Wow. Wasn’t expecting an actual cost estimate and breakdown like this. These videos don’t normally have anything beyond “You know... it’s different for everyone.”

Kyle is a legit great guy. After watching a few of his videos 4 years ago I emailed him out of the blue with some random questions on a post frame I was remodeling at my house. He instantly replied with great ideas to each email I sent him.

As a general contractor I can say there is no good reason not to share numbers. We show the customer ALL costs. Then the bottom line shows where we make profits and cover overhead. We consistently get great feedback from clients appreciating our method. Open and transparent. We run 100% on word of mouth and repeat business. Greta video Kyle! Always appreciate your content 💪

It's great! My shed has been completed and it turned out nice looking and sturdy and it is way better than the sheds that many of my neighbors had put up. Of course, I'm pleased with the outcome and this Ryan's kzfaq.infoUgkxGZedDTcDfgD7fG_uU4esfx_EgxzlY2_1 Plans was extremely useful to me as a guide.

Just built a 40x60x16 steel building in Yukon, Canada. Building cost was 50k, concrete mono pad was 21k, 2x insulated 12x14’ doors were 15k, propane Reznor heater was 7k, and insulation was 15k. Probably another 6k to put a second meter and 200 amp service. I did 3/4 plywood on the bottom 8’ and that was 3k. Costs are crazy in Nothern Canada. I shopped around and did most of the work myself.

I really appreciate the transparency with cost. I honestly do not know why most builders gatekeep prices on the homes and always say "It depends" when people want to know the specific cost for the home you just built to gauge how much their build might cost. Thanks again!

I just recently in the last two months had a 40 x 60 building built. Accumulated price, tallied all up was just under 69K. That included 6 inch concrete floor, six windows, one man door and two fully operational garage doors (12x10) No insulation, no wiring and no plumbing...Which I can do most of that myself. This guy truly seems like a straight shooter with no BS attached! Love these videos for sure. Thanks for all you do Kyle👍

Really enjoying watching different types of building projects on your channel. Cheers!

2019. After a year of watching this channel. I build my first thing ever. 26x36 pole building. 13ft ceiling from the slab. It cost me 14k to build. Materials only included 1 man door, 2 windows, 12x10 door. (Wish i went 16 wide). I did all the ground work with rented equipment, i bought a cheap sight level to score grade height and squared it with string and tape measure. After building, i back filled and tamped for slab. 26x36x6in slab poured and finished for 5500$. Whole project cost me no wiring yet, with insulation roof and walls, with equipment costs 22k. Its no R&R building for sure, but doesn’t look different than the pro buildings around here.

I’m in the middle of planning my own garage/workshop and this was VERY helpful! Thanks Kyle! Happy holidays to you and yours.

Hi Kyle....... loving all the content - what a great year of escape watching your channel...... so far removed form my day to day but love the work you guys produce, precision and attention to detail that many working on smaller scales don't work to....... 👏 👏 👏

Hey, this was incredibly helpful. You took a lot of the mystery in the contractor bidding process and made it understandable..people can easily scale this for the location they live. It gives a lot better idea of how this all works than walking into a bidding process totally blind. Thanks for taking the time to explain it all!

Awesome video, Kyle. Transparent, on point, no fluff, no bluff, just the raw facts. This is one of my biggest respect points for you and your business. You say it as it is, how it is.

I enjoy watching all of your series. You’re a true craftsman looking to build the best post frame structure you possible can. Keep the content coming!

Kyle is da man! 🔥 Our local contractor is very angry. He said doing a 40x60x14 with no walls, posts sunk 4' in ground sitting on a plastic footer was $75k. No interior or exterior walls. No ceiling. No insulation, and No doors or windows. He said a 40x60 roof was equivalent to your completed 30x40.

Thanks Kyle. This was EXTREMELY helpful and well presented. I appreciate the effort and honesty that went into it!

Hey Kyle, Thanks for taking the time and doing a cost comparison between 2018 and now. You just confirmed what I've experienced here in Oregon. As a custom home builder I am continually shocked at the prices every time I put together an estimate for a project.Good to see you don't compromise on quality despite the craziness! Keep up the good work!

