Barndominium Builders in Gilbert, Arizona
We build barndominiums in Gilbert, Arizona, for owners with a large lot inside the Town and for families looking at acreage just past its edges. What we deliver here ranges from barndominium kits with permit drawings to full turnkey builds with our crews on site from the pad onward. Gilbert's Development Services reviews residential plans, issues the building permit and books the inspections, with plans submitted electronically through the Town's online portal. The detail that catches people out is the ground. The Town's soils guidance says Gilbert soils can be expansive or compressive, and the adopted residential code requires the foundation design to deal with that, so a single-family home needs a soils report, an engineer's foundation review or a subdivision report the Town already holds. We plan for that from the first sketch rather than after the plan reviewer asks. If you are lining up barndominium contractors near Gilbert, ask how each one handles the soils step and the pad certification that usually follows it. Land in unincorporated county areas beyond the Town is reviewed by the county, not by Gilbert. Tell us about your parcel through the survey and we will take it from there.
Gilbert at a glance
- Principal county
- Maricopa County
- Building permit
- City building department
- Local facts on this page
- 5, each linked to its source
Before you build in Gilbert
The local answers that shape a build here, each taken from the office or document that publishes it. Rules change, so we confirm them again against your parcel before drawing.
Town of Gilbert Development Services (Plan Review & Inspection)
Inside the Town of Gilbert, Development Services reviews building plans, issues permits and inspects construction; plans go in through the Town's electronic plan review portal against its residential checklist for new projects. The Town's permits page currently lists its 2018 code amendments as the building code in force. Unincorporated parcels outside the Town are permitted by the county instead.
Source: Permits, Applications & Checklists | Gilbert, Arizona (gilbertaz.gov)
- Code edition
- Gilbert's Permits, Applications & Checklists page lists its 2018 code amendments under Current Building & Fire Codes. The Town's code adoption sheet shows the 2018 International Residential Code and companion 2018 codes in effect from 1 January 2020 under Ordinance 2739.
- Soils report for single-family homes
- Gilbert's soils guidance says Town soils have expansive and/or compressive characteristics, which the adopted residential code (section R401.1) requires the design to address. Options are the subdivision's soils report from the Town, a new soils report, or a registered Arizona engineer's foundation determination; a pad certification is then usually required.
- Who prepares the plans
- The Town's permits page says that for projects other than single-family residential, plans may be required to be prepared by an Arizona registrant. The page places no such line on single-family homes.
- Town water supply
- Gilbert has a 100-year Assured Water Supply designation from the state and draws on surface water, reclaimed water and groundwater. The Town reports recharging about 200 billion gallons, and holds the second largest balance of storage credits among cities in the Phoenix Active Management Area.
- Septic on unsewered land
- Maricopa County Environmental Services takes applications for new septic systems, starting with a site and soils inspection and a Notice of Intent to Discharge, and issues a Discharge Authorization once the system is approved. It warns that building jurisdictions often want its septic sign-off before approving a building permit.
Source: Building Code Adoption Dates, Town of Gilbert (gilbertaz.gov)
Source: Soils Investigation and Reports, Single Family Residential Only, Town of Gilbert (gilbertaz.gov)
Source: Permits, Applications & Checklists | Gilbert, Arizona (gilbertaz.gov)
Source: Water Supply | Gilbert, Arizona (gilbertaz.gov)
Source: Onsite Wastewater (Septic) Program Guidance for Homeowners (maricopa.gov)
Building on land near Gilbert
A barndominium lot in or around Gilbert starts with three checks. First, is the parcel in the Town or on unincorporated county land? That decides whose zoning, building code and inspectors you deal with. Second, what does the ground do? Gilbert's own soils guidance treats expansive and compressive soil as the normal case, so budget for a soils report and a certified pad before the slab. Third, how does the lot get water and get rid of wastewater? Inside the Town's water service area the utility holds an assured water supply designation, while a rural parcel off the sewer needs a county septic permit. Metal building homes on an acre or more are easier to site where those three answers are already known, and we get them before we quote.
Other locations in this part of Arizona
Phoenix & the Valley
Barndominiums we build in Gilbert
Turnkey builds, kit packages and pole barn homes, drawn to the design figures and codes of the office that permits your land. The parcel decides the budget more than the floor area does, so we quote against your land rather than a rate card.
Turnkey Builds
Turnkey barndominiums in Arizona, raw land to keys: plans, permits, site work, a steel shell and the finish-out, built by us on one contract.
Barndominium Kits
Steel barndominium kits for Arizona land: a red-iron shell drawn to your jurisdiction's wind and snow figures, delivered and put up by our crews or yours.
Pole Barn Homes
Pole barn homes in Arizona, built as real houses: post-frame spans on concrete, termite protection for wood, and a wall that handles the desert heat.
Have land in or near Gilbert? Tell us about the parcel and what you want to build, and we will check it against the local rules before anything is drawn.
Building in Gilbert: questions
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Keep reading
What usually comes next once you know what Gilbert allows.
Barndominium Cost Guide
Sourced per-square-foot ranges by tier and size, and what moves the number on your land.
Read itIs a Barndominium Legal in Arizona?
Zoning, septic and who inspects, before you buy the land.
Read itHow Long Does It Take?
From parcel to move-in, and which steps set the clock.
Read itSources for this page
The published pages behind the Gilbert facts above. Rules change, so check the current version with the office before you rely on it.
- Permits, Applications & Checklists | Gilbert, ArizonaBuilding permit authority; Who prepares the plansgilbertaz.gov
- Building Code Adoption Dates, Town of GilbertCode editiongilbertaz.gov
- Soils Investigation and Reports, Single Family Residential Only, Town of GilbertSoils report for single-family homesgilbertaz.gov
- Water Supply | Gilbert, ArizonaTown water supplygilbertaz.gov
- Onsite Wastewater (Septic) Program Guidance for HomeownersSeptic on unsewered landmaricopa.gov
Barndominiums near Gilbert
Nearby places we also cover. Across a city limit or a county line the permit office, zoning and septic rules can change, so each has its own page.
Building in Gilbert?
Start with the survey. Tell us where the land is and what you want on it, and we will come back with which office permits it, what it will allow, and a plan to fit.