Want to put up a shop..

[Redneck in training]

Around here prices vary depending on quality. Morton building is top of the line and cost (in 2012) about $27/sqft, 36 x 75 ft, 12ft ceiling, insulated R19, rib sheet metal inside and out, two 4 X 4 windows, two man doors, one 12 X 12 roll up door, plumbing for toiled connected to septic, water line installed, reinforced concrete floor with 18 X 25 ft apron outside. $74000.
Morton Buildings

 

[AGRIMAN]

My old farm shop is a home built steel building 30x30. We cut and welded the frame, bought the metal from a local supplier, poured the floor (8'') all ourselves. $12k.

My new farm shop is a 40x40x16 red iron steel building. 3, 14' rollup doors, 6'' concrete floor with footers and all the electric power I will ever need $65k.

Insulation is a must and well worth the extra money to me. I used the bubble style in the old shop and I would not recommend it. The new shop has 6'' fiberglass with is much better, but I would recommend spray foam. At some point, I going to spray foam both of them.

 

[Arc weld]

The same here in Ontario, ridiculous quotes. I was looking for quotes to build a pole barn 32x40 and the range was between 30K to 45K so I decide to build myself this year. You mentioned about laminated poles; where did you find that? I check around here and not available in Canada.

I'm not sure if laminated is the right term for the posts but they are 3 or 4 dimensional lumber boards(2x6, 2x8) pressed together to make the posts. Each one is treated PWF for in ground use. I just got another quote for a fabric cover building from the show, $20,000 for a 30x40 and it says purchaser to supply large skid steer. I can get twice the size in a pole shed with a 14x14 insulated door for $38,800. I wouldn't be surprised if a same size pole shed from this builder was the same as the fabric building. Now I'm trying to decide if I should go with a bigger building like the 60 x 40? I'll have to talk to them and check their price on smaller sizes. I hope there wasn't a typo on their estimate sheet for the 60x40. The bolt together buildings don't have anything to stop condensation and I think still need a foundation.

I'm thinking if I can get payments around $500/month over 5 or 6 years having a better building will be worth it in the long run. I'm also wondering about resale down the road. I read somewhere that you only get $.50 on the dollar on resale of a farm type building but I think it would add greatly having it on the land for the next owner. I'm tired of paying stupid ridiculous storage fee's($325 for a 10x15) and having nowhere to store my equipment or work on it. For a couple hundred bucks more a month it seems like a no brainer to me. I'll also have to check with the county and see about taxes and building permits and such.

 

[newbury]

Around here prices vary depending on quality. Morton building is top of the line and cost (in 2012) about $27/sqft, 36 x 75 ft, 12ft ceiling, insulated R19, rib sheet metal inside and out, two 4 X 4 windows, two man doors, one 12 X 12 roll up door, plumbing for toiled connected to septic, water line installed, reinforced concrete floor with 18 X 25 ft apron outside. $74000.
Morton Buildings

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My new farm shop is a 40x40x16 red iron steel building. 3, 14' rollup doors, 6'' concrete floor with footers and all the electric power I will ever need $65k.

Insulation is a must and well worth the extra money to me. I used the bubble style in the old shop and I would not recommend it. The new shop has 6'' fiberglass with is much better, but I would recommend spray foam. At some point, I going to spray foam both of them.

Those prices just make me angry about appraisers.

I've 4 shops that cover 5,500 sq feet, all on thick concrete pad, no a/c but the two on the right had gas heat (until someone stole my LPG tank last year)

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The red one is 40' wide, 60' deep, 12' high with a 1 bedroom apartment 15' deep across the back, w/ shower, toilet, kitchen and this does a/c sink etc.

They are all wired and well lit, w/ 400 amp service (including about 8 240V circuits).

The appraiser never even went to the shops and placed the value of the shops at about $8,000 (that works out to $1.45/sq foot).

I've also a typical metal carport near the house that has a brick "floor" and only 1 side closed in. It's 600 sq foot, has 2 fluorescent lights and he valued that a $15/sq foot, or $9,000. It's the top pic

That's about the cost of a new one.

If that LAME appraiser had valued the shops and apartment at $15/sq ft it would have added about $70K to the appraisal, and made the loan REAL easy to get.

So Arc weld, don't count on the appraiser adding value for ANYTHING you do. They can be blind.

 

[Redneck in training]

It is the same here. Year after the shop building was built we added a heated/AC guest room and office 12 ft deep on the north side of the building increasing total cost to about 100K. When getting appraisal for refinancing it added virtual $0 to value of our property. The good thing is that our property tax didn't increase. In fact our tax decreased due to general drop of property values.

 

[Ed of all trades]

I just got a quote on a 30 x 32 package deal 10' ceiling, 1 entry door and a 10 or 12 sliding door for a little over 9000. I think it even has the screws etc. In it. It is a pole building with metal roof and siding.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My 30 x 48' x 12' "kit" cost around $10K with 1 entry door, without overhead doors, and my assembly. I added 3 overhead garage doors, and later the concrete floor.

 

[SouthernSooner]

My 30 x 48' x 12' "kit" cost around $10K with 1 entry door, without overhead doors, and my assembly. I added 3 overhead garage doors, and later the concrete floor.

Hey buckeye, how much did it cost to add the concrete? I have a 30x40 shop with a dirt floor and I desperatly want to have a concrete floor! If I had the money, I would keep the 30x40 shop dirt floor and use as a barn and tractor storage, then build a seperate shop of modest size. But for now I think it would be cheaper to just add a concrete floor to the barn.

 

[Duwop]

Hey buckeye, how much did it cost to add the concrete? I have a 30x40 shop with a dirt floor and I desperatly want to have a concrete floor! If I had the money, I would keep the 30x40 shop dirt floor and use as a bar and tractor storage, and build a seperate shop of modest size. But for now I think it would be cheer to just add a concrete floor to the barn.

FWIW 8 yrs ago I had a 24x40 shop built and adding the concrete floor added 5k to the price in rural SW Virginia

 

[LD1]

$25/sq ft sounds really high for a basic pole barn.

I am in the middle of building my shop, but had gotten quotes about 6 months ago. Was quoting 40x64x12, left open on one of the 40' ends for me to finish, and (2) 12' sliders on the sides. I had material roughly figured at 11-12k. Quotes were around 18k. I imagine if I had them finish the front maybe a few grand more. But I would guess still under $10/sq ft.

Prices must just be really high up your way.

As it is now, I am building my own. Went a tad bigger, 40x72. And decided to do a 6 course block foundation with a 12' wall on top of that. Gonna have 2 12' sliders, 1 18' overhead door. There will be a wall in the middle dividing it into a 40x40 section and a 40x32 section. The 40x32 will be gravel floor and not much else. The 40x40 will be insulated, concreted, finished with OSB walls and metal ceiling, electric, etc. I am anticipating a total material cost around 25k. And that includes several loads of gravel for the drive and for the inside under the concrete, fill, and floor for the unfinished side