With proper planning you can endeavor to design and build a.
Big container homes.
Shipping container home in michigan.
Larry wade built his own shipping container home for a cost of around 35 000.
He used two 40 foot shipping containers to make his new home.
Basically you modify and re purpose used shipping containers and stick them together to build a house.
These floor plans prove that shipping container homes can be efficient sustainable and even exciting.
Made with five 40 and two 20 containers the house fits in so well with the neighborhood it s hardly noticeable it s cargotecture.
This is a second in a series of modern shipping container homes in michigan according to curbed.
With container home prices all over the map larry shows us how you can get a lot of house for a little money if you re willing to do a lot of the work yourself.
Go big or go home.
That s the mantra that aspiring large container home owners should live by.
This makes them perfect candidates for prefabricated homes and there are plenty to choose from in fact.
The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available affordable sturdy water tight and versatile not to mention that they re meant to be easily transported.
Architects designers and builders have actually found a way to transform big boxes of steel into beautiful and fully functional homes.
There is a hot new trend.
Constructing a shipping container home costs substantially less than other ordinary types of homes.
Model 6 by indiedwell.
Made of two 40 foot long shipping containers offset from one another the model 6 by indiedwell offers 640 square feet of living space.