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Morning commute from Waimanalo to town is similar to Kailua. Evening, not so much. Practically gets backed up to Keolu Drive - weekends are awful now getting into Waimanalo when it goes 2 lanes to 1. But WAY more desirable to Waianae
Morning commute from Waimanalo to town is similar to Kailua. Evening, not so much. Practically gets backed up to Keolu Drive - weekends are awful now getting into Waimanalo when it goes 2 lanes to 1. But WAY more desirable to Waianae
I have family on Hihimanu near Rocky Road in Waimanalo. I drive out there once or twice a week, every week. The commute time from there to town is much faster than let's say Lanikai to town. Morning rush hour, afternoon rush hour, hands down much faster. With no traffic (which is generally the case), it's a 20 minute commute.
And yes the traffic does back up on Kalanianaole Hwy at times but the line of traffic is short. