Suburban Buildings

Suburban Buildings is a construction company based in Boerne, Texas that designs and builds steel buildings along with post-frame structures. They take on custom projects such as barndominiums, shops, horse barns and stall barns for residential and commercial clients around the area. Josh Nowlin and Trent handle much of the direct work with property owners from the initial inquiry through completion.

Customers have brought them in to construct pole barns and shops after comparing several bids. One project required close coordination with the city in Leon Valley to satisfy all requirements despite multiple hurdles. Another job called for managing a difficult neighbor while keeping crews on schedule. Reviewers note that Josh came out right away to mark locations, explain materials and layout options, and adjust plans based on budget needs. Trent stepped in on a potential project and provided help without any expectation of payment.

The company returns calls quickly and delivers estimates the next day. They keep owners informed on next steps and timelines, work through decisions on what to include or exclude, and stay flexible when changes come up during construction. Crews arrive on time, and the service reaches San Antonio plus the surrounding Hill Country.

Reviews point to solid quality of materials and workmanship along with steady communication from start to finish. Common topics include pole barn construction, metal building requirements, and the value compared to other bids. Google shows a 4.9 rating from no reviews listed there.

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“We work frequently with Suburban Buildings as their go to interior contractor in Austin and surrounding areas. These guys do great work, knowledgeable, easy to work with, friendly attitude, and they place a lot of value in relationships. I will continue to recommend them to our clients when they have any metal building requirements!”

“Josh with Suburban was excellent to deal with. He was always available. He built an excellent quality building. His crews were always on time. We have a very difficult neighbor who attempted to make Josh’s job much harder than it needed to be. Josh handled the situation with great patience and diplomacy. I would recommend Josh and Suburban for any building needs”

“We put out multiple bids for our shop and we selected Suburban Buildings, not just because of the fair price, but more because of the trust we instantly placed in Josh Nowlin. He came out to our property immediately when we placed our inquiry about a bid. He walked the property and marked the potential location and discussed everything about the layout, materials, and process that Suburban Buildings would follow to complete the build. Josh really made us feel comfortable about what our money was buying and gave us enough specific information to compare Suburban against the other bids. We did our comparisons of bids and selected Suburban Buildings for price and most importantly, confidence in Josh delivering what he promised. Our 40 x 60 shop is now complete and is absolutely beautiful. As can happen with any project, we had a couple minor items come up during construction and Josh was on-site immediately and made sure solutions were immediately applied. Communication during the project was fantastic. Josh was in direct contact multiple times a week and on-site during each major milestone. So impressed with Suburban Buildings and Josh Nowlin. Thanks for the best looking sho”

“When I started the process of building my shop I reached out to all the Metal Building companies in town and Josh with Suburban Buildings was the only one to call me back. I eventually got responses from other companies weeks later but by then I had made the choice to go with Suburban. Turned out to be the right choice. I can't say enough about the integrity demonstrated by the representative in Boerne, Tx. (Josh) throughout the process. He worked with us in making decisions on what to include or exclude based on our budget, kept us informed of what was going on and when we would be up next, and went above and beyond to keep his word. The quality of materials and the workmanship are both excellent and I am quite happy with the building. That said, it's a metal building and not that complicated with post frame construction; I got exactly what I expected in that regard. Where Suburban Buildings set themselves apart was definitely in the customer service department. It's worth noting that this build took place during the time of supply chain issues, labor shortages, and pretty much every builder's nightmare you can think of and Josh went out of his way to keep his word and keep us in”

“We built a Pole Barn with Suburban Buildings in Leon Valley where Josh and the Surburban Buildings worked extensively with us and the city to meet all requirements to build within the city. After numerous challenges and great customer services from Surburban we were allowed to build and Surburban Buildings did not let us down. They designed, constructed and were even extremely flexible when we made adjustment to the building in the process that it made it easy as the customer. The quality of the material and work were fantastic, I highly recommend Surburban Building as their price and quality cannot be matched.”

“Our experience thus far with Trent and Suburban Buildings has been 100% positive! Trent went out of his way to help us with a potential project, taking time out of his day, and asked for nothing in return. Would absolutely recommend, we will be using them in the future!”

“He was very quick returning our call and had an estimate to us the next day”

“Exceptional service and service.”