How much for a used metal building?

[fantasymaker]

Ive found a place where lots of used metal buildings are advertized.

http://www.metalbuildingoutlet.com/classified3.aspx

BUT they seem really REALLY HIGH!
Ok i get it that a lot of them are unsold packages new from a supplier and thus are just the same as new ones
BUT A LOT OF THEM NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN!
Im thinking on a used metal building you need to take down a buck a square foot is plenty, Whats your take on the value of a standing used building?

My math, 25 x40=1000 square feet thus its worth about $1000?

[Bandit]

Last year I was researching new metal buildings for resale , but I didn't run across that site , what a great idea , gathering a list and posting it.
I did find some post about some brands of pre fab metal buildings being junk and the company's not standing behind them .
As far as the site you posted , a lot seem to have been laying around for a few years , and are being sold by private party's . I would just find what you like and low ball them , especially if you have to take it apart or all the pieces are not there. All they can do is say no .
I know where I use to work someone took the building for free , the boss had to have it off the property , power line right of way coming through .
They had two guys with a rented high lift take it down .
Bob

[sassafras manor]

My reccomendation would be to visit auctions this fall where the owner of the property is retiring from active farming and try to talk to them about buying an unused pole barn from them. Last summer we bought a 30' x 80' pole barn that had been used as a hog finishing house previously. We only paid $50 and had to take it down within 60 days but the price sure was right. We could not have bought one of the trusses for what we paid for the entire barn. Had we tried to buy one any other way we could not have afforded a building of that size.
Matt

[FyredUp]

Luck of the draw got me a 36x56x14 pole barn for free. I was teaching a live fire training class where we were burning down a house for training and I was walking across the property with the owner and saw the pole barn and asked what he was going to do with it. He said bull doze it and I said no you aren't you are going to give it to me. He said fine but it needs to be down and gone in three weeks. Some friends of mine and I tore it down and hauled it to my place in a little over 2 weeks. The fun part was getting the trusses down. A friend and I took the 36x6 foot trusses down by hand!! (I would be glad to tell that story if anyone wants to here it)

When I put it back up I used new treated 6x6 posts, a new roof, a new insulated 10x12 garage door, and 7 new windowns. I also had a 6 inch concrete slab poured and a brand new 220 volt service run to the building.

Including the slab it cost me around $10K to erect. It is insured for $30K the cost a construction friend told me it would take to replace it.