Price the barndominium interior from the floor plan

The interior you drew, priced at your own numbers — drywall by the square foot, plumbing by the bath, cabinets by the foot — each line saying how it was counted, and on the estimate only when you press Add.

The operating system for post-frame and barndominium builders.

Part of The Pricing Engine
What it is

You set a unit price for each interior assembly once, in Settings, Estimating, Interior assemblies: drywall, insulation, paint, interior doors, base trim, closet rod and shelf, a price per floor finish, cabinets and butcher-block tops by the foot, tub and shower inserts, plumbing per full bath, half bath, kitchen and laundry, an electric water heater, and electrical and a heat pump per square foot — or per device and per ton instead. The floor plan measures each one, with a sentence saying how it was counted, and the estimate's Interior from the floor plan card shows every line and the interior subtotal. Add interior to estimate puts it on as one named group of lines under Services & add-ons, each tagged with its trade; nothing is ever added by itself. The operating system for post-frame and barndominium builders, so the defaults are a barndo's builder-grade finish-out: a sealed concrete shop floor, tub and shower inserts, butcher-block tops, all-electric.

Also called: interior assemblies · barndominium interior pricing · price per bath · drywall per square foot · finish-out estimate · barndo finish out cost · interior allowance · shouse interior estimate

See it, piece by piece
01

The floor plan, priced at your numbers

Try it

Open the estimate for Ridgeline 40×60 Shouse and the Interior from the floor plan card prices what was drawn: 18 assemblies, $75,652.00 — drywall, insulation, paint, nine interior doors, base trim, two closets, the shop's sealed concrete, LVP and tile, cabinets and tops, two tub and shower inserts, two full baths, the kitchen, the laundry, the water heater, electrical and a heat pump. Each line has its quantity, your unit price and a coloured edge for its trade. The card's header says Not on the estimate until you press Add interior to estimate.

Interior from the floor plan

The rooms, doors and fixtures you drew, priced at your interior assembly prices (Settings → Estimating). Nothing here is on the estimate until you add it.

Drywall — hung, taped & finished
5,761 sq ft of board: every finished wall face and drywall ceiling, openings over 32 sq ft deducted (no waste — the rate covers it).
Drywall
$12,962.25
5,761 sq ft @ $2.25
Insulation — walls & ceiling
Living area 1,433 sq ft — the walls and ceiling of the conditioned space, priced per square foot of floor.
Insulation
$2,866.00
1,433 sq ft @ $2.00
Paint — walls & ceilings
5,223 sq ft of painted drywall: 3,791 walls + 1,433 ceilings.
Paint
$9,140.25
5,223 sq ft @ $1.75
Interior doors — prehung, hardware & casing
9 interior doors drawn in the plan (1 cased opening with no door not counted).
Trim
$2,925.00
9 × @ $325.00
Base trim — installed
392 LF of base trim: room perimeters less doorways, cabinets, tubs and appliances, with waste.
Trim
$1,274.00
392 LF @ $3.25
Closet rod & shelf
2 closets — one rod and shelf each.
Trim
$190.00
2 × @ $95.00
Sealed concrete floor
Shop: 728 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 0% waste.
Concrete
$1,092.00
728 sq ft @ $1.50
Luxury vinyl plank floor
Bedroom 1, Closet 1, Bedroom 2, Closet 2, Primary bedroom, Kitchen / living / dining: 1081 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 10% waste.
Flooring
$5,355.00
1,190 sq ft @ $4.50
Tile floor
Bathroom, Laundry, Primary bath, Mudroom: 296 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 12% waste.
Flooring
$3,641.00
331 sq ft @ $11.00
Cabinets — builder grade
16.5 LF across 6 base, tall, vanity and island cabinets (wall cabinets ride in the rate).
Cabinets
$3,825.00
17 LF @ $225.00
Countertops — butcher block
18.5 LF of countertop over 7 cabinets that carry a top.
Cabinets
$1,235.00
19 LF @ $65.00
Shower / tub insert
2 tub or shower placed in the plan.
Plumbing
$2,800.00
2 × @ $1,400.00
Plumbing — full bath
2 full baths (rooms labelled Bathroom).
Plumbing
$9,000.00
2 × @ $4,500.00
Plumbing — kitchen
1 kitchen.
Plumbing
$1,800.00
1 × @ $1,800.00
Plumbing — laundry
1 laundry room.
Plumbing
$900.00
1 × @ $900.00
Electric water heater
1 water heater placed in the plan.
Plumbing
$1,600.00
1 × @ $1,600.00
Electrical — all-electric, per sq ft
Living area 1,433 sq ft — an all-electric allowance per square foot.
Electrical
$6,448.50
1,433 sq ft @ $4.50
HVAC — heat pump, per sq ft
Living area 1,433 sq ft of conditioned space.
HVAC
$8,598.00
1,433 sq ft @ $6.00
Interior subtotal$75,652.00
Eighteen assemblies, $75,652.00, not on the estimate yet. Press Add interior to estimate. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

