If you’re building a new home, the barndominium is one of the most popular options you can choose. Barndominiums, or barndos for short, rely on metal building kits and pole barns for a cost-effective but sturdy base for the home.
You get an exterior building shell at about 30-40% lower cost than a traditional home shell – which you can then kit out to look like anything from a cozy farmhouse to a sweeping modern home.
Plus, metal siding and roofing means your new barn home will be as maintenance-free as possible. That’s ideal for most.
And, with dozens of colors, trim, and fittings like balconies and porches to make your barn home look as beautiful on the outside as it does on the inside, your barndo can look as good as you want it to.
Of course, you’ll need a builder first, and the following includes 12 of the best in Minnesota.
- Sherman Buildings
- RAM Buildings
- Structural Buildings
- DC Builders
- Hansen Pole Buildings
- Rhino Steel
- Morton Buildings
- Wick Buildings
- Worldwide Steel Buildings
- Cleary Building Corp.
- AmeriBuilt Steel Structures
- Lester Buildings
1. Sherman Buildings
Sherman Buildings is a Mora-based pole barn builder offering everything from agricultural spaces to residential homes. The builder is family-owned and takes a hands-on approach to every building.
In addition, you can opt for either a turnkey approach or a DIY approach.
In the first, Sherman will take on every aspect of building the home, starting with building erection, pouring a floor, and finishing the interior. This means Sherman will handle everything and all you have to worry about is getting planning permission and working with Sherman on the design.
Alternatively, you can opt for a shell erection and then do the interior yourself.
Sherman uses wood post frames, concrete footings, and 29-gauge paneling. You get metal panels in your choice of colors. In addition, ridge vents and ventilation are included in every project.
- Pole barn erection across Minnesota
- 30-year structural warranty/10-year workmanship warranty
- Wood post frame buildings
- Metal siding and roofing
- Turnkey or DIY options offered
Website: https://shermanpolebuildings.com/
Address: 5586 Highway 73, Floodwood, MN 55736
Phone: 320-679-3438
2. RAM Buildings
RAM Buildings offers both wood post-frame buildings and steel building kits. This means you can opt for a barndominium with your choice of traditional foundation or not.
In addition, you can get kit homes and custom-designed homes with one or two stories.
RAM can also fully custom-design your barn home to include any design elements or customizations you want. That includes unique homes like split and raised roofs, dormers, glass walls, and much more.
RAM can also offer wood post-frame buildings if you prefer the cost and quick build-time of a pole barn instead of a metal barndominium.
However, RAM does not offer interior finishing. This means that they can offer the site prep, foundation, building erection, and typically insulation. From there, you’ll have to hand the project over to a general contractor or do the finishing yourself.
- Service across Minnesota
- 45-year paint warranty
- Custom-engineered metal buildings
- Pole barns
- Foundations
- Full erection included
Website: https://rambuildings.com/
Address: 592 Industrial Drive, Winsted, MN 55395
Phone: 320-485-2844
3. Structural Buildings
Structural Buildings offers a mix of post-frame and steel-frame buildings, giving you the option to design and work with whatever you want.
The builder primarily offers post-frame housing. However, you can also request a custom-engineered metal barndominium if you prefer.
In each case, you’ll get a custom building with metal siding and a structure of your choice. You can opt for a concrete slab floor with the pole barn as well – although it’s optional.
Structural Buildings is very similar to RAM. It also serves much of the same area. However, Structural Buildings also has demo homes you can go to see to get an idea of what the final result will be.
The company also has a lot of experience with agricultural and side buildings if you want to add to your home.
- Service across Minnesota
- Ten-year structural warranty
- Wood post-frame homes
- Metal barndominiums
- Custom engineered barndominiums
- Concrete slab foundations available
- Erection included
Website: https://structuralbuildings.com/
Address: 12926 1st Street Becker MN 55308
Phone: 800-535-9722
4. DC Builders
DC Builders is a barndominium builder offering barndo kits in wood and metal. Here, you typically get a pole barn, meaning you erect the building yourself without a foundation and then can choose to pour a floor if you prefer.
Alternatively, you can opt for a metal building kit to erect on your foundation. Either way, DC Builders does not handle erection in Minnesota and you’ll need a general contractor to erect the building kit and convert the interior.
