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Traditionally Customkit Buildings have specialised in customized timber barns catering for the discerning buyer looking for high quality buildings to add value to their properties.
Over the years demand has seen a move into housing both traditional and barn style using mostly board and batten or plywood and batten to be more specific as a cladding. This is not to say other claddings are not available just that the plywood and batten giving the board and batten effect is well liked and very economical.
In the past there has always been some demand for accommodation in barns temporary and permanent, with many people changing or converting their buildings in the initial building stage or at a later date.
Nowadays with changes to the building regulations and a tightening of controls these conversions are becoming more difficult as a retrofit and can be quite costly.
All buildings must now have a Code of Compliance issued by Council within two years of consent issue. Councils will issue an extension however usually only for six months meaning it is not possible to construct a building over a long period of time, making changes as you build and then expect to get a Code of Compliance.
Without this in today’s world the sale of a property is seriously hampered with solicitors, banks and potential buyers demanding a Code of Compliance without which the property value is considerably diminished.
Due to the increasing demand for multipurpose buildings to fulfil a range of uses for storage, workshops as well as accommodation we have designed and released a new range of buildings to specifically fulfil that demand.
These buildings are designed to have maximum barn/utility area as much as 75% with a small amount of accommodation. Ideal for transient motor home owners, people making their first move to the land wishing to minimise their mortgage commitments and the like.
So what is the difference between the three building types?
- Barns are buildings specifically designed and used as workshops, storage facilities, to house vehicles, house animals etc. They are generally unlined and they can be fitted out with a toilet and shower facility and still remain a barn. These buildings are designed and built to a less stringent set of building standards due to their usage.
- A house on the other hand whether it be a conventional home or a barn style home must be built to a higher standard for habitable purposes. The building regulations are much more stringent hence the increased cost of building a home.
- Our barns with accommodation are a combination of both allowing people to legally build a building, which is specific in its use and complies with all the building regulations for both residential and ancillary buildings. Due to the large area of barn/utility area and the smaller habitable area they are generally less expensive to build than a conventional residential building as well as being for a specific multipurpose user.
