In July 2007 we visited the new two story Gambrel Barn Home of Mark & Chris Eaker on their 60 acre estate in Frankford, MO, just outside of Bowling Green. As you'll see, the Eaker's built their barn home over a full "walk-out" basement, but not only that....Mark built the 7 acre lake that the house sits beside....too cool!! They used our 32x40 Barn House plans with the Shed Roof and the 8' Gambrel Dormer Window accessory plans.
Chris says:
"We have a very interesting story with the construction of our home in that it was built by an Amish crew. They were brought to and from their home by a driver that is hired by the crew to drive them and get whatever supplies needed. It was a fantastic and very unique experience. I thought about their life and how different it is from my own. It took about 5 months from start to finish and we are very pleased with the outcome. The Amish crew, with the help of Mark and I, did most of the work with the exception of plumbing, heating and cooling and painting. Here are the details of the actual house.....3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths. The master bedroom is downstairs on the main level and then other two bedrooms are upstairs with a large loft area between them. We also went for two laundry areas. I didn't want to climb stairs to do the kids laundry so we made a washer and dryer area in the upstairs bathroom. We have a large wrap around porch which is covered on the front and back of the house. Very nice for sitting outside in the morning or early evening and watching all of the wildlife that we see. We have 4 Hummingbird feeders and we can sit and at any given time there are at least 5 at each feeder".
Basement excavation is completed and daughter, Alyssa and her three doggies, Cubbi, Otis and Charlie inspect the poured footing for the concrete basement walls.
