Category Archives: Budget

Pole Building Payment Refusal

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 07/02/2013
Pole Building Payment Refusal

Deadbeat Building Owners Who Refuse To Pay Twenty years ago, I was partners in a post frame building construction business with the late Rod Sevy. Rod was generally a no nonsense guy when it came to clients who didn’t play straight. One of our building crews had just completed a pole building garage/shop in Northern […]

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Post Frame Building Purchase: Local or Global?

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/21/2013
Post Frame Building Purchase: Local or Global?

Very few post frame building kit package providers service more than a very small geographic area. While this may give them an intimate knowledge of a local marketplace, how buildings are most often constructed in their area, and expectations from Building Officials – it does come with some risks. In the event their local economy […]

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Saving Money on Building a New Pole Building

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/12/2013
Saving Money on Building a New Pole Building

The ‘net is a scary place More “True Confessions” from the Pole Barn Guru….I am a ‘net surfer. Yep, I scour the internet for almost anything I can find on construction related topics (especially pole building related). I have Google Alerts set up so I get notified of almost anything new posted regarding pole buildings, […]

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Right to Work Laws & Your New Pole Building

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/06/2013
Right to Work Laws & Your New Pole Building

Right to Work Laws seem to have certain logic behind them – worker freedom is safeguarded by not forcing workers to join a union, in order to get a job. Currently a great deal of attention is being paid to state battles over union power, with Right to Work proposals receiving plenty of press nationally. […]

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Pole Buildings & Internet Sales Tax

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 06/04/2013
Pole Buildings & Internet Sales Tax

Pole Buildings & Internet Sales Tax Hansen Pole Buildings sells pole building kit packages and materials directly from our website. We collect sales taxes from clients who are building in South Dakota and Washington states, but not from people who live in other states. Under the law, states can only require businesses to collect sales […]

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Pole Barn Prices: Your Price is Too High

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/28/2013
Pole Barn Prices: Your Price is Too High

When it comes to the purchase of a new pole building kit package, there are really only three major areas to cover – quality, service and price. Everyone wants to feel they have gotten a good value when they make a major investment, whether it is a vehicle, a house or a new pole building. […]

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Pole Barn Contractors: “Best Around and Cheap”

Posted by The Pole Barn Guru on 05/07/2013
Pole Barn Contractors: “Best Around and Cheap”

Pole Barn Contractors I recently read this posting on an internet forum: “Who can build a good pole barn in this area? Looking to build a building and need someone that can build a sturdy pole barn.”  In my mind, this is a reasonable question. And (most importantly) the person posting the question is looking […]

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