This is amazing. So well spoken, clear, and thought out. Nicely done

Appreciate you taking the time to break this down. Hope you, Greg and your families have a Merry Christmas.

Thanks for taking the time to do this, you're a class act Kyle! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Really appreciate your videos.

I really appreciate the cost breakdown. It helps to understand which features add a little or a lot of cost to the project. The comparison of 3 years ago vs. today is also very enlightening. Thank you!

Great video Kyle! I’m a small contractor in NC, and I’m thinking of building a small machine shed for my farm, using post frame. I’ve built many small structures using the standard building practices, but I can see the value in building this way. Your remarks about pricing jobs for clients were dead on! Thanks for the time you take to produce these videos! Stay safe and healthy. Merry Christmas, and I hope you have a very prosperous new year! Mark

Great video, exactly what I was looking for. It was detailed enough to give anyone an idea of the cost to build a shop. Really appreciate the time you put in on your videos to teach people how to build an efficent shop. Keep up the great work!

45 Year Construction Guy here….Closing in on retirement. SUPER GREAT PRESENTATION. !!!, that also highlighted the crazy material costs market we are now in. Granted,, you can sell your house and property at a greatly increase price in these times…. BUT THE INFLATION of material costs and somewhat labor costs for a new home, offsets your gain on selling your present home. Thanks for the presentation. Very PROFESSIONAL!!

Words alone are not enough to describe my respect for this trade. I've been watching these videos for a couple of years now and I remember watching this build and even marked it as a favorite that I often reference just to keep me centered and focused on my dream. One day, it will be mine. :-) The detail and precision absolutely matters! Thank you Kyle.

Thanks for posting this video, I'll be looking for property next year and will want a hobby shop, this helps with figuring out costs of my shop. Thank you so much been wanting to see this for a while.

This was one of the most insightful video you have ever done Kyle. Good to know how materials and labor add up to a certain amount 3 years ago and now in the end of 2021. It's a pity your work is delayed by the shortage of building materials in the U.S. but you still make it work somehow and create useful content. Best wishes and merry Christmas from Hungary!

Thx Kyle! Big fan of your work! I came from a contractor family so I love learning how others accomplish their tasks. I’m planning a 50x40x14 right now so this came st the PERFECT time! Merry Christmas bro!!

Extremely helpful, gives a great basic idea of what a post frame costs. Thank you sir.

Kyle, Thanks for the transparency. I appreciate the ballpark estimate. I know costs can vary greatly from one region to another. Videos like this one make working with craftsmen (like yourself) much easier. Your discussion about the door is a prime example. The cost savings from a door that does not have a thermal break in the jam are not worth the savings. I will certainly use the information as I plan my own project.

I really enjoyed the breakdown on the building. I've been watching your videos so that I can understand how it's constructed. This is fantastic for me to look at current information. Keep up the videos I enjoy them. Blessings

Your videos are always so informative and real. I love how transparent you are and your willingness to teach! Keep putting out great content.

This 100% helps. Fantastic info. I come from a stick frame background and can compare. Key takeaway should be for folks is that they need to start a KZfaq channel as well if they want to afford your tools and make a profit :)

This is exactly what I'm seeing right now in Tennessee. Almost 40-50% more now then back a couple years ago. The thing that blows my mind is how busy builders are. I'm seeing a waiting period like 3-4 months to get a building done. Thanks Kyle! Keep up the great job!!

Thanks for breaking it down. Really appreciate all of the info and the work you put into the channel!

This is by far the best video I’ve seen on escalating building construction costs. Your openness and candor was amazing. As a consumer, I now have a great perspective on what I’m getting into. I know this video will be helpful for the builders out there as well.

This video is valuable. Thank you. As a homeowner or DIY guy, this video allows me decide what I can omit, until later so I can maximize the size of the structure. “Who builds a building before he counts the cost?” That’s the struggle for me. You made it clear. Would you say this was a 7 day job for you? Would you bid it today for 50-55K? Your channel rocks. I hope you have a prosperous new year.

