This Amazing Barn Home Will Impress You

Overview of the Barn Home

You'll want to take a closer look at this incredible barn style house where you can live and work. The 2,800 square foot barn style house sits on 2.65 flat acres in Manhattan, Montana built with only the finest Montana rustic building materials. The living quarters of the barn style house are 1,088 square feet with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, mud/laundry room, full kitchen, dining area, den, living room, and wood burning stove, not to mention the large balcony with views for days. The barn home property also has a shop that is 1,760 square feet and completely dialed in with 220 electric, 100-gallon compressor for air tools, wood stove, 3 bay garage, 16 to 12-foot vaulted ceilings, radiant in-floor heat, tons of storage and lots of great parking.

Garden and Location Benefits

The barn style home property has a mature garden with a wide array of seasonal vegetables and raspberry bushes. The barn style home property is sold. This Montana barn style house property is minutes from the Gallatin River, 15 minutes to downtown Bozeman and 10 minutes from the airport. These days you are seeing more and more barn style home properties that are available, and it's no wonder with all that space, high ceilings, and a chance to live and work from home.

The Appeal of Barn Style Homes

There is something about a barn style house that echoes the wide open countryside where you'll find everything from freshly-painted, pristine barn structures to weather-beaten outbuildings that have seen better days, barns will take you back to the farm. Barns were once known as the cathedrals of the prairies, the iconic barn symbolizes both strength and independence. Today you'll find plenty of barns that have been given new life with use as barn style homes. There are a variety of uses for barns whether it be for horses, storage, or hobbies, a custom barn when properly built will stand the test of time. When it comes to barn style builds there are several frame options to choose from including post and beam, timber frame, and post frame.

Framing Options for Barns

Post and beam framing mimics the elegance of timber framing, though the joinery is less complex. The result of a post and beam barn is these beautiful timber structures have lower labor costs than their timber framing counterparts. Timber frame barns are a good option when you are going for the most stunning barn building possible, timber framing is the way to go. Post-frame barns are gorgeous, authentic wood barns on the outside and provide the perfect utility space on the inside. Post-frame buildings are a more visually appealing alternative to cold, industrial metal buildings. You'll find barn styles to include Dutch, English, and Pennsylvania. Of the types of barns, the Pennsylvania barn is the most common except for the little English barn. The majority of Pennsylvania barns are sheeted in timber planks, but there are some examples in stone and more permanent building materials. However, it is not the barn construction that is important, but rather their form and function.