The plan is drawn and the shell is priced, and the finish-out still waits for somebody to rebuild it in a spreadsheet.

Why we built it

An estimator who can see the finish-out priced the moment the plan is drawn stops dreading the inside of a barndo. For the owner it is a real interior number in the first meeting, built from his own prices, instead of an allowance pulled out of the air.

Sound familiar?“pricing the inside of a barndo by hand”
02

Your prices, in the units you quote

Try it

Settings, Estimating, Interior assemblies holds a unit price for each assembly in the unit you already quote it in: drywall $2.25 a square foot of board hung and finished, interior doors $325 each prehung with hardware and casing, a full bath's plumbing $4,500. Each row says what its quantity counts, carries a trade, switches on or off, renames, and resets to the builder-grade default. Save assemblies prices the next interior added to an estimate.

Settings · Estimating — Interior assemblies
Interior assembliesHide

What you charge for a finished interior, in the units you quote it: drywall by the square foot, plumbing by the bath, cabinets by the foot. An estimate with a floor plan prices its interior from these, and Add interior to estimate puts it on the quote as its own group of lines — never by itself. Lines already added keep the price they were added at.

Walls & ceilings
Drywall — hung, taped & finished
Per sq ft of board (walls + ceilings)
Drywall
Insulation — walls & ceiling
Per sq ft of living area
Insulation
Paint — walls & ceilings
Per sq ft of painted drywall
Paint
Doors & trim
Interior doors — prehung, hardware & casing
Per door drawn in the plan
Trim
Base trim — installed
Per LF of base trim
Trim
Closet rod & shelf
Per closet (single rod and shelf)
Trim
Plumbing
Plumbing — full bath
Per full bath
Plumbing
Plumbing — half bath
Per half bath
Plumbing
Plumbing — kitchen
Per kitchen
Plumbing
Plumbing — laundry
Per laundry room
Plumbing
Electric water heater
Per water heater
Plumbing
Walls & ceilings, Doors & trim and Plumbing: price, unit, trade, switch, reset. Change a price and save. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

Interior software wants a price for every fitting and fixture, so the builder keeps his real numbers in a spreadsheet instead.

Why we built it

A builder knows his price per bath, not per fitting. Pricing in the units his subs bid in means the numbers go in once and mean what he thinks they mean — and the defaults give a new account a real starting point instead of a page of zeroes.

03

Every quantity says how it was counted

The counts come from what is drawn, and each line says so. 2 full baths (rooms labelled Bathroom). 1 water heater placed in the plan — and with none placed, one is assumed because there is a bath, kitchen or laundry, and the line says that instead. 9 interior doors drawn in the plan (1 cased opening with no door not counted). 2 tub or shower placed in the plan. Add a door or change what a room is, and the count follows.

What the plan counts
The 40×60 shouse plan beside what it counted: baths, kitchen, laundry, water heater, tubs, doors, closets. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

The interior gets priced from a room count somebody typed, and it drifts from the plan every time the customer moves a wall.

