Why spend the money to buy a shipping container, pay to have it hauled to your house, pay to have windows and doors cut out of it and pay to have custom windows made when you can buy wood and windows at Home Depot and put the same thing together for half the price.
I saw one similar that cost over 30K. No bathroom or kitchen and still over 30K.
I don't know much about the marketing, but they appeal to minimalists as well. I believe a place made out of metal is going to last longer than a traditional wood house, so there's the less maintenance aspect also.
You pour the foundation then pay for a crane operator to fly the containers in place while you weld them in position.
After that you don't pay anyone shit, you do it yourself.
Like a man.
And hey dummy... why would you be "paying to have custom windows built" when you are able to custom make the hole for any size window.
I got all my windows cheap from a window factory because i'm smart enough to ask if they have any that weren't measured right... then i built the openings to fit the discounted windows.
Ultra premium triple pane double hung and awning style windows for 1/3 price because the idiot who ordered them didn't account for the frame size.
also my home is small arms proof, and tornado proof...
good luck in your stick built piece of shit that rots away in 30 years, my house will outlast everyone you know.
You don't even have to get a full slab foundation poured for containers, you could go with a pier foundation and have that done in a day or two on your own.
yeah just some tube forms with a poured footer will do. i built mine up over a basement so i embedded plates on the north and south walls to land the container posts onto... then weld them in place.
But Im not a man. I dont have those skills. I would have to pay for it all.
During the Bush years I flipped houses so I have a clue about building costs.
One of my children thought container homes looked cool until they found out the cost. Property costs, building permits are the same as a stick built home the same size. Materials for bathroom or kitchen is the same. But delivery of the container is expensive. Finding someone who can cut holes that has experience is not easy and they are expensive.
I live in tornado alley in a solid red state and I dont fear weather nor shooters. I have a basement that is weather proof and arms proof and its 1500 sq ft. and could fit several of those containers in it.
Ill take my large, roomy stick built home any day. 30 years? I once remodeled a 70 year old home. Im sure it outlived its owners.
learn the skills, it's not that difficult. a cheap stick welder and a disk cutter can install a window in a container house.
building costs right now are insane, building a shipping container home right now would save you a ton of money on the sheeting, OSB is at a record high right now, it's almost cheaper to buy plywood.
once you have the foundation poured and cured, you can place the containers on it and weld it to the pad (assuming you were smart enough to embed plates in the concrete before it cured) and be done in a day.
next day you can use a rented telehandler to place pre-built trusses.
day after that you can roof it.
you can have a dried in structure with endless lockable storage in a few weeks once the foundation is ready then take your sweet time finishing it out as you can afford it.
stick built shit takes months to get dried in, your labor costs are insane compared to flying in some containers and working on it at your own pace.
delivery isn't that expensive, you can get a 40foot high cubed dropped on your property for around 3k- 4k depending on how far you live from the place you purchased. much cheaper at the coasts, but there are customs clearance centers and hubs all over the country that you can purchase cans from... it's not like you have to have them special shipped in from longbeach to maine to build one of these.
you don't need to find someone who can cut holes, you can watch youtube for an hour and learn how to do it yourself.
i live in a home built from 10 containers... thats 2 floors that are each 40x40 over a 40x40 basement. (5 over 4 and a door style home)
i would bet a lot of money that i have more room and it was far cheaper and quicker to build than yours was.
also, 70 year old homes were built differently than the shit they are building these days. 30 years from now when these new homes are all rotting to shit i'll still be chilling in my zombie proof shipping container compound.
it's also fire proof
bug proof
super insulated
and still cheaper than it's stick built counterpart.
shipping containers are a viable option if you have a little imagination and knowhow. if you're just a consumer then go buy a mcmansion in a subdivision, thats not the life i want to live and it's not the life anyone else should want either.
Problem is, Im a 5'2 130 pound woman with very little upper body strength. I cant physically do any of those things.
Its great for those who can and have the time to put in it. I can hire someone to stick build and my time, money and efforts can be spent doing what I do best...helping wake up the masses.
I see the container homes as a hobby type thing. I understand the satisfaction of creating something amazing but Im all about practicality. A large home outside the city with a garden and lots of room for family in case of a full on economic collapse is more my style.
Maybe my sons could put a container on my property and live forever. That would be a proposition worth paying for.
Why spend the money to buy a shipping container, pay to have it hauled to your house, pay to have windows and doors cut out of it and pay to have custom windows made when you can buy wood and windows at Home Depot and put the same thing together for half the price.
