The new barn

This is the new barn; it's 24x36, and I think it's 12' tall.  The previous owner built a second story into it, from what it looks like they took another smaller metal building and kinda grafted it on to it.  The view is actually pretty good from up there.  I think it'll be fine for storing lightweight stuff. 
It looks pretty good in that picture.  Here's what it started out as: 

 3 gallons of red paint, 2 gallons of white paint, 1 new steel security door and lockset, 1 replacement deadbolt lockset, some trim and a bunch of elbow grease to clear out the junk. 

 The inside was pretty trashed.  Took a day to clear out all of the stuff and toss it into a pile, and then another day to repaint the outside and replace the locks and broken door. 

The electrical service box was missing its cover and all of the circuit breakers, but they hadn't cut the supply wires.  A quick trip to the hardware store got me another identical panel; so I used the parts from the new panel to complete the old one, and I'm all set to get the electricity turned back on. 

They did steal all of the copper wiring to the outlets and lights, so I'll have to rewire it, call it another day of labor, but all in all, not bad.  The roof doesn't leak, the concrete floor is good, and with a good coat of paint on the inside, it'll be just fine.  I'm sure the chicks and poults and piglets will enjoy heat lamps and other modern luxuries. 

It has a hookup for a phone as well as electricity, so when the power goes on I'll install a security camera system that I can monitor from the house via the internet. 

Rural areas near urban always get hit hard with petty theft and vandalism.  I think that the city kids think that somehow it doesn't matter what they do when they're "in the country".  I don't understand it.  No matter -- the damage in this case was all cosmetic; the building is sound and secured now. 

Drat.  I missed some graffitti.  I'll get it tomorrow.