Kyle even with the cost increases I fill it's still a great investment due to the quality and the versitility of your designs. Great vid

Awesome and appreciated the open honesty in the numbers. Merry Christmas to the Stumpenhorst family and of course to Greg as well.

Thanks Kyle! I plan on building a couple post frame buildings soon and have been watching your videos for great ideas and craftsmanship. It's nice seeing the quality of items you use and why you like them along with the cost so i can make a determination if that's something I want to do myself. It's very helpful when budgeting so I can make educated decisions. I also wouldn't worry too much about disclosing costs. By being upfront you let people decide if they can afford your work quality or not at this point in their lives. If not you've saved yourself a lot of time with inquiries, but there will also be people on the other side who think it's not as much as they thought and may become your customers. Thanks for the great content :)

I think the biggest disappointment for myself and many of my peers is just when things in life started to fall in line financially, for myself about 4 years ago, i looked at the market and the cost of things and said “ok, in the next 3-4 years i need to be in this position to to be able to afford what i always wanted”. Now that time has elapsed and i have my financial goals in line as from where i set them, but the the finish line has been moved 50% farther down the field, making a build like much of what i see on your social media platforms, unattainable for the time being.

Great bid Kyle! Would've been great to see the numbers on the screen or pictures/graphics (specific windows, company names, % increase)! You're a rockstar, keep it up!

Thank you Kyle... Very good information that provides a general idea or "go-by" if you will. Really appreciate your time spent on breaking this down. The more I watch your videos, the more I think I might want to tackle my build, but then again as you stated in another video... Not sure if I can prioritize the time. Again thanks for your content, and keep up the killer builds!

That's really generous of you to offer up that info. Good job. Always enjoy your videos.

Thanks for sharing Kyle. You the GOAT!

Thanks for the great info. But, the cost of outside steel going from $6.2K to $12K is over a 93.5% increase, almost doubled, not 50%, as you said. A 50% increase would be $3.1K (for a total of $9.3K).

Thanks very much for this video! Having watched all your videos this answers so many of the things I have always wanted to know. This helps me so much for planning my project! Love your content!!

Thanks Kyle. Long time watcher of the channel. Super helpful video, well presented and rare honesty for youtube and tradesmen when it comes to costs. Keep up the great work.

This was a great video. I’m a builder and it’s nice to see your not alone. Struggling with this crazy inflation, trying to just hold on and ride this roller coaster. Keep on being great Kyle.

Drives me nuts that everyone doesn't do this type of cost breakdown. Anyone who thinks prices won't change over time clearly needs a helmet so its safe to ignore those clowns. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

As a fellow contractor and moving to strictly post frame buildings this was an awesome video to watch. I have watched most of your videos and will tell you that you are a contractor to look up to and strive to be like. Your quality and care in your buildings is like none other and you just don’t see that a lot anymore, especially in my area. Keep them coming and love learning from your videos.

Kyle, I want to say thank you for this video, very informative, and great info. You have a fantastic channel. I've been following for quite a while. Keep up the good work!

Great video Kyle! This was very helpful as I plan to build a post frame house in the next year or two. Your video series are excellent as well! I am a high school shop teacher and I wish watching your channel would count as continuing education credits! When I teach my Construction Trades class I supplement with your videos. You explain it very clearly, thank you! Merry Christmas!

We were all ready to build last spring (36' x 48') - but lumber was literally four times what it normally was so we did more land clearing while we waited. The land clearing ended up turning into a much larger project as we needed to build a massive concrete block retaining wall (add 10k). Once the land was cleared and we knew how big we could go, we upped the width from 30' to 36'. I did every part of the building that I could myself, and it wound up costing about $40k. That price includes having the Amish install the tin. It just got too late in the year and we needed to get the tin on fast - not something I was able to do by myself in December! The building has four high quality 36" x 60" windows, three man doors, a 10' x 16' garage door with a chain life (not fully installed yet - waiting on parts), and a 8' x 8' overhead door (manual lift). We are just starting the insulation and have an interesting way of doing it with local materials. We will do a price breakdown when we are done, but the 40k mentioned above is pretty close so-far. As I said earlier, I built the thing by myself wherever possible - I have no heavy machinery - and hired out the things I couldn't (or shouldn't) do. I made a time lapse of the process that has chapters in the description that link to all of the videos if anyone wants to see how I did the shell. The insulation and interior framing are a work in progress 😊

Hugely valuable to hear an expert talk about this. Really gives a perspective when talking to builders locally.