Why we built it

A count that shows its working gets trusted; a number with no explanation gets counted again. When the line says which rooms it read, the estimator checks it in a glance — and a customer asking why there are two bath packages gets a straight answer.

Sound familiar?“I know my price per bath, not per fitting”
04

Cabinets by the foot you actually placed

Cabinets are priced by the linear foot of base, tall, vanity and island cabinet placed in the plan — 16.5 LF across 6 cabinets, rounded up to 17 LF at $225, with wall cabinets riding in the rate. Tops follow the cabinets that carry one: 18.5 LF of butcher block over 7 cabinets. Tub and shower inserts are counted by the fixture.

Kitchen & bath — prices and the lines they make
Settings → Estimating → Interior assemblies
Kitchen & bath
Cabinets — builder grade
Per LF of base, tall, vanity and island cabinets
Cabinets
Countertops — butcher block
Per LF of countertop
Cabinets
Shower / tub insert
Per tub or shower
Plumbing
Ridgeline 40×60 Shouse — Interior from the floor plan
Cabinets — builder grade
16.5 LF across 6 base, tall, vanity and island cabinets (wall cabinets ride in the rate).
Cabinets
$3,825.00
17 LF @ $225.00
Countertops — butcher block
18.5 LF of countertop over 7 cabinets that carry a top.
Cabinets
$1,235.00
19 LF @ $65.00
Shower / tub insert
2 tub or shower placed in the plan.
Plumbing
$2,800.00
2 × @ $1,400.00
Kitchen & bath: cabinets and tops by the foot, inserts by the fixture — and the three lines they make. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

Cabinets get priced off a guess at the run length, and the guess is always short.

Why we built it

The cabinet run on the quote is the cabinet run in the drawing. Nobody measures the kitchen twice, and when the customer adds an island in the meeting, the price of the island is already on the screen.

Sound familiar?“my finish-out numbers are on a spreadsheet”
05

A floor price for every finish

Each floor finish is its own assembly — sealed concrete, luxury vinyl plank, tile, carpet, hardwood, epoxy — priced off the rooms finished in it, net of cabinets, tubs and showers, with waste. On the 40×60 the shop's 728 sq ft of sealed concrete is $1.50 a foot, 1,190 sq ft of LVP $4.50 and 331 sq ft of tile in the baths, laundry and mudroom $11.00 — three lines, not one blended number.

Floors — one price per finish
Settings → Estimating → Interior assemblies
Floors
Sealed concrete floor
Per sq ft of sealed-concrete rooms
Concrete
Luxury vinyl plank floor
Per sq ft of LVP rooms
Flooring
Tile floor
Per sq ft of tiled rooms
Flooring
Carpet & pad
Per sq ft of carpeted rooms
Flooring
Hardwood floor
Per sq ft of hardwood rooms
Flooring
Epoxy floor coating
Per sq ft of epoxy rooms
Flooring
Ridgeline 40×60 Shouse — Interior from the floor plan
Sealed concrete floor
Shop: 728 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 0% waste.
Concrete
$1,092.00
728 sq ft @ $1.50
Luxury vinyl plank floor
Bedroom 1, Closet 1, Bedroom 2, Closet 2, Primary bedroom, Kitchen / living / dining: 1081 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 10% waste.
Flooring
$5,355.00
1,190 sq ft @ $4.50
Tile floor
Bathroom, Laundry, Primary bath, Mudroom: 296 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 12% waste.
Flooring
$3,641.00
331 sq ft @ $11.00
Six finishes, each with its price; the plan uses three. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

One flooring allowance for the whole house ignores the sealed shop floor sitting beside the tiled baths.

Why we built it

A shouse floor is not one floor. Pricing the shop's sealed slab at the bath tile's rate is how a barndo quote ends up thousands high or low; pricing each finish where it was chosen keeps the number honest and lets the customer see what a finish change costs.

