The Grove - Barndominium House Plan
A corner office off the living room, a carport at the mud room door.
Front elevation (South): the 36 foot front porch and two cupolas.
Exterior renders show the steel version of this plan; the wood-framed set's windows and doors are as drawn on its own elevations.
In from the truck through the side door under the carport, boots off in the mud room. The Grove is a single-story 3-bedroom, 2-bath barndominium under 2,400 square feet: an office with its own door, a kitchen open to a vaulted living room, and porches front and back. The 14′ × 16′ office takes the south-west corner, two windows on the end wall. Whoever is on the calls shuts the office door on the house.
The Floor Plan
Key Features
- A 14′ × 16′ corner office behind its own door, with its own closet and two windows on the end wall
- A 20′ × 37′ living and dining room under a vaulted ceiling, the largest room in the house, entered through a foyer with a tubular skylight
- A 15′ × 13′ kitchen open to the living room, vaulted, with a counter window on the back wall, a barn door to the walk-in pantry and a sliding door onto the rear porch
- A master suite on the west side: a vaulted 14′ × 22′ bedroom with two windows on the west wall, its own bath and a 6′ × 12′ walk-in closet
- Two bedrooms across the house, 16′ × 11′ and 12′ × 15′, each with windows on two walls and its own closet, the hall bath off the same hallway
- A mud room with its own side door under the carport, a door to the laundry and the mechanical room through it
- A 20′ × 24′ carport on the east end wall, so there is no garage to build
- Tubular skylights pulling daylight into the hallway, mud room and foyer, and two cupolas on the ridge
- Porches front and back, 36 feet each, 576 square feet in all, each 8 feet deep, room for a table
Is This Plan Right for You?
A great fit if you want
- a 14′ × 16′ office behind its own door, with a closet and two windows on the end wall
- a 20′ × 37′ living and dining room under a vaulted ceiling, the kitchen open to it and a foyer at the front door
- a master suite with its own bath and walk-in closet on one side, two bedrooms and the hall bath beyond the hallway on the other
- a mud room with its own side door under a 20′ × 24′ carport, a door to the laundry, and a walk-in pantry off the kitchen
- porches front and back, 36 feet each, on a home under 2,400 square feet of conditioned space with no garage to build
View our other plans if you need
- an enclosed garage: see plans with a garage The Meadow
- an office with no shared wall to the house: the office here shares a wall with the living room and the master; see the plans with an office The Caprock
- a smaller home: see the plans under 2,000 square feet The Orchard
- a shop: see plans with an attached shop The Hearth
Tour The Grove
The Heart of the Home
Step in from the front porch and the 20′ × 37′ living and dining room runs from the foyer to the 15′ × 13′ kitchen, both vaulted. A barn door hides the walk-in pantry off the kitchen; the kitchen's sliding door opens onto the rear porch. Whoever is cooking looks through the opening down the 37 foot room.
The Office
Step through the office door off the living room and the 14′ × 16′ office takes the corner where the front wall meets the end wall. The end wall carries two windows. It shares one wall with the living room and one with the master bedroom. Whoever works here puts the desk under those windows and shuts the door.
The Bedrooms
Off the living room, the 14′ × 22′ master bedroom opens under a vaulted ceiling, two windows on the west wall. Its bath and a 6′ × 12′ walk-in closet open off it. The two other bedrooms sit across the house off the hallway, windows on two walls each. Whoever turns in early has no other bedroom through the wall.
Work & Service
Under the 20′ × 24′ carport, the side door opens straight into the mud room, a tubular skylight overhead. The 12′ × 6′ mud room opens off the hallway with a door to the 7′ × 11′ laundry and the mechanical room through it. Whoever comes in from the land stops here first, one door from the truck.
Outdoor Living
An 8′ × 36′ covered porch faces the front and an 8′ × 36′ porch runs along the back, 576 square feet, each 8 feet deep, room for a table. The front door opens under one porch, the kitchen's sliding door under the other. Whoever logs off early takes a chair out onto 36 feet of back porch.
