Shipping Container makes All-Season Suite
Tara discovered this article in the Winnipeg Free Press and noted that a city spokesperson claims it could probably be a legal residence within city limits. She says, we appear to not have the same minimum-size restrictions that afflict so many places!
“There is some interest out there,” said Vern Hiebert, a Winkler area man who is selling a refurbished, made-to-live-in container on the Kijiji website. “We have had interest from people wanting to build homes out of the containers with multiple units.”
Hiebert is selling one cube, 14.6 by 2.6 metres which provides about 37 square metres of living space. Split into three rooms — bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen/den — the recycled container has all the modern necessities of a typical dwelling.
Hiebert calls the residence is an “all-season suite,” with space-saving insulation inside the walls, ceiling, and under the laminate flooring.
“These things are practically bulletproof; you’re not going to damage them. They’re made out of steel.”
Hiebert listed the container at $32,500, priced to move, he said.
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That’s probably the best decorated container home I’ve seen so far. Thanks for sharing it!
This is very nice, I agree with the comment above. How well insulate is this do you think? Would this work well in a cold northeast climate like Maine?
Since the location is Winnipeg arguably the coldest place in Canada it should be well insulted for the ‘mild’ NE US winters…
Thanks for this post. Please, can you give more information about exactly how the walls were made? I’m beginning a similar project and am concerned about moisture in the walls. Thanks so much.
If it’s being advertised in Winnepeg it had better be able to take the cold. It gets very cold in the ‘peg. Very windy with temperatures well into the negatives (often below -20C or -4F).
I think it goes down to -40 C which is the same as -40 F. We do here in Alberta and our climate is probably nicer.
I think insulation might be a problem with storage containers. I’m thinking if I could fill in the ridges on the outside, put some sort of siding on, then do something similar inside, I’d be OK, but don’t know. Might have to have inside exposed electrical and water lines, but I think I could make it work. I wish people would publish the R value they have.
Great sense of style! My favorite container home is still the four story one from Belgium (or another Nordic country), built by architects as a live-in studio.
What more do you need? This thing’s the coolest….(and literally, yes, if not well insultated). I’ve been contemplating outfitting one for myself as a workshop….as they’re real reasonable in price….not so sure my neighbors would be thrilled though!
-Deek
Episodes 1 and 2 of TINY YELLOW HOUSE tv on youtube are up….if bored
I’ve been looking at lots of finished containers for living and this one gets 5 stars! Love it! Clean, streamline, neat and modern. What more can you ask for??
This is gorgeous. The nice people at Apartment Therapy would love to see this, I’m sure.
Count me in in also wanting to know the R value. Would also like to see shot of the bathroom.
At first glance i thought it was the Tempohousing Director.
I would like to know how I can put these containers in a foundation ( do I have to bold them down , to anchor them down to the foundation ? ) Some one mentioned about the twistlock can be incoporporated into the foundation to act as a receiver for these ISBUs , locking them to the ground , but I need a little more details . I would be greatful if some one who have done these , know how , to let me know , thanks, TM ( You can email me direct to TM_aviaryandcages@yahoo.com )
could you pls show the bathroom facilities? this is an awesome container ‘house’.
wheres the windows? are the windows on the side fake? the outside shot does not show a window but the inside shot shows one. just curious.
personally im considering one of these for a storm shelter, put it on a concrete foundation, surround the exterior 3 walls with retaining walls then cover with dirt. grounded and insulated. would be very livable if i was solo n didnt have a family.
If you look closely at the one window you can see it looks like a framed light. Its not hard to cut out a window`so I am not sure why they made a false window but it is interesting
Is there a floor plan for this design?
@james: Maybe the first photo shows another container than photo #2.
This is quiet awesome! I just imagine, really to have a container like this an live there in a simple street with other simple houses. They would think; What does a container in our street? =)