Where to put my pole barn.... perplexed..

[ph1gering]

Where to put my pole barn.... perplexed..

Got the town variance, got the builder, now I just got to figure out where to put it on my lot.. 40x40

Option 1 - Close to the current driveway, easy to put in road and utilities can see from house, requires a little more site work and feels like its sort of in the middle of the yard, making everything behind it sort of useless yard.

Option 2 - Long driveway, long utility runs, better location for it, less site work.

One thing that's bugging me is this is a corner lot with a fairly active road running the entire north side (top) of this picture, so having it in the way back could allow entry to it pretty easily from that road. Where up further in the yard is a giant berm which would make things a little more difficult.

Looking for opinions!!

 

[ph1gering]

Updated picture, option one will be more like that need to be 60 feet off that road..

 

[HoosierMark]

Go with option 1. It will cost less for the drive and not impact your view. You could also store things or expand on the right side of it. No brainer for me.

 

[bczygan]

Option one keeps your yard more contiguous.

Can you get a driveway cut from the side street? That would be ideal.

Option 1 all the way.

 

[ph1gering]

I can get a driveway from the other street if i wanted, but that would allow access from a busy road. Maybe i am just paranoid.. but wouldn't want to allow that quick access once its loaded with my toys/tools..

I am leaning pretty hard on option one too, but worried that behind the shop will just be like useless yard then.. that wont get used for anything..

 

[Jimmies63]

1) make sure your road back there isn't a state highway. Been burned in pa and ny. Ingress from a state hwy can be a challenge to get approved. Both of mine like looked like town roads.

2) option 1 gives you very little yard and sticks a metal barn inches from your house. I am in the option 2 camp. To heck with utility run costs. Peanuts over years. I'm putting mine 450' back of the main house to hide it.

 

[ph1gering]

I could move option one straight back 100-150 feet, but then i am taking out about 5 full grown trees and have to either grind or yank some stumps for good compaction/concrete.

It is a town road, spoke with the highway dept.

 

[Hpozzuoli]

I would move option 1 forward towards the house, but closer to the tree line and angle it towards your existing driveway. This way your yard is still open.

 

[efncrx]

^ I would look for a 3rd option myself.

 

[drg5490]

Non of those options will work, you'll need to put it in my yard instead!

 

[ph1gering]

Has to be 60' off side and 180' off main road that the current drive way is on, so option 1 is as close as i can got on those..

 

[Jimmies63]

I think you have option 3: remove some trees and push it back.

I have to take down four or five myself. I never mind. I have an Alaskan Mill so I slab the straight stuff and burn the smaller stuff in my stove. I also found there are a number of people around who will grind stumps. $125 for a big one. I would expect 5 modest stumps to price out at 350-400 and then you have a whole pile of mulch for your garden!

 

[ph1gering]

Yeah I think option 3 is best, its flat back there too making site work a breeze and dropping some trees isn't a big deal, i'll just rent a grinder and get it done..

Thanks for helping me think this through, the wife was useless.. just i dont care put it anywhere..

 

[justin1795]

I wouldn't let the trees bother you but I would think option 1 is the most cost effective in connections and driveway, also you wont require 2 of everytool. one for the house and one for the shop. my buddy has a golf cart to drive to his shop

 

[Fueler]

1: Definitely want to keep it far enough away from the road to avoid having it demolished when they decide to make it a 4 lane or add sidewalks, power lines, etc.
2: I don't believe you said which side your doors will be. I would avoid facing the doors to the prevailing winter winds if at all possible.
3: Since the house is not perpendicular to the road does the shop have to be?
Would that create the option 3 with option 1 at an angle to the road and moved back a bit?
4: How is the drainage with option 1?

 

[zcar751]

Well since the photo doesn't show the roads or the north south orientation it's kinda hard to say. You also don't show the back property line. How about some ground photos to show the site concerns. Personally I would move it into the lower left corner of the photo you posted. That is assuming that the road is on the top and right sides of the photo.

 

[volleyball]

I would not grind stumps, I would remove any organic material first.
Is this project going to be visually appealing? The closer to house the better it should look.
Will you have to put in an access road or is dumping gravel enough?

 

[Mattlt]

Do you have city water and/or sewer, or are you on well/septic system? If your own, keep in mind there will be setbacks from both of those.

I shuddered when you mentioned something about a large berm in your yard - hoping that's not your mound system!