Hey guys! I’m hoping you can help me. I’m moving to North Carolina this summer and I’m looking for ballpark figures on what it costs to build a barn (center aisle with 10 stalls, tack room, feed room, a couple grooming bays), fence the property for horses (cost of fencing and installation) and potentially build a ring (both the cost of building the arena and any footing that you like). If anyone has any numbers from their own builds that they’d like to share I’d really appreciate it!
It really really really various on area and the type of barn that you build (material wise) and fencing that you choose. Other factor is the land itself. My farm had a mostly flat area but the site prep work was surprisingly expensive. Then electric…how far do you run wire? That gets pricey fast. Water? Where I am, we have to drill a well. Took 3 tries to strike for me…and then that well ran dry a few years in and I had to drill well 4…good well but far from the barn (down hill) so instead of 12,000 it was over 20,000.
rather than on the internet…hire yourself a good contractor and have them give you a budget idea. You need local knowledge…especially to know if the land will be good for horses (not a swamp or hard or full of holes…grow good grass etc).
I love my farm and built from scratch…I did a lot of research, knew the area but a few things still surprised me. Don’t forget to know your zoning etc too. 10 stalls in a lot of areas is commercial and you have a few more hoops to jump through…other places it doesn’t matter.
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In Virginia, 10 plus years ago, doing a lot of work myself (painting, runs to get material, to the landfill, etc.)
Barn - 6 stall tackroom wah stall =$200,000
Arena 150x70 sand on bluestone fenced =$25,000
3board black painted fence and some cross fence 40 acres =$30,000
Basically, everything you earn past present and future goes towards a farm-build project.
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Got quotes for wire mesh horse fencing for $6 to $7.50 per foot. Ended up doing three oak board fencing by myself for $4 per foot
Got quotes for buried water lines from 3.50 to $5.50 per foot, DIY ended up being $2 per foot. Automatic waterers are $1000 each to install plus the price of the waterer.
