I made a website to make it easier to find barndo builders
Hey fellow barndo enthusiasts,
About a month ago, I started a website to make finding builders easier for other people wanting a barndominium.
It's called BarndoBuilderList
Why did I spend 60 hours building this when Google Maps already exists?
- A lot of builders don't advertise themselves as "barndominium builders", even if they have built many.
- Some great barndo builders only show up if you search carport builders, pole barn builders, or something similar.
- Looking for builders that do specific things like site prep, financing, etc. required goign through a lot of reviews.
- I see people posting in here all the time wondering about builders in their area.
I got interested in barndos about a year ago. I've got a family, and I want an affordable place for us to settle long-term that won't hamstring us financially for decades.
I'm very research and detail oriented, so I wanted to build something that helps other people like me.
To put this together, I scraped Google Maps listings across 16 different search terms (barndo builder, metal building contractor, shouse builder, etc etc you name it).
In total, I got 84,944 listings and narrowed it down to 1,512 builders based on barndominium website signal (dedicated barndo page, repeated mentions, or at least one clear on-site reference), and added extra details like 35,686 scraped Google reviews, filterable review theme tags, and customer quote excerpts.
If you're looking for someone to build your barndominium, feel free to check out BarndoBuilderList.com
Thanks for reading this. If this post is against the rules, feel free to remove it.
If you check it out, please let me know if there's any improvements I can make to make it more useful.