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Not too expensive to make a home. The containers themselves only cost around $2000... thinking of doing something like this in my future.
SnortCokeOffAWeiner
Just wait for the summer and winter months to roll around.
ChefDad18
I wonder the insulation from the heat
TotallySaneScientist
If you're extremely skilled with your hands it's not expensive to make a home.
boofthepoof
kidaverdoo
Just build economy friendly. .it's cheaper then containers..make it look like a container..and the city should permit it.
DarkSock
We had thousands of these shipping containers in Gulfport MS suburbs. That was right after Katrina, & they were full of meat, but still...
surlypants
So, as a carpenter - you will save zero dollars, might even spend more. But do what you want (I'm currently framing one for a client.)
ButtonsAreForPushing
I think these are a great idea. And then I remember hailstorms are a thing and figure that noise would drive me mental.
Chadkos
*metal ;)
Vanbytheriver
You would have lots of tons of insulation for thermal breaks and then for the living space, should be pretty noise proof.
oogaloogalooshka
Anyone think of the Boxcar Children when they saw the first one?
brubaby
Total ripe off from trailer park boys!
FFFS
Flat rate shipping
Vanbytheriver
Check out honomobo containers, they build and deliver and install on your foundation.
OBM1
same. I need 4 40foot high cubes. Will be awesome.
Nalvor
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DataNet
When the porch on your shipping container house is more expensive than the shipping container house, you missed the point.
Mitheledh
The containers might be cheap, but according to a professor I had, they lose structural integrity when you begin cutting holes in them.
doyouevenrobot
The interiors need to be shored up when you cut em. Container homes are often more expensive than wood/concrete per square foot.
wunderpig
Check your county ordinances first.
Vanbytheriver
These are structurally sound, what you do to them may or may not be to code.
wunderpig
Different counties set building codes differently. While it may be sound, it still may not be legal for various reasons.
wunderpig
I know in my state there are requirements for how a building is set on the ground due to hurricanes. 1 county no prob, 1 county over problem
Vanbytheriver
You can secure it to the ground in various ways
Bradswifi
what in logistical distribution?!
RobinRaawr
Oh! But I live in one! Along with another 1000 students /a/cE2Oc
DrunkBarbaraWalters
Don't plan on going anything beyond one-floor for these, unless you want a ton of additional steel reinforcements.
PainItForward
Love the windows on the light blue one!
sangatster
As a Texan, first thing that comes to mind is how that steel is going to radiate the heat
ANightAtTheCocksbury
Even in Colorado, not that hot but the sun is brutal. Gonna need some premium insulation.
MissLadyPants
Thinking that about South florida. It would be fuckin miserable 355 days out of the year.
HeadTurdL
Paint it white. Or maybe chrome-plate it.
hellifiknowwhatsgoingon
Some people partially bury them for insulation, after water-treating the outside. Like a hobbit hole kind of thing.
hellifiknowwhatsgoingon
Add geothermal tubing and you've got a comfortable temp year-round.
WilliamHein
My imported, Chinese, human-trafficed girlfriend would love this!
steveo80
Don't be fooled they are just as expensive as conventional construction. Especially if there isn't a local contractor, expect double then.
betterthanaboyfriend
Do you have any links by chance?
kobrakaimf
Sometimes even more. Welders are more expensive than carpenters.
steveo80
I live in Ohio, there's a company that offered a 1700 sqft house no parking, lot size was just barely large than the foot print 1/2
steveo80
Of the house, 330k. In Ohio city, where most of the surrounding house were goin for less then 25k.
lilwood5
You gotta be shipping me.
Th3Oliv3
Twinklepot
He ships you not.
honeybadger314
I ship my pants.
kn1ghtus
I shipped THE BED!