I saw one similar that cost over 30K. No bathroom or kitchen and still over 30K.
Do the work yourself, fuck paying someone.
Im a woman who cannot hit a nail much less do that kind of work myself.
These container homes are marketed heavily to women and women arent known for their building skills.
I don't know much about the marketing, but they appeal to minimalists as well. I believe a place made out of metal is going to last longer than a traditional wood house, so there's the less maintenance aspect also.
You don't have a clue what you're talking about.
You pour the foundation then pay for a crane operator to fly the containers in place while you weld them in position.
After that you don't pay anyone shit, you do it yourself.
Like a man.
And hey dummy... why would you be "paying to have custom windows built" when you are able to custom make the hole for any size window.
I got all my windows cheap from a window factory because i'm smart enough to ask if they have any that weren't measured right... then i built the openings to fit the discounted windows.
Ultra premium triple pane double hung and awning style windows for 1/3 price because the idiot who ordered them didn't account for the frame size.
also my home is small arms proof, and tornado proof...
good luck in your stick built piece of shit that rots away in 30 years, my house will outlast everyone you know.
You don't even have to get a full slab foundation poured for containers, you could go with a pier foundation and have that done in a day or two on your own.
yeah just some tube forms with a poured footer will do. i built mine up over a basement so i embedded plates on the north and south walls to land the container posts onto... then weld them in place.
But Im not a man. I dont have those skills. I would have to pay for it all.
During the Bush years I flipped houses so I have a clue about building costs.
One of my children thought container homes looked cool until they found out the cost. Property costs, building permits are the same as a stick built home the same size. Materials for bathroom or kitchen is the same. But delivery of the container is expensive. Finding someone who can cut holes that has experience is not easy and they are expensive.
I live in tornado alley in a solid red state and I dont fear weather nor shooters. I have a basement that is weather proof and arms proof and its 1500 sq ft. and could fit several of those containers in it.
Ill take my large, roomy stick built home any day. 30 years? I once remodeled a 70 year old home. Im sure it outlived its owners.
learn the skills, it's not that difficult. a cheap stick welder and a disk cutter can install a window in a container house.
building costs right now are insane, building a shipping container home right now would save you a ton of money on the sheeting, OSB is at a record high right now, it's almost cheaper to buy plywood.
once you have the foundation poured and cured, you can place the containers on it and weld it to the pad (assuming you were smart enough to embed plates in the concrete before it cured) and be done in a day.
next day you can use a rented telehandler to place pre-built trusses.
day after that you can roof it.
you can have a dried in structure with endless lockable storage in a few weeks once the foundation is ready then take your sweet time finishing it out as you can afford it.
stick built shit takes months to get dried in, your labor costs are insane compared to flying in some containers and working on it at your own pace.
delivery isn't that expensive, you can get a 40foot high cubed dropped on your property for around 3k- 4k depending on how far you live from the place you purchased. much cheaper at the coasts, but there are customs clearance centers and hubs all over the country that you can purchase cans from... it's not like you have to have them special shipped in from longbeach to maine to build one of these.
you don't need to find someone who can cut holes, you can watch youtube for an hour and learn how to do it yourself.
i live in a home built from 10 containers... thats 2 floors that are each 40x40 over a 40x40 basement. (5 over 4 and a door style home)
i would bet a lot of money that i have more room and it was far cheaper and quicker to build than yours was.
also, 70 year old homes were built differently than the shit they are building these days. 30 years from now when these new homes are all rotting to shit i'll still be chilling in my zombie proof shipping container compound.
it's also fire proof
bug proof
super insulated
and still cheaper than it's stick built counterpart.
shipping containers are a viable option if you have a little imagination and knowhow. if you're just a consumer then go buy a mcmansion in a subdivision, thats not the life i want to live and it's not the life anyone else should want either.
Problem is, Im a 5'2 130 pound woman with very little upper body strength. I cant physically do any of those things.
Its great for those who can and have the time to put in it. I can hire someone to stick build and my time, money and efforts can be spent doing what I do best...helping wake up the masses.
I see the container homes as a hobby type thing. I understand the satisfaction of creating something amazing but Im all about practicality. A large home outside the city with a garden and lots of room for family in case of a full on economic collapse is more my style.
Maybe my sons could put a container on my property and live forever. That would be a proposition worth paying for.