Shipping Container Houses

Aceyducey

Aceyducey

This sounded pretty innovative to me.

From The Property Insider

Everyday around the world thousands of 40 foot (12 metre) shipping containers carry everything from cars and trucks to furniture and food across the oceans. One US architect, who dared to ask what happens to these containers when their commercial life is up, decided the ‘afterlife’ of a shipping container could (and should) be as a house, so he developed the Quik House.
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http://www.propertyinsider.com.au/echo/external/WebTemplate.cfm?clientid=49&fullstory=1089&periodid=157

Cheers,

Aceyducey
 
Acey,
Expensive Containers in that article. :)
Know someone who has an industrial shed and land in an upmarket area.Being single and to save on house rent, purchased a container (out of sight so council don't see)and has fitted it out comfortably.Other benefits include no travelling to work and no need to pay security at night.Worked out well as every cent saved is paying off his shed.He reckons its nice an quite at night too.
A86
 
Kentucky Homes in Kilsyth have been building and supplying houses within shipping containers for some time. I think emergency housing in New Guinea after a cyclone prompted the idea.

The lid is opened and the house is unfolded like origami. The plumbing and electricty is connected and viola! just add water, instant housing.

Well, after all, we Aussies did invent the Hills Hoist, the Dim Sim, the Chiko Roll but I'm not sure about the Peddle-O!

Cheers

Kristine
 
Shipping containers and hobbit holes

More info at http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/quikHouse_main.html

$90k per container... or did they mean $90k for five... heck, even that's expensive... though I last looked at prices 12 years ago. I do love the concept... I thought of it myself many years ago, but didn't think of the double story - nice... (I was a Frustrated Architect as a teenager)

Another of those crazy ideas from that era of mine has also been thought of independantly by someone on the web.
That's right, someone has put the hobbit house concept plans online... using huge concrete pipes as the basis. Have a look at http://www.stormbear.com/bagend2/index.php but there's heaps of other links to some of the more fringe residential house designers to be found in google under "hobbit house"

Cheers,
Luke
 
Luke said:
More info at http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/quikHouse_main.html

$90k per container... or did they mean $90k for five... heck, even that's expensive... though I last looked at prices 12 years ago. I do love the concept... I thought of it myself many years ago, but didn't think of the double story - nice... (I was a Frustrated Architect as a teenager)
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Apparently they are a tiny fraction of that in the US.

http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=559

If one did with these as Perth did with its ugly 1960s railway stations and replaced flat rooves with peaked rooves, it could look quite good. The 2.4m ceilings are a bit low, though.

This firm could be a good starting point:

http://www.australiatrade.com.au/Shipping/ContainerSizeSales/

Use as houses:

http://www.australiatrade.com.au/Housing/LowCost/index.htm

Delving a bit further, we find some prices:

http://www.australiatrade.com.au/Housing/Emergency/Prices/Index.htm

Going on these prices, maybe it was $90k for five.

Rgds, Peter
 
Yep, know someone who lives in a shipping container on his farm. Grows pumpkins. Not exactly a cosy family home, but its more about controlling the land right now. And yeah, the council can't see him out there!
 
Should have guessed... do a google on 'shipping containers' and 'purchase' and it leads ... right back to Somersoft forums!
 
Derby

There's a guy in DERBY, WA who built a house out of putting old shipping containers together about 10 years ago, with some of the refrigerated ones and considering the insulation in them i think it was a pretty comfortable house..he just cut some holes from one room to the next..and had them looking pretty good..

REDWING
 
I considered the idea long ago, but went for a very cheap and very large caravan instead, caravan cost around $1k and was set up immediately, container (extra height model) cost $2k and I use it for storage, since it was temporary accomodation it didn`t make sense to go to too much trouble, but they are far more solid than a caravan and more height and room inside.
 
i know of a couple of people here in Weipa who are living in shipping containers. Due to shortage of available Freehold land in town and astronomical house purchase and rental prices, some people are resorting to a few tactics. I think they are paying a landowner approx $100 week including electricity to stay in these.

Not exactly my choice of an option to save money but....

OSS
 
There is a place in Queanbeyan that has modified shipping containers on display. Just like a mini 'display village'! They have a 12 m accommodation container fully set up - looks like all you would need to do is connect the electricity & water! From memory I think the cost was around 30K for such a container. Designed primarily for remote sites, and would be excellent for that purpose.
Here is a link to some pictures.

Cheers, Fin.
 
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Story in todays SMH about shipping container houses and Royal Wolf:

Royal Wolf Trading today unveiled its latest prototype for temporary accommodation made from containers.

Dubbed the Blue Room, the three-bedroom, two-storey house is made from four converted shipping containers held together with heavy chains.

Its interior features insulated walls, windows, plumbing, electricity, and a septic tank, and boasts features real-estate agents love to reel off - stainless steel appliances, wooden floorboards, reverse-cycle air-conditioning and deluxe bathrooms..
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Full story here

Jamie.
 
markpatric said:
I considered the idea long ago, but went for a very cheap and very large caravan instead, caravan cost around $1k and was set up immediately, container (extra height model) cost $2k and I use it for storage, since it was temporary accomodation it didn`t make sense to go to too much trouble, but they are far more solid than a caravan and more height and room inside.
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Proof in case lateral think wins over impressive marketing.

Can you resell and move a container easy. NO
Caravan YES

Can you register a container for road use NO unless you spend a lot
Caravan YES

Peter 147
 
That blue container house kicks arse!!.
If only I had more imagination I would have done it myself, best damn cheap housing I ever saw!. :)
 
Jamie said:
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Not bad, but a bit raw-looking for my liking.

A steeply sloping roof with an extra room in the attic would be great.

Or three containers, 1 on top of 2 with a front or rear-facing balcony would also work.

With iron for carport roofs, either 4 or 6 containers spaced 2 car-widths apart could make a duplex pair.

Peter
 
At $140k for the "Blue Room" it's not very cost effective. There are cheaper better looking alternatives available for my liking.
 

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