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Old 04-24-2011, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Planet Eaarth
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Shipping Containers are always can be wonderful homes with not a huge amount of work. These Containers are already being used in numbers in Europe and the rest of the world for cheaper to build housing !!

The Start....
Sea, Shipping Container Cabin, Shelter, Home

Finished home.....
Sea, Shipping Container Cabin, Shelter, Home: Container Finished Rooms.

Links at top of blog page to more photos ongoing.
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Old 04-24-2011, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Shipping Containers are always can be wonderful homes with not a huge amount of work. These Containers are already being used in numbers in Europe and the rest of the world for cheaper to build housing !!

The Start....
Sea, Shipping Container Cabin, Shelter, Home

Finished home.....
Sea, Shipping Container Cabin, Shelter, Home: Container Finished Rooms.

Links at top of blog page to more photos ongoing.

Amazing what you can do with some ingenuity and hard work! Great job

Owner must be a hunter who's keeping the local taxidermist busy
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Old 04-24-2011, 06:07 PM
 
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I showed hubby these links as an idea for a second building on our second hunting fishing property. He thinks the containers probably cost 8k each. It's not a possibility for where we want to build though. There's no way we could get them back our 1 mile long driveway. Plus, the frame for a cottage would cost less than the cost of the containers and to haul them in place. I suspect this is only a good idea for someone who can get their hands on containers for free or a bargain price.
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Old 04-24-2011, 08:35 PM
 
Location: Charleston, SC
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The background on that page makes whatever they wrote nearly illegible. Looks like a lot of work though (the house, not their site).
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Old 04-25-2011, 09:34 AM
 
Location: state of enlightenment
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What a great job. Low cost, energy efficient, low maintenance (no shingles, siding), fire, insect, rodent, hurricane resistant.
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Old 04-25-2011, 05:30 PM
 
Location: sowf jawja
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wow, that's hideous.


i thought part of the appeal of using containers was to make a more modern styled home?

those arched windows and openings, and traditional look seem like a designers worst nightmare.
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Old 04-25-2011, 05:39 PM
 
Location: Planet Eaarth
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wow, that's hideous.


i thought part of the appeal of using containers was to make a more modern styled home?

those arched windows and openings, and traditional look seem like a designers worst nightmare.
WOW!! Give the owner a little credit for all the hard work he put in providing a solid affordable (paid for?) home. It sure beats the heck outta the debt ridden Mac Mansions that Americans seem to favor now.

Sure, it's unconventional but so was a sod house back when the country was being settled. If noting else is was a paid for roof over your head. Good grief..
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Old 04-26-2011, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Land of Free Johnson-Weld-2016
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wow, that's hideous.


i thought part of the appeal of using containers was to make a more modern styled home?

those arched windows and openings, and traditional look seem like a designers worst nightmare.
OMG thanks I was afraid to say anything. That is the ugliest house I have ever seen in my life. My eyes are still bleeding.

And tightwad, yes you can have a roof over your head, but fake ivy. Gag...I can't... Oh god.
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Old 04-26-2011, 12:51 PM
 
Location: Planet Eaarth
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OMG thanks I was afraid to say anything. That is the ugliest house I have ever seen in my life. My eyes are still bleeding.

And tightwad, yes you can have a roof over your head, but fake ivy. Gag...I can't... Oh god.
If we all liked the same beer or partner then life would be dull indeed. That said, You have no right to complain just stop looking at it will ya!
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Old 04-26-2011, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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Well, shipping container house does not have to be ugly:
Modern, Colorful and Creative Shipping Container Home in Houston | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
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