Barndominium Builds in Michiana | Turnkey from $100/sq ft

A barndominium is not a barn and it is not a house

It is both, and it has to behave like both. Long uninterrupted planes like an ag building, but living space underneath that has to stay quiet, dry and comfortable through a Michiana winter. Get that wrong and you find out about it in February.

We build a lot of these, and we build them all the way. Slab, framing, roof, siding, windows, doors, then the inside: flooring, cabinetry, drywall, paint, appliances, mechanicals. You get keys, not a punch list.

$100 /sq ft

Starting price for a complete turnkey build. That is a floor, not an average. Finish level, site work, size and how far the build sits from Goshen all move it. We put the real number in writing before anything starts.

Talk about a build

Barndominium barndominium framed at sunset with metal roof panels installed — Barndominium in framing, sunset. Metal roof panels already on, siding to follow.

Three ways to build

Take it as far as you want.

Same shell, same crews, same panels. The difference is how much of the inside we do and how much you do.

Turnkey $100 per square foot, starting

EFS footing and concrete slab
2x6 framing
Roof, siding, windows and doors
Flooring, cabinetry, drywall and paint
Appliances, HVAC, electrical, plumbing
Ready to move in.

Exterior package $50 per square foot, starting

EFS footing and concrete slab
2x6 framing
Roof, siding, windows and doors
Weathertight shell, ready for your trades
You handle the interior on your own schedule

Framing and metal DIY quoted per build

Framing package and metal package
Panels roll formed in our Goshen shop
Custom trim bent to your build
Cut to your building, not to a stock length
For builders doing their own labor

Every number above is a starting point. Site conditions, finish level, square footage and distance from Goshen all move a build. We walk the property and put the real figure in writing before anyone signs anything.

Start the conversation

Which panel

What goes on a barndominium

Both answers are right. It comes down to slope, budget, and how much of the roof people actually see from the road.

Masterrib Lifetime

The value answer and what most barndominiums get. Exposed fastener, wide coverage, fastest to install on big simple planes. Backed by the 40 year paint warranty and our own 10 year workmanship warranty. It is the panel behind our exterior package pricing.

FastenerExposed, gasketed
FinishSherwin-Williams Weather XL
Paint warranty40 years, manufacturer
Workmanship10 years, ours
Best onShop end, outbuildings, full builds on a budget

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Masterlok Lifetime 100 or 175

Standing seam with the fasteners concealed under the seam, so nothing penetrates the weather surface. Costs more. Worth it on the living end of the building and on anything with a road-facing elevation. The 175 does not need a solid substrate, which suits open framing.

FastenerConcealed
FinishSherwin-Williams Weather XL SMP (Kynar 500 on 24g upgrade)
Paint warranty40 years, manufacturer
Workmanship10 years, ours
Best onLiving end, low slopes, road-facing elevations

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Plenty of people run both. Masterlok over the house end, Masterrib over the shop. Same color, same trim, one crew.

The part nobody mentions

Noise, condensation and ventilation.

This is where barndominiums go wrong, and it is almost never the panel's fault.

A metal roof over solid decking and underlayment is not measurably louder than asphalt. A bare panel screwed to open purlins over a bedroom is a different story. Same with condensation: warm moist air from a living space hitting cold steel with nothing between them will drip, and people blame the roof.

The fix is the assembly, not the metal. We will tell you what belongs between the panel and the room before we quote it, and if your builder has already framed it a way that will cause you trouble, we will say so.

Talk it through with us

Interior view of a barndominium barndominium during framing, showing the metal underside and truss assembly — Inside a barndominium build during framing. This is the plane your bedroom sits under, and the reason the assembly matters as much as the panel.

Walk through one

The Notre Dame floorplan, start to finish.

Matt walks you through a finished build, inside and out. The roof, the siding, the open span, and what it actually looks like to live in one.

Straight answers

What people ask us before they build

Do you roof barndominiums that are still being framed?

Yes, and that is the easiest time to get us involved. If we are talking before the trusses go up we can advise on purlin spacing, overhang and ventilation so the roof goes on clean instead of us working around decisions already made.

Can you re-roof a barndominium that already has metal on it?

Yes. Retrofits are a large part of what we do. A lot of barndominiums went up with a builder-grade exposed fastener panel, and ten or fifteen years later the fasteners are backing out and the washers are gone. We can go over it or tear it off depending on what is underneath.

Standing seam or exposed fastener on a barndominium?

Both work and it comes down to slope, budget and how much of the roof people see from the road. Masterrib exposed fastener is the value answer and it is what most barndominiums get. Masterlok standing seam costs more and has no fasteners through the weather surface, which matters on the living end of the building.

Do you do the siding too?

We do. Battenlok steel siding pairs with any roof panel we run, and doing both at once means one crew, one set of colors and trim that actually lines up.

What does a barndominium roof cost?

A complete turnkey build starts at $100 per square foot and a weathertight exterior package starts at $50 per square foot. Both are floors, not averages. Barndominium buildings tend to have large simple roof planes, which is the most efficient thing we can put a crew on, so they often land closer to the starting price than a cut-up house roof does.

Barndominiums built turnkey