The barn with the loft, built for your block.

Mostly the roofline, and what that does for the inside. An American barn has a raised centre section with a wing each side, which is what makes a loft possible. A skillion roof American barn keeps that shape with single-slope roofs. An Australian barn has less height in the centre and gives you width. A Quaker barn has a softer, stepped roofline over the wings. Our showrooms have displays, which tells you more in five minutes than any web page.

Yes, and it is the reason most people choose a barn over a large shed. The raised centre gives the height for a floor upstairs, over part or all of the footprint. Tell us what will go up there, because storage, a studio and a bedroom are engineered differently.

Tall enough to stand under the floor and stand on it. As a rule of thumb the centre walls need to be around 4.5 metres or more before a loft is comfortable to use, and a loft you will spend time in wants more. We size the centre bay height to what the loft is for, so say what it is for when you request your quote.

We only build steel, so take this with that in mind. Timber barns look wonderful and they suit some properties, but they are a maintenance item for life, and in a bushfire zone they are a harder conversation with the council. A COLORBOND® steel barn does not rot, warp, split or need painting, termites do not eat it, and it is engineered for your site and wind rating. If you want the timber look, a steel barn with a timber-look colour and a few timber features gets most of the way there.

People do it, and some of our barns are lived in. It changes the permit path considerably, because a building people sleep in is assessed differently to a shed, and it may also change the insulation, windows and doors you need. None of that is a problem if we know at the start. Tell us your plans when you request your quote so it is designed and engineered for what it will actually be.

Barns are custom sized, so the honest answer is: as big as your block, your council and your budget allow. Width, length and height are all yours to set. If you have a rough idea of what needs to fit, start there and we will size the building around it.

Yes. A barn is well over the 10 square metre line where Victoria requires a building permit, and if it will be lived in, the permit path is different again. We can assist you through the building permit process. We are not the permit authority, but our permit team deals with councils, title searches and building surveyors every working day, and we bring decades of experience and knowledge to it. If you would rather handle the permit yourself, that is your call.

Everything above the ground: the steel frame engineered for your site, the roof and wall sheeting, gutters, downpipes and flashings in your colour, the doors, windows and loft framing you chose, every bolt and bracket, and the engineering drawings and certificate made for your site and your job, with the plans for the permit. The slab, the labour to put it up and any internal fit-out are separate, and we can refer builders and concreters for both.

Engineering and the permit run first, then manufacture, then the delivery team confirms the date with you. A loft, a large span or an unusual site takes longer than a standard barn.

It depends on the size, the roof style, the doors and windows, the loft, insulation, and whether you build it yourself or have it built. Two barns the same size can be very different jobs, which is why every quote is tailored to the job. Tell us what you are planning and your tailored quote comes back within one working day, with no obligation.

Yes. Plenty of our customers put the kit up themselves or manage the build as owner-builders. If you would rather not, we can refer you to registered builders and independent concreters we have worked with for years. You stay in control of who you engage.

We deliver across Victoria and the NSW border region, and our barns stand on both sides of the Murray. Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and south-east Queensland are covered by arrangement.

Yes. Every kit is engineered to Australian standards for your site.