However, DC Builders offers a highly customizable selection of barndominium kits. These include multistory homes and a range of residential fittings including doors and windows, dormers, pergolas, etc.
And, with trim and paneling options including either wood or metal, you’ll be able to make as many customizations to the exterior appearance of your home as you want.
You can also opt for a fully custom-made building designed around your specifications or sketches.
- Delivery across Minnesota
- 1-year warranty
- Wood post frame building kits
- Metal barn homes
- Wood or metal siding
- Custom engineering
- No erection or construction
Website: https://www.dcbuilding.com/
Address: 1639 Dickerson Blvd A, Monroe, NC 28110, United States
Phone: +1 704-225-9669
5. Hansen Pole Buildings
Hansen Pole Buildings is a pole barn builder offering delivery across the state of Minnesota.
It’s also based in the state, meaning you’ll get fast delivery and cheap rates on that delivery. However, you will get a flat-packed barn home kit that you’ll need a general contractor to erect for you.
Hansen does not offer erection services. However, you do get a limited lifetime warranty on your new home kit, complete with everything you need to assemble the shell of your home.
You’ll also have to pick your doors and windows out and buy them yourself. Hansen offers metal siding and trim in a range of colors.
You can also add some residential customizations like lean-to awnings and porches, dormers, and pergolas. Plus, with two-story barn home kits available, this is a great option if you’re looking for a multi-story barn home.
- Based in Minnesota
- Limited lifetime warranty
- Barndominium pole buildings
- Kits or custom engineering available
- Laminated wood post frames
- Materials-delivery only
Website: https://www.hansenpolebuildings.com/
Address: 12167 Lake Rd Browns Valley, MN 56219-4064
Phone: (701) 404-2600
6. Rhino Steel Structures
Rhino Steel Structures is a large prefabricated metal building company offering custom barndominiums and barndominium kits.
Here, you get a flat-packed steel building kit that’s ready to erect on your existing foundation. This typically means either using concrete piers or having a fully cured foundation that’s ready to be built on.
Rhino Steel also offers relatively basic metal building kits, with some residential trim and paneling options.
However, Rhino is not the right choice if you want a classic farmhouse or chic country home look on the exterior. You can customize the paint and add some residential fittings. However, for the most part, you’re getting a simple metal building.
You can also opt for extras like insulation, solar panels, and HVAC kits as well as interior wall kits.
- Delivery across Minnesota
- Lifetime structural warranty
- Barndo kits
- Structural steel barn homes
- Custom engineering available
- Some barndo kits
- Materials-only delivery
Website: https://www.rhinobldg.com/
Address: 4305 I-35 North Denton, Texas 76207
Phone: 940-312-7646
7. Morton Buildings
Morton Buildings is another large prefabricated metal building company offering metal building kits across much of the country. Morton also has offices in Minnesota, meaning it’s easy to get customer service and faster delivery.
Morton also works with contractors to allow them to offer foundations and building erection in the state of Minnesota, meaning you won’t have to figure out whether your general contractor can actually assemble a prefabricated steel building.
The company also offers a mix of barndominium kits and custom-engineered barn homes. However, if you want anything that looks like a home, you’ll have to go for the custom option.
Like with Rhino, Morton is not the place to go if you’re looking for a chic home. However, it can offer you a great deal in terms of cost-effectiveness, affordability, and customizations like porches, non-metal facades, and even multi-story barn kits.
- Delivery and erection across Minnesota
- 35-year warranty
- Some barn kits
- Custom barn homes (recommended option)
- Facades and stone finishing
- Erection and foundations available
Website: https://mortonbuildings.com/
Address: 252 W. Adams St. Morton, IL 61550-1804
Phone: 800-447-7436
8. Wick Buildings
Wick Buildings is a post-frame builder located in Wisconsin but offering building design and construction across Minnesota.
The builder specializes in large floor plan homes with spaces for workshops, agricultural areas, or barns. However, you can also request a custom design with whatever specifications you prefer.
In addition, Wick offers a wide selection of barn home kits, most of which are entirely open floorplan.
Wick will show up, erect your building, and turn it over to you or your general contractors. This means they can then pour the concrete slab floor and convert the interior into whatever you want it to be.
Wick can also work with you to build extremely custom home designs including multi-story and completely unique buildings, which makes this pole barn supplier a great choice even if you want a luxury home.