AndrewX2000
BreakfastOfChampionsBacon
I can't tell if this or pallet furniture is a worse idea
LeumisRichardson
As a civil engineer, I would say pallet furniture. Conex houses are just trailer homes with steel walls, really.
yabadabadoodledoo
If it came to a tornado Id rather a conex than a trailer. That was actually our tornado plan on site - leave the trailer go to storage conex
LeumisRichardson
Well, yes, there are specific instances where the steel walls would be handy; save for those exceptions however you get more with a trailer.
yabadabadoodledoo
Yea it was crazy hot in the conex, but significantly more sturdy which is what I was getting at
LeumisRichardson
And that is fair. Just not sold on the conex concept, even though I find it interesting. Lots of drawbacks.
ChronicD
I too have considered this. Plenty of raw materials around.
usercide
Been thinking of this for a long time too. Smaller house, smaller mortgage, shorter path to freedom.
LeumisRichardson
Honestly, consider a manufactured home in the usual sense before a Conex based home.
betterthanaboyfriend
What do you mean by manufacturer?
LeumisRichardson
A trailer home. A home manufactured elsewhere and moved to the site.
usercide
A manufactured home usually refers to a house built with modular, pre-made pieces that are shipped to site and assembled.
i8paste
I had mine all lined up and planned out. Then I went to the city. They said, "Nope." Check with your city beforehand.
OlMuskyTheMartian
Also be sure your shipping crates are coming from a good source. Don't get fucked up ones that will cost you more in labor to correct.
lilwood5
What city do you live in?
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tontoma
You want to do farm animals?
bobhole
Did they give you a specific reason why not?
Wazzu
If you're going to build a house, build a house, don't have a shit house. From gov. perspective, lowers amenity, has poor quality of life.
LeumisRichardson
Aside from being quite spendy for what you are getting, such homes often don't neatly fit into the assumptions building codes are based on.
i8paste
City ordinance doesn't consider shipping containers a legit building material.
OneZebraInAHerdOfWildebeests
Did you ask them if the jet fuel will melt them?
betterthanaboyfriend
This is key Trying to build a complex in LA county right now but city categorizes shipping containers as "trailers" and have strict rules(1)
betterthanaboyfriend
about trailer parks which are not allowed. The easiest costs are build outs but the city codes and zoning are where the real costs lurk.
RaynWisp
They don't allow trailer parks in LA County? That... doesn't sound right.
betterthanaboyfriend
LA county has very few. But they are strict as hell partly because of water tables, waste and sewage but more importantly urban planning
hellifiknowwhatsgoingon
If its in your budget, buy land and build it yourself. You probably wont be able to sell it as a house, but you can do what you want.
hellifiknowwhatsgoingon
In city limits they don't let you do jack squat. On land outside of city limits? Live in a damn tree. No one cares.
Tehspy
Eh, not always true. Most counties have rules as well.
hellifiknowwhatsgoingon
My understanding was as long as you dont try to sell the building as a home, and its not a blatant safety hazard, you could do whatever?
Tehspy
We had to get permits when we had a bathroom installed in the basement back home. It's for safety, usually of children/elderly.
betterthanaboyfriend
True just a hella of a lot more lenient in county when building and renovating
mellowdrama
I like, but I wonder about them holding heat/ac and noise. And you get what you get, you might a nasty, old, rusty one. : (
whereigotogetdownvotes
With good solid anchors, it would be tornado proof. With good insulation it would be super comfortable and quiet. If you have skills +9000!
LeumisRichardson
Or a chemically contaminated one.
steveo80
Thru research you can find containers that have been used once, and on the low end between 3-5k.
GoogleDATshiz
They let you go out to a big lot and check them out
treeskier
You can buy them new. You don't just move in. The idea is that it is a rock solid structure to start and then it gets fitted out with
treeskier
typical build techniques and products. They are not necessarily cheap buildings once completed. Living in a seismic zone they're strong AF.
Mitheledh
According to a professor I had, they lose structural integrity when you begin cutting holes them them.
PeteButtigieg
Imgur is not a professor.
Mitheledh
Try a professor of architecture.
CwmMakesPeopleCryInScrabble
I've heard this too. In which case the second you put a window or a door in you've lost the benefit, right?
Mitheledh
It means you'll need to go in and reinforce it with beams and such, which kind of defeats the purpose.
jezzibylle
Reduced not lost completely