Barndominium Builders in Hendricks County, Indiana
We build barndominiums in unincorporated Hendricks County, Indiana: post-frame and pole barn homes, steel-frame shells, shouses with a shop bay, kit packages and turnkey builds. West of Avon and Brownsburg, the townships around Danville, Pittsboro, Lizton, North Salem and Clayton still have acreage within a short drive of Indianapolis. Start with the project survey and we will scope the home and the Hendricks County permits it needs.
- One county office, Hendricks County Planning & Building in Danville, issues the ILP and building permit
- Permits, fees and inspection requests run through the county's online portal
- Designed to the Hendricks County row of the state code table: 30-inch footings, 20 psf ground snow
- Pole barn, steel-frame, shouse and kit options, built turnkey or to a finished shell
Hendricks County at a glance
- County
- Hendricks County
- Population (2025)
- 193,510
- Residential permits
- Hendricks County Planning & Building Department (Building division), Danville
- ZIP codes
- 46122, 46112, 46168, 46123, 46167, 46118, 46149, 46165, 46121
Barndominium services in Hendricks County
Kits, shells and turnkey builds for Hendricks 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.
Hendricks County build facts
The local facts that shape a barndominium budget and schedule in Hendricks County, each with its source.
Permits, land & local facts
Residential permits: Hendricks County Planning & Building Department (Building division), Danville
- Minimum footing depth
- 30 inches
Hendricks County row, state code table (675 IAC 14-4.4, Table R301.2(1))
- Who issues the permit
- The Hendricks County Planning & Building Department's Building division reviews plans, issues improvement location and building permits and inspects new homes in the county's jurisdiction.
- 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 Hendricks County.
- Design standards
- Hendricks County posts minimum residential design standards and a residential design guidelines checklist with its building permit forms.
- Septic permit
- Residential onsite sewage systems in Hendricks County are permitted by the county health department under 410 IAC 6-8.3, with a published permit process and site plan review checklist.
- New homes
- Hendricks County issued 1,583 permits for new one-unit homes in 2025, averaging about $385,325 in permit value.
Source: co.hendricks.in.us
Source: law.cornell.edu
Source: co.hendricks.in.us
Source: co.hendricks.in.us
Source: www2.census.gov
- Small farms
- The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 544 farms in Hendricks County on 115,423 acres, about 340 of them under 50 acres.
Source: nass.usda.gov
Building a barndominium in Hendricks 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 Hendricks County the questions are who issues the building permit, who issues the zoning permit, and who approves the septic system.
Who issues the permit
Hendricks County Planning & Building Department (Building division), Danville. The Building division of the Hendricks County Planning & Building Department reviews plans, issues improvement location and building permits and inspects construction for compliance with the Indiana building code. A parcel inside one of the county's towns may fall under that town's own office instead, so we confirm jurisdiction first.
Zoning and land
Hendricks County Planning & Building Department. The same department issues the improvement location permit; its Planning division administers the Hendricks County Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Control Ordinance and staffs the Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals.
Hendricks County publishes minimum residential design standards and residential subdivision design guidelines alongside its permit forms. We read them for your parcel before a metal-sided plan is final.
Septic and well
Hendricks County Health Department, Environmental Health. The Hendricks County Health Department issues septic permits for residential onsite sewage systems under 410 IAC 6-8.3 and publishes its septic permit process, application and site plan review checklist.
Design figures
- Minimum footing depth: 30 inches, from the Hendricks County row of the state code table (675 IAC 14-4.4, Table R301.2(1)).
- Ground snow load: 20 psf, from the Hendricks County row of the state code table (675 IAC 14-4.4, Table R301.2(1)).
Have land in or near Hendricks County? Send us the parcel and we will map the permit path and price the build.
Floor plans for Hendricks 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 Hendricks County
Keep reading
The questions that usually come next for a Hendricks County build.
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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 Hendricks 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 Hendricks 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.co.hendricks.in.us
- Footings and snow loadSource for the footings and snow load fact above.law.cornell.edu
- Design standardsSource for the design standards fact above.co.hendricks.in.us
- Septic permitSource for the septic permit fact above.co.hendricks.in.us
- New homesSource for the new homes fact above.www2.census.gov
- Small farmsSource for the small farms fact above.nass.usda.gov
Building in Hendricks County: common questions
5 questions we get asked most often about building in Hendricks County. If yours is not on the list, ask it directly.
Do you build barndominiums near Danville and Pittsboro in Hendricks County?
Who issues the building permit for a barndominium in Hendricks County?
Does Hendricks County allow metal-sided homes?
How much does a barndominium cost in Hendricks County?
How long does a barndominium build take in Hendricks County?
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