Converting A Pole Barn Into A House . I am building a pole barn house at this time. However that said there are many, many barns that have been built with these plans and the plans were sufficient to the local building department. Old Timber Frame Barn Converted Into Home Stephen B. Chambers from chambersarchitects.com Last but not least, you’ll need to. If i had it to do over again, i'd build from scratch (and that's what we're going to do next year). Turning an unfinished pole barn into a home takes a lot of materials!