This video was very helpful to me. Looking to do a barndo in a few years, I’m hoping the prices will go back down!! Really appreciate you taking the time to do that kind of breakdown and being so transparent with the world! Rock on brother!!

Mr. Kyle , are your prices negotiable, I will bring all the vitamin T need it. Meaning tacos, tortas and tamales. ( carnitas with a green salsa)... 🤣🤣🤣

Just want to say you are fantastic person to not only share your incredible skills with the world, but to help people get a clear understanding of how cost affects the bottom line for do-it -yourselfers especially like myself. Keep up the great content, really enjoy your channel Kyle!!

Huge thanks on taking the time to break everything down and make this video. Really appreciate this.

Thank joe for that 50%

Let’s go Brandon ...!!!!!! Thanks for taking the time to lay all this out.

I've been watching you for a few years now and I've always thought in my head that if I ever built a garage, I'd like to have you do it. Watching someone like yourself go through a project, paying attention to details, efficiency, and care is just amazing. And doing a pure honest video like this despite cost inflations and such just makes me as a customer want to do business with you even more. So long are the days of honest workers who truly care about their craft over making a buck or obfuscating the truth. Cudos.

That's a valuable Christmas gift Kyle - thank you! Merry Christmas to you and your family - God bless you all.

Thanks Joe Biden...Let's Go Brandon!!!

Absolutely appreciate doing this informative video!! Planning my own build for the summer. You cleared up some questions I had.

This was extremely helpful, I'm starting to look down the road to build a 50x72 so this definitely helps avoid the sticker shock. Keep up the awesome work

I love the show. Maybe I misheard but I believe you said the metal went from 6k to 12k, a 50% increase. That would actually be a 100% increase. I'm a roofing contractor and boy oh boy has steel gone up. Im currently building a 48x36 post frame on my land in Oregon. Im getting so many great ideas and info from you. Thank you so much for all the hard work. Respect.

Kyle this is Hella helpful for a few reasons. You really do set the standard for the right way to build a building. I see the horror stories of everything from post frames to half a million dollar houses that were half assed. You put your work out there in detail and show what we should expect. And by doing these videos you are keeping other builder honest because you are teaching the clients what they should expect for the money. We are hoping to make the move from Ohio back to N.C and will probably end up building a house and getting a shop built on property and I hope that if I can't convince yall to come build it, you will have a recommendation on who I can trust to do it.

Kyle, this was presented exactly as i was hoping for. Thanks for this! Great perspective and useful information.

Thanks Kyle!!! This video is like a magician showing us how how he does his "magic". Thank you so much for being open and sharing the costs.

I work for a county road dept. We just had a new pole building built for us for an equipment shed. It is 180 feet long by 40 feet deep and 14 feet tall. It was divided into 13 bays. There is no floor, no electricity and no plumbing. There are no doors or windows on it and it isn't insulated. Its 3 sided with the 4th side left open so we can drive equipment into the bays. It took them about 1 week to build it start to finish. The contractor charged us $196,000 for the building. We did all the prep work too. Taxpayers shelled out a ton for that building. Personally, I think we got ripped off

Thank you very much for your time, effort, love and commitment into teaching others. Its a great channel and the frames are astonishing Thank you and keep up the good work Greetings from Chile

I appreciate the openness and transparency. You do amazing work, and this was great to see. Thanks!

Thanks Kyle. Your videos are great, including this one. I appreciate you being open like that... most builders aren't that open.

Thanks for sharing that info for people who aren't in the trade to see. I do mostly bathroom renos and for a very basic bathroom, it's $10,000. $5,000 material. $1000 plumber. $4,000 for my labour and overhead. When it's all done my take home money after tax is about $2,000. And some people want to negociate. If I would give 10% off, I would reduce my income by 40-50%. Now I just break down the quotes to show 80% of the money doesn't go into my pocket. The opposite is also true. If I manage to charge $11,000, that's only an extra 10% cost to the client and I increase my net by 25-30%. Cheers !

