Barndominium Builders in Boone County, Indiana
We build barndominiums across rural Boone County, Indiana: post-frame and pole barn homes, steel-frame shells, shouses with a shop bay, kit packages and turnkey builds. Most of our Boone County buyers are metro families moving onto a few acres north and west of Indianapolis, where the Boone County Area Plan office issues the permit for unincorporated land. Start with the short project survey and we will come back with a scope, a schedule and the permits your parcel needs.
- Unincorporated Boone County permits run through one office, the Boone County Area Plan
- Two-acre minimum lot where there is no public sewer, so most barndo parcels have room for a shop
- Designed to the Boone County row of the state code table: 30-inch footings, 20 psf ground snow
- Post-frame, steel-frame, shouse and kit options, built turnkey or to a finished shell
Boone County at a glance
- County
- Boone County
- Population (2025)
- 80,689
- Residential permits
- Boone County Area Plan (Area Plan Commission office), Lebanon
- ZIP codes
- 46052, 46071, 46075, 46077, 46147, 46035, 46102, 46050
Barndominium services in Boone County
Kits, shells and turnkey builds for Boone County parcels. We price against your land rather than a rate card.
- Barndominium Kits Barndominium kits and shell packages for Indiana land, drawn to your county's row of the state residential code table. Start with a free project survey.
- Custom Plans Custom barndominium floor plans drawn for your Indiana lot, county and budget — shop bays, lofts and porches included. Start with a free plan survey.
- Turnkey Builds One contract from bare land to move-in: parcel checks, zoning, septic and well, plans, the permits your county issues, construction, inspections and handover.
- Post-Frame Homes Post-frame and pole barn homes for Indiana land — posts, trusses and girts designed to your county's frost and snow row. Start with a free project survey.
- Steel Construction Red-iron clear-span frames designed to your county's own snow, wind and seismic row in the Indiana code, on drawings sealed by an Indiana-registered PE.
- Shouses Shop and house under one roof. In Indiana the wall between them is a fire-code detail, a zoning question and, if you hire help, a building-class one.
- Metal Homes Metal building homes clad to the Indiana Residential Code, checked first against the local design standards and covenants that can limit metal siding.
- Site Preparation Footings to your county's frost depth, septic soils read by a soil scientist, and drives the county highway office permits — Indiana ground, prepared in order.
- Permitting & Approvals One residential code covers all of Indiana, but permits are local. We find which offices govern your parcel, then carry zoning, septic and building approvals.
Boone County build facts
The local facts that shape a barndominium budget and schedule in Boone County, each with its source.
Permits, land & local facts
Residential permits: Boone County Area Plan (Area Plan Commission office), Lebanon
- Who issues the permit
- The Boone County Area Plan office issues improvement location permits (building permits) for new construction in unincorporated Boone County and the Town of Advance, and enforces the building ordinance there.
- Footings and snow load
- The 2020 Indiana Residential Code county table (675 IAC 14-4.4, Table R301.2(1)) sets a 30-inch minimum footing depth, a 20 psf ground snow load and seismic design category B for Boone County.
- Lot size without sewer
- Boone County's zoning ordinance requires 2 acres in all districts without public sewers, and 3 acres in the RE district.
- Septic permit
- The Boone County Health Department permits and inspects every onsite sewage system; a registered soil scientist's report comes first, and the system is sized by bedroom count.
- New-home values
- Boone County issued 907 permits for new one-unit homes in 2025 with an average permit value of about $494,668, the highest average among the central Indiana counties in the Census Bureau's county file.
Source: boonecounty.in.gov
Source: law.cornell.edu
Source: boonecounty.in.gov
Source: boonecounty.in.gov
Source: www2.census.gov
- Farm country at the metro edge
- The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 519 farms on 205,588 acres in Boone County, averaging 396 acres, and about 279 of them were under 50 acres.
Source: nass.usda.gov
Building a barndominium in Boone County: permits & land
Indiana's statewide residential code is the 2020 Indiana Residential Code (675 IAC 14-4.4), based on the 2018 International Residential Code. Building permits and inspections for houses are issued locally, by the city, town or county, not by the state. So for a parcel in Boone County the questions are who issues the building permit, who issues the zoning permit, and who approves the septic system.
