Barndominium Price Breakdown | Building a 1,500 sqft 3 Bed 2 Bath Home for $87,000

Utilities and permits vary A LOT depending on your municipality. For my area in Louisiana I spent $400 on permits $215,000 on 27acres (that was in a flood zone so I had to build it up over time) $1,800 Water meter $3,500 Sewer system $4,000 Electricity The wind rating is 150 engineer stamped (that is the building alone without spray foam and framing on the inside) The bathroom counters and sinks are included in the countertop price of this video. I guess I should have elaborated a bit more there. I didn't include the appliances because you can spend as much or as little as you want depending on taste. Link in the description to the blueprints for the home and the receipts.

I have no friends… so this would cost me $580,000.00 😂🤣 we should start a fake friend group to help build each other’s houses 😂

My husband comes from a family of 10 kids....7 boys. They would NEVER come together to do this. You are fortunate.

A plumber in Chicago wouldn't even crap in your toilet for $2800

Thank you for proving that when you build your own, you don't have to accept the ridiculous prices of builders. This is the way.

Man...forget the house, how much did it cost to obtain such great friends!? 😁

I'm a licensed contractor. Great job on deciding what to hire out. And labor saving. One thing that you could have saved money on was the insulation all you need is 2 inches of closed cell foam in the walls and 3 inches on the ceiling. Because of the properties of closed cell there's no benefit to adding more. Also you are correct it is much better to hire sprayfoam out. And in most cases all the " good" sprayfoam applicators will run roughly at the same price

4:11 i did something similar with steel building. Due to possible penetration from flying objects during storm events I put 3/4 plywood along the entire exterior of the house framing inside the metal building with 8in walls 12 centers. Added protection and security!

Add + $40,000 to the build cost if you're anti-social.

I got my kitchen cabinets on Facebook marketplace from a family that was very clearly wealthy. They were custom made Oak with full wood sides and the knobs and hinges were also special ordered. There were tons of cabinets and even included a matching set for the laundry room. $300 bucks. Guys. If you can, always get used with these sorts of things. New isn't always better on a budget. (Also no scratches, they were remodeling and got new custom cabinets ordered and needed them gone, for context)

Your channel will definitely grow if you keep putting out content like this. This was outstanding and informative, the price breakdown is stellar and very beneficial to see and the video editing was good as well. Can’t wait to see what’s next..(I might just have to build a barndominium for myself, now).

Thank you for this. My husband and I have a large family and we are planning on building a 5,850 sq ft barndo early next year that’s includes a 1,250 sqft shop space . We hoping to spend less than $600,000 which is our total budget. My brother-in-law is a contractor and is coming from out of state to help us. Hopefully we don’t lose our minds by the end of this.

Very affordable and super nice. A 500-100 square foot condo where I live is easily 200k. Your place looks great! I think it's cool you spent extra on a couple things that mattered to you

Imagine if you had a $1 million dollar budget. That's 34 bedrooms,24 bathrooms,12 living rooms, and a 15-car garage on your 18k square foot home. Oh, i mean, fortress 😆

New Subscriber ..... TOTALLY am IMPRESSED at how economically $$ you "sourced" your materials for this build .... I am a retired residential contractor in Massachusetts, and I KNOW the cost of building products in "my area" of the country .... (20 - 30% higher, here .... ) GREAT job !!! And "Thank You" for posting this ....

From the plumbing and concrete pad to the finished product at that cost is pretty amazing. I never thought of making one of those garages that is installed in one day into a house, lol ..a brilliant idea and probably half the cost of actually ruff framing a house of that size. All of your ruff framing andca complete structure in one day , cant beat that !

Hey, I have been watching YouTube for years. This is by far the best video I have ever seen in regard to content, knowledge, and just overall good information. Thanks

Great story telling and editing. Very easy to follow and watch

This is the best home building video on the internet. You show exactly the information that most people want to know. Thank you.

Must be nice able to handle the most expensive part of the project yourself thanks to your company. You saved a hecking fortune.