Sorry I can't speak to experience and prices. It sounds like you've been into design a bit so you probably already know how wide the loft would be with 8' knee walls and a typical pitched roof for a barn. I think there'd be a fair bit of space outside the knee walls for storage maybe and the office wouldn't be very wide.

If you haven't checked codes already, there may be minimum floor loads requirements even for barn structures. Codes would dictate the type trusses needed. Steel is one option for reducing truss heights but various manufactured beams also are available.

If you haven't done so already, I'd ask my building inspector what codes apply and what needs to be done. Inspectors usually can look up loading requirements as well as the types of materials and designs that are acceptable. Of course it's easy for me to ask the inspector in my municipality of 250 people. We all know each other, and the inspector and I are on volunteer fire crew.

The one thing I'd calculate carefully is the barn door height after the loft ceiling is designed, the door header requirement is known and the type door is selected. You could end up with barn door that's too low to drive your tractor through--or maybe a tractor you'll get in the future. I guess the barn door could be in the half that doesn't have a loft over it, but adequate door height is something you want to be certain of.

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