Dec '25 • General discussion
Our Skool classroom and how it works!
🚨 Thinking about building a barndominium… but have no idea where to actually start?
Plans, land, budgets, permits, shops, chickens, kids, trucks—it’s a lot.
I built this Skool to walk you through the entire process using our real project:
👉 124' x 60' x 20' steel tube building👉 Two houses on each end👉 Full shop in the middle👉 Real land, real mistakes, real numbers
And now the member-only classrooms are live.
Here’s what you get inside the paid membership 👇
🧠 Initial Design – “What are we even building?”
- House vs shop balance (are you shop-with-a-house or house-with-a-shop?)
- How to plan bedrooms, bathrooms, mudrooms, storage, and daily flow
- How to hand-sketch a layout someone can turn into real drawings
- Thinking long-term: kids, parents, animals, business, future add-ons
🌎 Choosing Land, Clearing & Prep – “Is this dirt even worth building on?”
- How to define exactly what you need from a property (not just “5–10 acres”)
- Zoning, HOAs, and restrictions that quietly kill barndos
- Utilities, driveways, and site work that wreck budgets if you ignore them
- How to evaluate parcels online, walk land like a builder, write smart offers
- Surveys, perc tests, pads, drainage, clearing, permits—the full path to pad-ready
💰 Budget, Bids & Build Strategy – “Can I actually afford this?”
- Full cost map: land, site work, shell, interior, shop, systems, fees, contingency
- How to set a real project budget cap (not vibes)
- How much you can safely spend on land without starving the build
- Breaking your project into real buckets and avoiding the four big money traps
- Upcoming chapters on financing, GC vs owner-builder, bids, contracts & phasing
🔧 Future Classrooms (already in the pipeline)
- Shell & structural choices (kits vs tube vs wood, slabs, insulation, condensation)
- Comfort systems (HVAC, hot water, electrical, dehumidification)
- Shop layout, power, storage & workflow
- Real-world build updates from our own barndo as it goes up
This isn’t just “look at my pretty barndominium.”
It’s everything I wish someone had handed me before I spent money on land, plans, and contractors.
If you’re serious about building a barndo—not just scrolling them—join the membership and get into the classrooms.
Your future self (and your wallet) will be very happy you did.
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Live case study of a 124' x 60' steel barndominium—two homes + central shop. Real numbers, real drawings, real problems solved together.
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