- Delivery across Minnesota
- 50-year structural warranty
- Post frame barndominiums
- Barndominium kits
- Custom engineered barndos
- Erection services available
Website: https://www.wickbuildings.com/
Address: 405 Walter Rd Mazomanie, WI 53560
Phone: (855) 438-9425
9. Worldwide Steel Buildings
Worldwide Steel Buildings is a metal building kit manufacturer offering a selection of barn home kits across the United States. The builder also offers custom-engineered barn homes, with a wide range of paint, roof, and finishing options.
In fact, with 3 roofs, 60+ paint options, and a large list of trim for across your home, you’ll have plenty of options to completely customize the exterior look and feel of your home.
Worldwide Steel will also offer interior dividing walls and wall systems, insulation, and other extras.
However, you’ll need a general contractor to do the interior finishing. You’ll also have to supply your own doors and windows if you want “residential” versions.
This means that Worldwide Steel is a great fit if you want a hands-on or DIY approach, but not so much if you want everything to be handled for you. However, if you do opt for a metal building kit from Worldwide Steel, you could have it done within 2-10 weeks.
- Delivery across Minnesota
- 50-year structural warranty
- Barndominium kits
- Custom engineered barndominiums
- Extras available
- No erection services
Website: https://www.worldwidesteelbuildings.com/
Address: 10505 State Rt YY Peculiar, Missouri 64078
Phone: 800-825-0316
10. Cleary Building Corp.
Cleary Building Corp. is a pole barn builder based in Wisconsin but offering delivery and erection services across Minnesota.
The company primarily specializes in pole barn homes, which means that most of its offerings are centered around residential trim and customizations. That’s great if you’re looking for a pole barn home with all of the customization provided by the company doing the erection.
Cleary will also put your building up for you, wherever you are in Minnesota.
In addition, Cleary Building Corp handles interior finishing. This means you can work with them to design the interior of your home and Cleary will handle it for you.
That includes pouring a floor, finishing the floor, insulation, interior walls, cabinetry, and plumbing and electric rough-out. The only thing you’ll need is a final inspection so you can move in.
- Turn key barndominiums across Minnesota
- 5-year column warranty
- Wood post-frame buildings
- Custom engineered barndos
- Erection and foundations included
- Full interior finishing
Website: https://clearybuilding.com/
Address: 190 Paoli Street Verona, WI 53593
Phone: (800) 373-5550
11. AmeriBuilt Steel Structures
AmeriBuilt Steel Structures is a metal building company based in Florida but offering delivery across the United States.
The company offers four basic building styles which it will flat-pack and ship to you, ready for erection. These include American Barn, Gambrel, Gable End, and Single Slope roofs with your choice of paint colors and trim.
You can also fully customize the exterior with as many doors and windows as you want – although you’ll want to supply those yourself.
AmeriBuilt does not offer building erection or finishing. This means you’ll hand the kit over to your general contractor, who will assemble it on your foundation, install the doors and windows and insulation, and then get started on whatever interior finishing you want.
- Delivers across Minnesota
- 45-year structural warranty
- 1-year complete warranty
- 4 roof options
- Barn home kits
- No residential finishing
- No construction services
Website: https://ameribuiltsteel.com/
Address: PO Box 623001, Oviedo, Florida, 32762, United States
Phone: +1 407-340-9401
12. Lester Buildings
Lester Buildings is a pole barn builder specializing in a wide range of pole barn kits.
The company has 6 barn home kits ready to ship. However, you can also work with them to custom-design your own home and have Lester bring it to life.
Lester Buildings also works with a network of contractors, so you can have a licensed contractor handle the building erection – and often the interior finishing as well.
However, Lester does not offer interior finishing on its own, which means that if you work with Lester rather than a contractor, you’ll need a separate team for the interior finishing.
Otherwise, Lester is a great choice if you want a highly customizable barn home. With options including kits, you can also save time and hassle by opting for a ready-to-ship plan.
However, you can also work with Lester to design every aspect of your new home.
- Delivery and erection across Minnesota
- Lifetime structural warranty
- 50-year warranty on treated lumber
- Pole barn homes
- Barndominium kits
- Custom engineered barndos
- Erection services included
- Contractors for interior finishing
Website: https://www.lesterbuildings.com/
Address: 1111 2nd Ave S, Lester Prairie, Minnesota
Phone: 800-826-4439
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