06

Per square foot, per device or per ton

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Electrical and HVAC each come two ways. Electrical — all-electric, per sq ft prices the living area; switch it off and Electrical — per device prices the 65 receptacles, switches, lights, fans and alarms placed in the plan instead. HVAC — heat pump, per sq ft or HVAC — per ton: 2.5 tons, one ton per 600 sq ft of living area, and the line says plainly it is a rule of thumb and a Manual J governs.

Electrical & HVAC — per square foot, per device or per ton
Settings → Estimating → Interior assemblies
Electrical & HVAC
Electrical — all-electric, per sq ft
Per sq ft of living area
Electrical
Electrical — per device
Per device placed (use instead of per sq ft)
Electrical
HVAC — heat pump, per sq ft
Per sq ft of living area
HVAC
HVAC — per ton
Per ton (use instead of per sq ft)
HVAC
Ridgeline 40×60 Shouse — Interior from the floor plan
Electrical — all-electric, per sq ft
Living area 1,433 sq ft — an all-electric allowance per square foot.
Electrical
$6,448.50
1,433 sq ft @ $4.50
HVAC — heat pump, per sq ft
Living area 1,433 sq ft of conditioned space.
HVAC
$8,598.00
1,433 sq ft @ $6.00
Switch per device or per ton on, per square foot off — the lines follow. Try it. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

The software prices electrical one way and your electrician bids it another, so the estimate never matches the bid.

Why we built it

Some electricians bid by the foot and some by the device; some HVAC subs by the foot and some by the ton. Pricing the way your own subs bid means the estimate and the sub's number line up — and nobody has to convert between them.

Sound familiar?“the interior estimate takes longer than the building”
07

One named group, tagged, removable whole

Press Add interior to estimate and it lands under Services & add-ons as one group: Interior — from the floor plan, 18 lines, $75,652.00, each line with its quantity and rate and tagged with its trade — drywall as Drywall, insulation as Insulation, paint as Paint. Remove these lines lifts the whole group back out. The card's header now reads On the estimate.

Interior — from the floor plan, on the estimate
Item
Total
Services & add-ons
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4″ Concrete Slab
2,400 sq ft × $6.25 = $15,000
Concrete
$15,000.00
%$
0
$15,000.00
Gutters & downspouts
120 lin ft × $9.50 = $1,140
Roofing
$1,140.00
%$
0
$1,140.00
Dumpster — 30 yd
flat = $650
Site work
$650.00
%$
0
$650.00
Interior — from the floor plan18 lines · $75,652.00Remove these lines
Drywall — hung, taped & finished
5,761 sq ft × $2.25 = $12,962.25
Drywall
$12,962.25
%$
0
$12,962.25
Insulation — walls & ceiling
1,433 sq ft × $2 = $2,866
Insulation
$2,866.00
%$
0
$2,866.00
Paint — walls & ceilings
5,223 sq ft × $1.75 = $9,140.25
Paint
$9,140.25
%$
0
$9,140.25
Interior doors — prehung, hardware & casing
9 × $325 = $2,925
Trim
$2,925.00
%$
0
$2,925.00
Base trim — installed
392 lin ft × $3.25 = $1,274
Trim
$1,274.00
%$
0
$1,274.00
The interior group under Services & add-ons, each line with its trade's edge. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

Interior lines mixed into a long list of services can't be found, changed or taken out together.

Why we built it

A group you can lift out whole is a decision you can undo. The estimator can show the customer the shell-only number and the finished number in the same meeting, and the interior never gets lost among the gutters and the concrete.

Sound familiar?“how much is drywall on a 40x60 shouse”
08

Each sub gets their part of the finish-out

Because every interior line arrives tagged, Show one trade splits the finish-out by sub straight away. Plumbing on the 40×60 is five lines — the inserts, two full baths, the kitchen, the laundry and the water heater — $16,100.00 before markup, ready to print for the plumber. How the tags work is on trade colours on estimate lines.

