Looking for reviews and opinions on companies that offer prefab and modular barns and or stalls…bonus points for people who have experience with these companies and built in FL. Who’s products are people thrilled with, who’s products missed the mark? Which companies deliver…both on promised timeframes and customer service? Who ordered the “kit” and built it themselves and who had one company do the entire build? What about mix and match experiences…she’ll from one company, stall fronts from another and the rest through local builders?
Researching building an 8 stall barn…likely with a slightly dressed up steel shell, European stall fronts and a tack room, feed room and small powder room. Trying to be cost conscious and still end up with an attractive, functional, quality structure in a timely manner.
Someone local with great references is your best bet, as you indicate.
If you can’t find such, this company seems to have a fair record of doing a good job and seems to be building the kind of barn you are looking for.
Here is one such barn they built you may like some of the features there:
https://www.classic-equine.com/herbstfarms
Just a place to start, no direct experience with them at all.
Some trainers here use MDBarnmaster and like their barns.
They are not always happy with the local contractors that company uses to get their barns up and finished, but they keep using them, so it must be ok.
We got our barn kit directly from the manufacturer, RHINO in Denton, TX and put it up ourselves:
They did an excellent job and their price was very competitive.
They also would recommend a builder that would put their building up.
That is a good second option for you, but first try your local builders, that is best.
RHINO only manufactures, builders buy from them, so may not fit what you need.
Going local is always first and best, but our local builders were over double what we could build ourselves, so that is why we didn’t go with any of them.
If you are not familiar with the building process, a builder is what you need and let them source the building that will best suit your needs.
Hope a poster familiar with your area will chime in with suggestions for you, that would be best.
Thank you Bluey. Hopefully I will get to hear from some geographically similar individuals but I really do appreciate the feedback from you and from anyone else anywhere who is willing to share!
Maybe try the Hunter/jumper forum?
There are some there showing in FL right now, I think and maybe some are familiar with barns and barn builders there?
