't burn either.

Also all of your interior framing is still traditional stick framing. Not to mention all of the other combustible items such as millwork, wood flooring, carpet, furniture, drapes etc. there's still plenty to burn.

[bloodtrailer28]

Starting to put the finishing touches on our barndo. Cabinets went in this week and granite should be in next week. I have been painting the past 3 days and almost done! I HATE PAINTING!!

[RascalArms]

Starting to put the finishing touches on our barndo. Cabinets went in this week and granite should be in next week. I have been painting the past 3 days and almost done! I HATE PAINTING!!

Pics?

[Draco]

You are correct. However brick/stone doesn't burn either.

Also all of your interior framing is still traditional stick framing. Not to mention all of the other combustible items such as millwork, wood flooring, carpet, furniture, drapes etc. there's still plenty to burn.

The out side looks,(tin color) has a 25 year warranty on the paint. That doesn't mean it won't last even longer but that it is guaranteed for 25 years. You will never have to paint it. It won't burn, won't rot and bugs can't eat it. Some have higher wind loads than houses. Diversified Machine in Leander was torched by an arsonist using two, 5 gal. cans of gas. The offices, framed in wood, burnt to nothing. They only had to replace 2 sheets of tin. Any house would have been a total loss. Hail won't go through it, no matter the size. Really large hail can go through a shingled roof.

Just a few things to consider.

[bloodtrailer28]

A few pics of ours.
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front porch
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back
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cabinets are in just need to be stained
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[bloodtrailer28]

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Had the dozer out for a couple weeks and opened up some views.
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off the back porch
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Pup waiting on the pigs! We have shot 6 off the porch the past three weeks.

Getting closer to getting finished! It has been a ton of work and Im ready to relax. Painting is just about done granite going in after the cabinets are stained and interiors doors are ready to be hung. Got started on a small orchard with apples pears peaches and plums. We will see how they do... Plan on starting some pecans and dunstan chesnuts next fall.

[RascalArms]

Good job brother...looking great so far. I really like that exterior color combo.

[bloodtrailer28]

Good job brother...looking great so far. I really like that exterior color combo.

Thank you sir. Plan on rocking it up about 36 in or so and putting a cap on it. Fireplace island and master tub should be rocked in soon and plumbing top out as well. Will try and update with a few pics as we go along.

[RascalArms]

Thank you sir. Plan on rocking it up about 36 in or so and putting a cap on it. Fireplace island and master tub should be rocked in soon and plumbing top out as well. Will try and update with a few pics as we go along.

Very nice...I was gonna suggest that some stone would really make those colors pop. [emoji106]

[HeatherMac]

From personal experience (we are 7 months out from finishing ours, but ours is for horses), financing isn't a problem if it's a small town bank. And by that, I mean 2 or 3 branches of the bank. We are in Hempstead, Waller County, and our lender is First National Bank of Belleville. Capital Farm will do it, but be prepared for high interest rates. They are the highest. FNB had the better loan product. Prosperity was very inept, at least the branch I dealt with. I will never go anything other than small town bank. And believe me, I have a story. We are 1/2 SE and 1/2 W2. FNB was the best. They are a sister bank of Industry.

[More Liberty]

I looked into this for a long time. REALLY wanted to build a barndo. I just really liked the look. I am going to end up building something more conventional. Going to try to keep it hill country style with large porches and austin stone. I didn't have a problem with financing per se, but it was going to be a higher interest rate, so anything I would have saved would be eaten up in the interest. Plus if I ever sell I'd rather not have to deal with it. If I build again and am closer to retirement then I might consider it again. They are not very common on the coast so I still ran into lots of hurdles.

There are many floor plans that aren't just a big rectangle and have wrap around porches.. Plus, you can incorporate the steel with stone/brick

[Mike D]

I guess barndominimum builds just haven't taken off in my area.

Having problems finding comps for appraisals and values are coming in way low.

[gingib]

Capital Farm Credit will finance them no problem. FYI.

Good to know! We have them for our land loan and are great

[dhillis]

I used Capitol Farm to finance my land but if you guys are doing a construction permanent loan shop around. I wanted to use them because the experience was so good with the land financing but they couldn't touch he rates from RBFCU. Almost a two point difference after the correction with the dividend check for CF added in.

Was RBFCU willing to finance a Barndo?

[DOUBLE.A]

thats lookin good bud!