We bought a lovely old farm last fall, and on it sit two glorious timber-frame barns built in 1901 – I think they’re in the style known as “Pennsylvania Dutch.”  One is 30×60, the other is huge, at 140×40.  The post-and-beam structures for both are sound, hand-hewn old lumber, broad pine floors, etc, and the larger one also has 6′ high, 4′ thick walls made from cut limestone as its foundation (originally a dairy).

Our problem is they do not suit our current needs (horse barn and indoor arena!), but rather than just rip them down, we think they probably have lots of potential dissassembled, cleaned, moved, and reassembled as houses, shop, etc.  We know there are people/companies who do this, but the prices vary so wildly that it’s hard to know what’s realistic, and who’s “smokin’ rope”!

Our next problem is marketing them….we can’t find any suitable magazines on the news-stands….there do appear to be some great websites out there, but what we’d like is some feedback, experiences, etc, on what works and doesn’t work.

All suggestions VERY gratefully received!

Bubblyjock