Barndominiums In Texas: Prefab Projects Designed & Built By Our Customers

Eric and Carolyn S. started looking into purchasing a Quonset hut barndominium in 2015, when he and his wife, Carolyn, purchased 40 acres of raw land in central Texas. The couple looked for inspiration on Pinterest and eventually stumbled upon SteelMaster Buildings.

The couple hired barndominium builder Barney Reynolds with Round Top Home Builders to help him assemble his dream home. After doing additional research, Barney and Eric both agreed that they wanted to purchase SteelMaster buildings due to the quality of our products.

It took a contractor approximately 10 days to erect the arches of Eric’s barndominium. The endwalls of the buildings were completed with local crews.  Nine months later, their 30’ X 50’ home was complete.

Eric and Carolyn’s friends say their SteelMaster barndominium looks like it should be in a magazine, with its open floor plan and rustic decor.
“When we have friends come out, we haven’t had anybody come out that wasn’t genuinely impressed with the style and quality of the construction,” Eric said.

Not only is the home picture perfect, but Eric says it’s very energy efficient and saves the couple money.
“I had a friend that was living out here in an RV during construction. My electricity bills are lower than his RV for a 2,500 square foot home,” he said.

Eric and Carolyn are installing a 750 square foot apartment in the other SteelMaster building, a 40’ X 60’ barn. They also ordered two SteelMaster carports to maintain the “metal arch look” on their property.

Linda and her husband Dennis purchased land in Bandera, Texas near a lake. They wanted to build a barndominium and took an interest in metal Quonset Hut style buildings. She promptly called SteelMaster to get her dream home started

Dennis created his own tools and even came up with a unique system to help raise the arches of his prefab barndominium. It took him 30 days to get the arches up and four years to slowly customize every inch of the home.

The possibilities are endless with SteelMaster’s metal Quonset huts. We have buildings that can fit any customer’s needs–from small sheds to homes, SteelMaster can do it all.

Although the couple knew they wanted to live inside of a Quonset hut home, Linda and Dennis did not have a solid plan on how they wanted their steel barndominium to look and “went by the seat of their pants.”

Linda says she especially loves the big open space of her steel Quonset hut barndominium, and she made sure to keep the “arch look” in every room of their home.

Linda also found out that just owning a Quonset hut home would earn her a discount with her insurance company. SteelMaster’s buildings are extremely durable and are built to withstand heavy snow, wind and hail–a plus for insurance companies.