Thank you so much for the transparency and honesty. I have always wished that I was in your work area.

Very helpful, I think the service you offer is very unique and I’ve been following along for years! When the time comes to build a bigger shop I will be reviewing your work for ideas! Merry Christmas!

Thanks for the details. I built one of these in 2018, and it was a first attempt. Very happy with it. my results were very close to yours dollar for dollar. These are great builds, very sturdy and best bang for the buck at the end of the day.

this video was very helpful. It's one thing to watch your video's as they are fantastic. It's another thing for those of us planning on adding a post-frame structure to have a realistic cost comparison. Thank you for sharing the details!!! Great job.

This is sweet! Thanks Kyle, love your videos! Looking forward to seeing more of your builds and seeing more of you tips and tricks!

Appreciate the time you put into this. I’m sure it helps your viewers more than it pays you and if that’s wrong than awesome! Win wins!!

Very grateful, it's a video that most would have on their mind but find it extremely rare to have it reported in such an honest matter. All the best to you !

This video is fantastic - thank you! 3 years ago I got quotes for a detached pole barn garage, and started to save. I since moved houses and am pulling the trigger this month (Jan 2022), and this video confirms the drastic price increases from my quote 3 years ago and makes me feel a whole lot better paying what I am. Thanks again!

Thanks Kyle. Your a stand up guy and one of the last good guys out there. I live in a small town and have a ranch style house with de attached garage that sets off to the back I’ve a huge 20x40 slab in front of the garage I was thinking of adding a post frame in font of. Your videos have showed me you can add building without sacrificing style. Hopefully I can get something done in the new few years affordability wise before things get to out of control cost wise or before I’m pushing daisies.

Contractor here in DE. Ofcourse! Big help! Appreciate your time, you have made an impact in my mindset and biz. Thx again! Cheers!

Thanks for taking the time to do this. It was very helpful.

Thanks for doing this Kyle. Very informative and well presented. Keep up the great work.

I would have thought in 2018 you could have gotten 40-50k. Your one of the best out there.

Great summary. Good dose of reality. Thanks for taking the time. Merry Christmas. 🎄

Appreciate all your sharing of knowledge and experience and the transparency as well. Nice, and thanks! .

Thank You for your time and effort. This was a good way to look at what it takes. Labor and material have always been and will forever be variable. I like to think anyone in business knows this or should " maybe" not be in construction.

Thank you. It’s hard to get others to give a ballpark or a realistic price range so I appreciate you sharing the basic cost and changes in 3 years.

EXCELLENT video!! Well presented, excellent breakdown on everything, honestly one of the best KZfaq videos I've seen!! 👍👍👌. Well done!!!

Awesome. Being able to hear a professional shooting strait on how they bid a contract and how it's broken down for your business really helps the rest of us see why we are paying what you guys are asking. I think this is also great info for anyone looking at starting a business of any kind, as it helps to illustrate what they should be aware of before jumping in without any previous experience running a business. That kind of transparency seems to be so rare nowadays. Greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work.

Excellent Video Kyle! I absolutely love watching your videos. Thanks for sharing this info.

Kyle, thanks so much for this video. Highly satisfied and excited to have this knowledge!

Thanks for sharing all of the numbers, I don't know anyone else who is doing this. Very Grateful!!!

Awesome detail. Watched a bunch of your videos in a row, incredible attention to detail in your build, great tips all throughout and each aspect built as they should be, step by step and done right. Would be completely confident with hiring you to build anything, knowing it would be done right with great attention to detail. Well done sir!

From one Land of Lincoln Man to Another (I live in Virginia, but was born in Springfield)... You are one solid man Kyle! You're kind, speak with a fair tone and a quality man! Thank You for breaking down the estimated costs for a building of that size. Merry Christmas to you and Yours!!!

Thanks for your honesty and openness! This helped me a lot!!