Show one trade: Plumbing
Ridgeline 40×60 Shouse · Hunter Sheaffer
Showing Plumbing only — 5 lines · $16,100.00 before markup. The estimate’s total is unchanged; to see it.
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Item
Total
Materials
Services & add-ons
Save as templateUse template+ Add service
Interior — from the floor plan18 lines · $75,652.00Remove these lines
Shower / tub insert
2 × $1,400 = $2,800
Plumbing
$2,800.00
%$
0
$2,800.00
Plumbing — full bath
2 × $4,500 = $9,000
Plumbing
$9,000.00
%$
0
$9,000.00
Plumbing — kitchen
1 × $1,800 = $1,800
Plumbing
$1,800.00
%$
0
$1,800.00
Plumbing — laundry
1 × $900 = $900
Plumbing
$900.00
%$
0
$900.00
Electric water heater
1 × $1,600 = $1,600
Plumbing
$1,600.00
%$
0
$1,600.00
Labor
Plumbing scope
Before markup · 5 lines
—
$16,100.00
Plumbing only: five interior lines, $16,100.00 before markup. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

The interior goes on as one long list and somebody spends an hour sorting it by sub before anybody can bid.

Why we built it

The finish-out is where most of a barndo's subs are. Pricing the interior and splitting it by trade in the same press saves the estimator a second pass, and each sub gets their own scope the same afternoon.

09

Prices change; a quote doesn't, unless you say so

Lines on an estimate keep the price they were added at. Raise drywall to $2.50 and the card tells you: the interior on the estimate ($75,652.00) differs from the plan at today's prices ($77,092.25). It stays as it is unless you replace it. Replace interior lines asks first, and says that any change made to those lines by hand is replaced too. Opening an estimate never adds, updates or re-prices them.

Replace the interior lines?

Replace the interior lines?

The 18 interior lines on this estimate ($75,652.00) will be replaced by the floor plan priced today: 18 lines, $77,092.25. Any change you made to those lines by hand is replaced too.
CancelReplace
Drywall went to $2.50: the card shows both numbers, and Replace asks before it touches anything. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

A price change in Settings silently re-prices a quote the customer already read, and the phone rings.

Why we built it

A customer holding a number must never open their quote to a different one. Changing a quote is the builder's decision, so the card shows the gap and the builder chooses — and nothing he tweaked by hand disappears without a warning.

Sound familiar?“the customer changed the floor plan and I have to reprice the inside”
10

See the number while you are still drawing

Try it

In the 3D builder, the floor plan's Takeoff window shows Priced interior — 18 assemblies at your prices, $75,652.00 above the material counts, with every line one click away. It is read-only: the plan is still changing, so the button that puts the interior on a quote lives on the estimate. The counts themselves are the interior takeoff.

3D builder — Interior takeoff, priced
The Takeoff window: the priced interior on top, the material counts beneath. Hide or show the lines. Real screen · sample data.
Without it

While the plan is being drawn nobody can say what the inside is going to cost until it's all redone in the estimate.

Why we built it

A builder sketching with a customer wants to know what the extra bedroom does to the price before the customer leaves. Seeing the interior subtotal while the walls are still moving answers that, without anything landing on a quote by accident.

How it works
  1. 1Set your prices in Settings, Estimating, Interior assemblies — builder-grade defaults are already there, each with a unit, a trade, an on/off switch and a reset
  2. 2Draw the rooms, doors, cabinets and fixtures in the floor plan
  3. 3Open the estimate: the Interior from the floor plan card lists every assembly the plan has, its quantity, how it was counted and the Interior subtotal
  4. 4Press Add interior to estimate — it lands under Services & add-ons as one group, Interior — from the floor plan, each line tagged with its trade
  5. 5Prices changed later? The card says so, and Replace interior lines re-prices the group behind a confirm
  6. 6While you draw, the floor plan's Takeoff window shows the same priced subtotal, read-only
Why we built it

A barndominium quote is half shell and half finish-out, and builders price the finish-out in assemblies — so much a bath, so much a foot of cabinet, so much a square foot of drywall hung and finished — not in studs and screws. The floor plan already knew how many baths, doors and feet of cabinet the house had; the estimate still had the builder re-keying it into a spreadsheet to get to a number. Now the plan's own counts meet the builder's own prices. And adding it is a press, never a side effect, so a quote the customer has already read never moves on its own.

