Plans for a New Barn

[capecmom]

This is the barn that we have picked out. We're hoping that some time in the future, we'll be able to get the kit. They seem like a really nice company. We have talked to them on the phone and the prices are VERY reasonable. Of course you have to have someone who is willing and able to help you put it together. The price DOES climb dramatically if you have the company's crew come and do it for you.
I don't care for the color scheme shown but we like the set up.

www.circleb.com/barns/051-075/b074.htm

[nhlivefreeordie]

Excellent, seems like it would be a perfect homestead barn. I think the chicken coop might need some modification for New England winters, but other than that, it seems to cover all the bases. Are you thinking of it for livestock......or is someone getting a horse....

[capecmom]

No horses. No time for them plus we only have an acre. We are going to get chickens and yes we are going to modify that portion of it to make an inside coop area. It'll be part of the interior so it'll be heated. We are putting a pellet stove in the main part of the barn downstairs to heat the place during the winter. It'll be in the workshop. Also the rest of the inside will be slightly modified. Most of it is going to be for Dh and the workshop for him. One large pen area will be for some goats eventually. We are also going to use the upstairs area for storage so that staircase will go from being a ladder set up to a full fledged staircase. All of these changes are possible with the company. They are really great and will customize just about anything.

[nhlivefreeordie]

Very nice, I bet your husband is as excited as you, that will make a sweet workshop.
I am not sure how much area you have to browse the goats, but you may be needing part of that upstairs for hay, to take advantage of buying when it is cheap in the early spring and summer.

[mocha91]

That's a great barn. What would make for a better roof in NH, a shingle one or a standing seam one?

[capecmom]

That's a very good question. I'm not sure. Where I am on the Cape it probably wouldn't matter, but in NH it might make a huge difference. You CAN choose different materials for the construction.

[mocha91]

Either way, that's one beautiful barn and I'm sure you did your research anyway. One thing I've noticed about homesteaders is that they seem to always have a great plan, that's why I'm hear to learn

[rAcErRicK]

Wow ! That's a beautiful barn Julie. Big enough to be a house !

BTW, thanks for whatever you did to strart the site, I love it.

[capecmom]

I didn't do anything but be supportive. Wayne and Lynn did all of the work.

[nhlivefreeordie]

Rick, don't let Julie fool you with her humble " I did nothing " line, her and Pat are both founders, and the first 50 or so members can always say, I was there in the beginning and helped this site grow.

mocha91, In NH, I would vote for standing seam, and that is what we are using on our log home that we are building there.

[rAcErRicK]

Ouch ! So sorry Julie, it's the grey hair thing. Don't know where "Jill" came from. Tks for correcting me Wayne.

[Deleted]

That looks great! Heck, I'd be happy to live in that! My wife loves to ride along and look at barns...I'd have no problem convincing her to convert a barn into a house.

[capecmom]

You're silly-I don't mind. People who know me sometimes call me Jill-may be I look like a Jill? Who knows-NO ONE gets my last name right either-It's cool.

The barn will fit nicely into the back corner of our lot-but boy would I LOVE to buy the lot next to ours! It's empty-wooded and another half acre. We talked to the guy who owns it and he doesn't think he wants to part with it because it would make his own property only a half acre.

[azlonerider]

Good looking barn. You'll have to take pictures of it as you build and as the finished product so can be jealous of it.

[capecmom]

Been talking to some neighbors about the barn and so far no one seems resistant to the idea. Didn't think they would but we wanted to get their take on it. We live in a neighborhood but we are agricultural. Most everyone has acre lots. Quite a few were excited that we were getting chickens. I think they saw fresh eggs dancing in their heads. Maybe I could sell them to help pay for the chicken feed.