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A barndominium, also known as a barndo, is a metal pole barn, post-frame or barn-like structure with sheet metal siding that has been partially or fully converted into a furnished home or living area.
Pole building design was pioneered in the 1930s in the United States originally using utility poles for horse barns and agricultural buildings. The depressed value of agricultural products in the 1920s, and 1930s and the emergence of large, corporate farming in the 1930s, created a demand for larger, cheaper agricultural buildings. [2]
One American builder estimates that 5% of its buildings have an attached living area, some of which are small apartments. [3] They cite several concerns about building a housebarn. Since fewer people are interested in owning a living quarters attached to the house, housebarns have a more limited marketability. [ 3 ]
Kit house: a type of pre-fabricated house made of pre-cut, numbered pieces of lumber. Sears Catalog Home: an owner-built "kit" houses that were sold by the Sears, Roebuck and Co. corporation via catalog orders from 1906 to 1940. Laneway house: a type of Canadian house that is constructed behind a normal single-family home that opens onto a back ...
Garage-apartment: an apartment over a garage; if the garage is attached, the apartment will have a separate entrance from the main house. Garlow: a portmanteau word "garage" + "bungalow"; similar to a garage-apartment, but with the apartment and garage at the same level.
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