The problem
  • Re-keying the floor plan into a spreadsheet to price the interior
  • Interior quantities typed from memory and drifting from the plan
  • Finish-out lines mixed into the services with no way to find or remove them together
  • A price change silently moving a quote the customer already read
What you get
The interior priced the moment the plan is drawn
Your own unit prices, in the units you quote, with builder-grade defaults to start
Every quantity explained — what it counted and how
Added as one group you can lift back out, each line tagged with its trade
A quote never re-prices itself; replacing it is your press
Shell, floor plan and finish-out in one system — not a configurator, a drafting program and a spreadsheet taped together
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Interior from the floor plan

The rooms, doors and fixtures you drew, priced at your interior assembly prices (Settings → Estimating). Nothing here is on the estimate until you add it.

Drywall — hung, taped & finished
5,761 sq ft of board: every finished wall face and drywall ceiling, openings over 32 sq ft deducted (no waste — the rate covers it).
Drywall
$12,962.25
5,761 sq ft @ $2.25
Insulation — walls & ceiling
Living area 1,433 sq ft — the walls and ceiling of the conditioned space, priced per square foot of floor.
Insulation
$2,866.00
1,433 sq ft @ $2.00
Paint — walls & ceilings
5,223 sq ft of painted drywall: 3,791 walls + 1,433 ceilings.
Paint
$9,140.25
5,223 sq ft @ $1.75
Interior doors — prehung, hardware & casing
9 interior doors drawn in the plan (1 cased opening with no door not counted).
Trim
$2,925.00
9 × @ $325.00
Base trim — installed
392 LF of base trim: room perimeters less doorways, cabinets, tubs and appliances, with waste.
Trim
$1,274.00
392 LF @ $3.25
Closet rod & shelf
2 closets — one rod and shelf each.
Trim
$190.00
2 × @ $95.00
Sealed concrete floor
Shop: 728 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 0% waste.
Concrete
$1,092.00
728 sq ft @ $1.50
Luxury vinyl plank floor
Bedroom 1, Closet 1, Bedroom 2, Closet 2, Primary bedroom, Kitchen / living / dining: 1081 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 10% waste.
Flooring
$5,355.00
1,190 sq ft @ $4.50
Tile floor
Bathroom, Laundry, Primary bath, Mudroom: 296 sq ft net of cabinets, tubs and showers + 12% waste.
Flooring
$3,641.00
331 sq ft @ $11.00
Cabinets — builder grade
16.5 LF across 6 base, tall, vanity and island cabinets (wall cabinets ride in the rate).
Cabinets
$3,825.00
17 LF @ $225.00
Countertops — butcher block
18.5 LF of countertop over 7 cabinets that carry a top.
Cabinets
$1,235.00
19 LF @ $65.00
Shower / tub insert
2 tub or shower placed in the plan.
Plumbing
$2,800.00
2 × @ $1,400.00
Plumbing — full bath
2 full baths (rooms labelled Bathroom).
Plumbing
$9,000.00
2 × @ $4,500.00
Plumbing — kitchen
1 kitchen.
Plumbing
$1,800.00
1 × @ $1,800.00
Plumbing — laundry
1 laundry room.
Plumbing
$900.00
1 × @ $900.00
Electric water heater
1 water heater placed in the plan.
Plumbing
$1,600.00
1 × @ $1,600.00
Electrical — all-electric, per sq ft
Living area 1,433 sq ft — an all-electric allowance per square foot.
Electrical
$6,448.50
1,433 sq ft @ $4.50
HVAC — heat pump, per sq ft
Living area 1,433 sq ft of conditioned space.
HVAC
$8,598.00
1,433 sq ft @ $6.00
Interior subtotal$75,652.00
Price the barndominium interior from the floor plan — Leads2Build