Comments on: weeHouse Studio for Sale

By: Ashley Sofa Sleepers

Ashley Sofa Sleepers — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:20:25 +0000

I purchsed my futon on January 2011, I love it, it looks great with extra pillows. The only thing is the cushion tends to side. I purchased a piece of carpet pad and placed it between frame and cushion and it worked.

By: Alex Klein

Alex Klein — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:39:41 +0000

Actually, campers…
I write a pretty popular blog about building ISBU homes. I’m well-known in the industry and I’ve been doing it since 1977. I just released a book about it, in fact.

BTW – Getting an ISBU is easier than you think.

Take a hard look at WeeHouse, and you’ll see an empty box. Start with an 8′x20′x9.5′ High Cube ISBU, and you could easily do the same thing, (much better, actually) for about $45 a square foot.

And you could do it in your garage.

There’s very little in the way of “steel fab” in this project.

Gimme $20 grand, and I could build these all day at a higher level of finish and they’d even work, as far as energy efficiency and actual function go.

And so could YOU.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:35:28 +0000

Actually, this issue may have been remedied in the weeHouse studio. If you look at their model, the north side windows are now smaller. Again, with regard to site orientation, hopefully the wall with the full windows will face south.

By: Greenotter

Greenotter — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:03:39 +0000

In the top photo, the forward edge of the roof looks like it is shot already. Is that part of the high-end craftsmanship?

I like the rusted finish on some houses but rusted single-unit shipping container is not one of them.

By: Ryan Mitchell

Ryan Mitchell — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:43:53 +0000

I have read that getting these containers, used or new, is actually a big pain in the butt. I do agree you could get it done for much less. I bet you could get it done for $15k-$20k if you did it mostly yourself. But you would have a ton of metal cutting and other metal fabrication, all which is a unique skill set.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:07:29 +0000

Ryan,

I agree with you on the windows. I would love to have a weeHouse, but site orientation would be key. During the day the house would get some great winter sun, but that would disappear very quickly at night.

By: brian mcclure

brian mcclure — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:45:52 +0000

I THINK U CAN BUY A SHIPING CONTAINER ( 10 FT )AND BUILD IT FOR 1/2 THAT PRICE IF NOT LESS

By: Ryan Mitchell

Ryan Mitchell — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:45:34 +0000

I really like the styling of Alchemy Architects’ houses but their pricing is very steep. I suppose if you look at it from a cost per square foot (for this house it is about $150 per sq/ft) it is definitely on the higher end, but not extreme. Compare this to Jay’s Houses which can run up to $300 a square foot if he build them, Alchemy Architects’ begins to seem like an awesome deal.

The other thing I would worry about is even if those sliding doors are top of the line, super insulative, etc etc. I still think it would be a bear to head and cool, this seems to be more of a fair weather house.