Who issues the permit
Boone County Area Plan (Area Plan Commission office), Lebanon. The Boone County Area Plan serves the unincorporated areas of Boone County and the Town of Advance. It administers and enforces the zoning, floodplain and building ordinances and issues improvement location permits (building permits) for new construction, and it schedules the building inspections. Homes inside Lebanon, Zionsville, Whitestown and the other towns go to that municipality.
Zoning and land
Boone County Area Plan. The same office issues the improvement location permit under the Boone County Zoning Ordinance; the Area Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals hear rezonings, variances and special exceptions.
The Boone County Zoning Ordinance sets a 2-acre minimum lot in all districts without public sewers (3 acres in the RE district), requires public water and sewer for residential lots under one acre, and limits a new residential lot's depth to three times its width.
Septic and well
Boone County Health Department, Environmental Health. Onsite sewage systems installed in Boone County are regulated, permitted and inspected by the health department. The permit starts with an application and a soil report from a registered soil scientist, and the system is sized at 150 gallons per day per bedroom divided by the soil loading rate.
Design figures
- Minimum footing depth: 30 inches, from the Boone County row of the state code table (675 IAC 14-4.4, Table R301.2(1)).
- Ground snow load: 20 psf, from the Boone County row of the state code table (675 IAC 14-4.4, Table R301.2(1)).
Have land in or near Boone County? Send us the parcel and we will map the permit path and price the build.
Floor plans for Boone County builds
- Small Barndominium A small barndominium sized to the minimum house size your county's zoning sets — from 240 square feet in one Indiana district to 1,200 in another — with the state's tiny-house rules available below 400 square feet.
- 3-Bedroom Barndominium A three-bedroom barndominium planned around what Indiana's septic rule counts as a bedroom, so the den does not quietly become bedroom four.
- 4-Bedroom Barndominium A four-bedroom barndominium sized for a full household, with the septic step-up, basement-bedroom egress and upstairs layout planned in from the start.
- Modern Barndominium A modern barndominium — dark metal, big glass, low or shed roofs — checked first against the local design standards and covenants that decide whether that look is allowed on your lot.
- Barndominium with a Shop A barndominium with a shop under the same roof, planned around what the county's zoning lets the shop be used for — hobby, storage or a home business.
- Barndominium with a Garage A barndominium with an attached or detached garage, built to the dwelling-garage separation Indiana rewrote for itself and to your county's zoning.
Where we build around Boone County
Keep reading
The questions that usually come next for a Boone County build.
How Much Does a Barndominium Cost in Indiana?
Sourced cost ranges for kits, shells and turnkey builds, and what moves the number.
Read itAre Barndominiums Legal in Indiana? Codes, Zoning and Permits
Permits, zoning and septic approval for a barndominium, and who decides each.
Read itHow Long Does It Take to Build a Barndominium in Indiana?
How long a build takes from parcel to occupancy, and what sets the permit clock.
Read itBarndominium builders near Boone County
Nearby areas we build in. The permit office, zoning and septic authority can change at a city or county line.
Sources for this page
The primary documents behind the Boone County figures above. We would rather you checked them than took our word for it.
- Who issues the permitSource for the who issues the permit fact above.boonecounty.in.gov
- Footings and snow loadSource for the footings and snow load fact above.law.cornell.edu
- Lot size without sewerSource for the lot size without sewer fact above.boonecounty.in.gov
- Septic permitSource for the septic permit fact above.boonecounty.in.gov
- New-home valuesSource for the new-home values fact above.www2.census.gov
- Farm country at the metro edgeSource for the farm country at the metro edge fact above.nass.usda.gov
Building in Boone County: common questions
5 questions we get asked most often about building in Boone County. If yours is not on the list, ask it directly.
Do you build barndominiums near Lebanon and Zionsville in Boone County?
How much does a barndominium cost to build in Boone County?
Who issues the building permit for a barndominium in unincorporated Boone County?
How big a lot do I need for a barndominium in Boone County?
Can I buy a barndominium kit instead of a turnkey build in Boone County?
Ready to build in Boone County?
Tell us about your land and the home you want. We will come back with a plan, a permit path for your parcel and a price to build it.