Category Archives for "Shipping Container Homes"
Her Illegal Tiny Container Home on Wheels
For the past five years, Robyn has lived in her tiny container home on wheels. It’s 160 square feet and 20 feet long. When designing it, she wanted it to be bright and open, with as many windows as possible. With the French doors and the original shipping container doors both open, they make her … Read more
Continue readingShipping Container Home with Site Built Extension
Have you ever seen a shipping container home with a site-built extension? There are growing number of examples of this design, but not all can hold up to strict engineering standards for structural integrity. With that said, Relevant Buildings developed a model that exceeds all the necessary standards to create a functional and charming house. … Read more
Continue readingHer Permitted Shipping Container Home
Jen lives in a permitted shipping container home in the Colorado mountains—a dream come true. But to get to this point took a massive amount of research. Importantly, she found a county government open to nontraditional housing types. Gilpin County proved to be exceptionally helpful during the entire permitting process. Of course, the pandemic made … Read more
Continue readingAlternative Living Spaces with Tony
Tony built his first container in his parent’s backyard. He spent 9 months and $13,000 on materials. This included the container but not the cost of construction since he did it himself. Tony’s friend did a video walkthrough of his project and he posted it on his new business website the day after. The video … Read more
Continue readingArchitect’s 40′ Shipping Container Home
Meet Dan, an architect who designed, built, and now lives in a high-cube 40-ft shipping container home with his wife, dog, and cat. During the design phase, he focused on not sacrificing comfort while optimizing function. The result is an exceptionally livable, light and airy tiny home. Impressively, Dan did it all for $45,000. “We … Read more
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