Plan Specifications
Square footage
| Conditioned living area | 2,336 sq ft (heated and cooled living space, not the carport or porches) |
|---|---|
| Carport | 480 sq ft |
| Covered porches (front 288 sq ft + rear 288 sq ft) | 576 sq ft |
| Total under roof | 3,392 sq ft |
Building
| Span × length | 50′ × 50′ (50 ft clear span, 50 ft long) |
|---|---|
| Eave height | 12′ (where the roof meets the wall) |
| Ridge height | 20′-4″ |
| Roof | Gable, 4:12 (4 inches of rise per foot) |
| Stories | 1 |
| Ceiling height (flat areas) | 9′-0″ |
| Vaulted ceilings | Master Bedroom, Kitchen, Living / Dining |
Construction
| System | Designed for standard pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction |
|---|---|
| Interior walls | 4-1/2 in thick (2x4 framed) |
| Foundation | Not included; designed by your local structural engineer for your site, using the anchor bolt plan and loads from your building supplier |
Openings
| Doors | 19 (one entry door, one walk door from the mud room out under the carport, one sliding glass door from the kitchen onto the rear porch, one barn door, four sliding closet doors, ten 3 foot interior doors and one 2′-8″ door to the walk-in closet) |
|---|---|
| Windows | 16 (each bedroom has an egress window, big enough to climb out of in an emergency) |
| Skylights | 3 tubular (a small roof dome that pipes daylight down a reflective tube), in the hallway, mud room and foyer |
Rooms
| Master bedroom | 14′ × 22′ |
|---|---|
| Bedroom 2 | 16′ × 11′ |
| Bedroom 3 | 12′ × 15′ |
| Office | 14′ × 16′ |
| Living / dining | 20′ × 37′ |
| Kitchen | 15′ × 13′ |
| Master bath | 8′ × 12′ |
| Hall bath | 12′ × 7′ |
| Walk-in closet | 6′ × 12′ |
| Pantry | 5′ × 13′ |
| Foyer | 8′ × 7′ |
| Hallway | 4′ wide (3′-7½″ clear between the finished walls) |
Room sizes here are before the outside wall is taken off. The floor plans print finished sizes, a little smaller along an outside wall, and the presentation floor plan notes any corner a room gives up to a closet or a notch.
Service & extras
| Mud room | 12′ × 6′, with the side door under the carport |
|---|---|
| Laundry | 7′ × 11′ |
| Mechanical | 5′ × 11′ (off the laundry) |
| Carport | 20′ × 24′, on the east end wall |
| Cupolas | 2 (36 in, window panel) |
| Front porch | 8′ × 36′ |
| Rear porch | 8′ × 36′ |
Square footage
| Conditioned living area | 2,385 sq ft (heated and cooled living space, not the carport or porches) |
|---|---|
| Carport | 480 sq ft |
| Covered porches (front 288 sq ft + rear 288 sq ft) | 576 sq ft |
| Total under roof | 3,441 sq ft |
Building
| Span × length | 50′ × 50′ (50 ft clear span, 50 ft long) |
|---|---|
| Eave height | 12′ (where the roof meets the wall) |
| Ridge height | 20′-4″ |
| Roof | Gable, 4:12 (4 inches of rise per foot) |
| Stories | 1 |
| Ceiling height (flat areas) | 9′-0″ |
| Vaulted ceilings | Master Bedroom, Kitchen, Living / Dining |
Construction
| System | Designed for standard wood-frame construction |
|---|---|
| Exterior walls | 2×6 studs with continuous sheathing and braced wall panels, shown on the detail floor plan |
| Interior walls | 4-1/2 in thick (2x4 framed) |
| Foundation | Not included; designed by your local structural engineer for your site |
Openings
| Doors | 19 (one entry door, one walk door from the mud room out under the carport, one sliding glass door from the kitchen onto the rear porch, one barn door, four sliding closet doors, ten 3 foot interior doors and one 2′-8″ door to the walk-in closet) |
|---|---|
| Windows | 16 (each bedroom has an egress window, big enough to climb out of in an emergency) |
| Skylights | 3 tubular (a small roof dome that pipes daylight down a reflective tube), in the hallway, mud room and foyer |
Rooms
| Master bedroom | 14′ × 22′ |
|---|---|
| Bedroom 2 | 16′ × 11′ |
| Bedroom 3 | 12′ × 15′ |
| Office | 14′ × 16′ |
| Living / dining | 20′ × 37′ |
| Kitchen | 15′ × 13′ |
| Master bath | 8′ × 12′ |
| Hall bath | 12′ × 7′ |
| Walk-in closet | 6′ × 12′ |
| Pantry | 5′ × 13′ |
| Foyer | 8′ × 7′ |
| Hallway | 4′ wide (3′-7½″ clear between the finished walls) |
Room sizes here are before the outside wall is taken off. The floor plans print finished sizes, a little smaller along an outside wall, and the presentation floor plan notes any corner a room gives up to a closet or a notch.
