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Mattnan, we've been pondering doing something like this on our North Carolina property. The proportions on yours, with the porch over the pretty garage door, look great. Would you mind sharing the dimensions? 24 x 32 or 40? How many square feet in the guest apartment? Love that idea. 

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Sure,  The barn is 26ft wide by 32ft deep.  The front barn door opening is 10ft by 10ft.  The roof pitch is 12/12 a 10/12 pitch also looked nice.  The front barn door is split in the middle with one side sliding right and the other left.  We have them hooked up to work on garage door openers and that is pretty slick.  The back door is 8ft x 8ft.  The balcony is 4ft x 10 ft.  The loft apartment is 16ft deep x 26ft wide.   We also have some storage on the 2nd floor on the right and left and we have hoist to lift items to the 2nd floor.  If I were doing this again, I might go a little bit larger.  I am including some pictures if it will help.  Please feel free to ask any questions.   Thanks!!

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That is one very beautiful barn. 

But....I am confused: why is the living space not insulated? Code restrictions? Do you just winterize it each Fall?

John Davies

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Thanks for the nice feedback.  We enjoy this spot very much late spring through Columbus Day.  We winterize everything around here after Columbus Day including the barn, boat, and pool.  The area closes up after Columbus Day.  We go camping from late January through April down south. 

We use the barn apartment for summer overflow of guests and actually it is usually the coveted choice for guests.  We were going to rent it out as an Airbnb but have not done that yet. This year is especially not good for rental.  There are lots of rental properties in the area in the summer.  I have a holding/pump tank for the barn waste water just to the left of the front door.  There were no pump out stations open near to us when we had to come home early this spring.  No problem I just dug up the service door and emptied Beacon's black and gray water.  I am thinking I may put a 4 inch waste pipe in then I could host an RV if I wanted.  We would have everything for a full hook up and easy for me to pump out any time. 

Let us know if you are in mid coast Maine!!!!  Enjoy your summer!!! Best wishes Matt & Nancy.

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