Service & extras
| Mud room | 12′ × 6′, with the side door under the carport |
|---|---|
| Laundry | 7′ × 11′ |
| Mechanical | 5′ × 11′ (off the laundry) |
| Carport | 20′ × 24′, on the east end wall |
| Cupolas | 2 (36 in, window panel) |
| Front porch | 8′ × 36′ |
| Rear porch | 8′ × 36′ |
Included in This Plan Set
The Design Plan Set is eight pages in one PDF, sized to print at 24 × 36 inches (ARCH D). It is the set you send out for quotes and estimates; each page is listed below. One home, one license.
Included Pages
- A-001Cover sheet and legend
- A-100Presentation floor plan
- A-101Detail floor plan
- A-102Schedules
- A-111Roof plan
- A-201Exterior elevations
- A-202Exterior elevations
- L-001License and terms
Not included, handled by local professionals
- Foundation design: by your local structural engineer for your site, using the anchor bolt plan and loads from your building supplier
- Engineering drawings for the structure (provided by your chosen supplier)
- Plumbing, electrical and HVAC layouts, by your local trades to local code
The Design Plan Set is eight pages, delivered as a single PDF sized to print at ARCH D (24 × 36 in). It carries the detail a framing contractor and a truss manufacturer need to quote this exact home, enough for local contractors to price the slab foundation and the interior fit-out, and enough to take a real number to your lender.
Included Pages
- A-001Cover sheet and legend
- A-100Presentation floor plan
- A-101Detail floor plan
- A-102Schedules
- A-111Roof plan
- A-201Exterior elevations
- A-202Exterior elevations
- L-001License and terms
Not included, handled by local professionals
- Foundation design: by your local structural engineer for your site
- Roof truss engineering: the sealed truss drawings and layout from your truss manufacturer
- Plumbing, electrical and HVAC layouts, by your local trades to local code
Can I Build This?
Yes: every page is designed for standard pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction. Stamped structural drawings come from your building supplier's engineer, and permit review is with your local building department.
Why a pre-engineered metal building?
A PEMB encloses more home for the money than a wood-framed building and goes up in weeks. Its steel frames carry the roof, so no inside wall has to hold it up: the kitchen, living room and master bedroom can be vaulted. The frame layout on these pages follows standard metal building practice, so a supplier can quote it as drawn.
Who does what
We design the home: the rooms, where the doors and windows go, the elevations and the roof. Your building supplier engineers the steel frame for your site and confirms the vaulted ceilings against it. That is the usual split on a metal building project, and our pages are drawn to it.
Yes: every page is designed for standard wood-frame construction. The sealed truss drawings come from your truss manufacturer's engineer, the foundation design from your local structural engineer, and permit review is with your local building department.
Why wood framing?
A 2×6 wood frame is the construction framing crews work in and lumber yards stock, with a deeper wall cavity for insulation than a 2×4 wall. The roof is carried on trusses, engineered by your truss manufacturer for the spans these pages draw, and the kitchen, living room and master bedroom are designed with vaulted ceilings that follow the roof trusses. The braced wall panels on these pages follow the US building code's standard method; the header framing comes with the construction plan set, and any beam too large for the code's tables is marked there for an engineer to size.
Who does what
We design the home: the rooms, where the doors and windows go, the elevations and the roof, and the braced wall panels the US building code asks for. Your chosen truss manufacturer's engineer designs the trusses: the sealed truss drawings and layout for your exact roof, and they confirm the vaulted ceilings against the trusses they supply. Your local structural engineer designs the foundation, including any thickened footings under interior bearing walls. That is the usual split on a wood-framed project, and our pages are drawn to it.
What Will It Cost to Build?
$400,000 to $450,000
A home like The Grove is estimated to complete for $400,000 to $450,000 with you as your own general contractor, hiring the trades yourself. That covers the steel building and putting it up, the foundation, the inside finish, and an allowance for site work, utilities, driveway and septic.
It leaves out land, financing, sales tax, payroll taxes and insurance on labor, appliances beyond a standard allowance, landscaping and window coverings. Hiring a general contractor adds about 15 percent.
This is a rough estimate, not a quote. Costs vary by region by 15 to 25 percent, and your building supplier and local contractors will price it for your area. Our barndominium buying guide walks through what moves the number.
$475,000 to $525,000
A home like The Grove is estimated to complete for $475,000 to $525,000 with the owner acting as general contractor, including framing materials and labor, roof trusses, metal roofing and wall panels, the foundation, interior finish, and an allowance for site work, utilities, driveway and septic.
It excludes land, financing, sales tax, labor burden, appliances beyond a standard allowance, landscaping and window coverings, and hiring a general contractor typically adds about 15 percent.
This is a rough estimate, not a quote: costs vary by region by 15 to 25 percent, and your framing contractor and local trades will price for your chosen building location. Our barndominium buying guide walks through what moves the number.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the office a real room, or a corner of the living room?
A real room. The office is 14′ × 16′ in the south-west corner of the building, behind a door of its own off the living room. It has a closet and two windows on the end wall. It shares one wall with the living room and one with the master bedroom. The two bedrooms are across the house.
Where do the boots, the dogs and the supplies go?
Under the carport and through the side door into a 12′ × 6′ mud room with a tubular skylight. A door leads to the 7′ × 11′ laundry. A 5′ × 13′ walk-in pantry opens off the kitchen behind a barn door. The hooks and cubbies are yours to add.
Why a carport and not a garage?
The carport gives the truck a covered spot without the cost of an enclosed garage. It is 20′ × 24′ on the east end wall, and the mud room's side door opens under its roof, so you walk in dry. That keeps the building itself to 50′ × 50′ and the conditioned area under 2,400 square feet.
Can I build The Grove with any metal building supplier?
Yes. Every page is designed for standard pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction, so any steel building supplier can quote this home as drawn. Their engineer then provides the stamped engineering drawings for the steel building, along with an anchor bolt plan and the loads for your site, and your local structural engineer designs the foundation from them.
Is the plan stamped, engineered, or permit-ready?
No. No plan set is a permit. This design set is for quotes, budgeting, and financing; permit review comes later, on a construction plan set (ours is launching soon) with the engineering your building department requires. The Grove is designed and informed by the IRC (USA) and NBC Part 9 (Canada). Local permit review is between you, your builder and your building department.
Is a steel barndominium a good choice in a wildfire zone?
Yes, with the rest done right. The steel frame and the metal wall and roof panels do not burn, the kind of construction wildfire rules favor. A metal roof also carries the top fire rating, Class A. Ember-resistant vents, boxed eaves, tempered windows and cleared ground around the house decide the rest. No home is fireproof.
Is the office a real room, or a corner of the living room?
A real room. The office is 14′ × 16′ in the south-west corner of the building, behind a door of its own off the living room. It has a closet and two windows on the end wall. It shares one wall with the living room and one with the master bedroom. The two bedrooms are across the house.
Where do the boots, the dogs and the supplies go?
Under the carport and through the side door into a 12′ × 6′ mud room with a tubular skylight. A door leads to the 7′ × 11′ laundry. A 5′ × 13′ walk-in pantry opens off the kitchen behind a barn door. The hooks and cubbies are yours to add.
Why a carport and not a garage?
The carport gives the truck a covered spot without the cost of an enclosed garage. It is 20′ × 24′ on the east end wall, and the mud room's side door opens under its roof, so you walk in dry. That keeps the building itself to 50′ × 50′ and the conditioned area under 2,400 square feet.
Can I build The Grove with any framing contractor?
Yes. Every page is designed for standard wood-frame construction: 2×6 exterior walls with continuous sheathing, braced wall panels drawn to the US building code's standard method, and roof trusses. A framing contractor and a truss manufacturer can quote the home from this set; the sealed truss drawings and layout come from the truss manufacturer's engineer when you order with the construction plan set, and your local structural engineer designs the foundation for your site from that set and the loads from your truss manufacturer.
Is the plan stamped, engineered, or permit-ready?
No. No plan set is a permit. This design set is for quotes, budgeting, and financing; permit review comes later, on a construction plan set (ours is launching soon) with the engineering your building department requires. The Grove is designed and informed by the IRC (USA) and NBC Part 9 (Canada). The sealed truss drawings come from your truss manufacturer's engineer, the foundation design from your local structural engineer, and local permit review is between you, your builder and your building department.
Is a wood-framed barndominium a good choice in a wildfire zone?
It can be. The metal roof and metal wall panels help with the exterior rules wildfire codes set, and the wood framing behind them stays protected only while that skin holds. Ember-resistant vents, boxed eaves, tempered windows and cleared ground around the house decide the rest; ask your insurer how they rate a wood frame under metal.
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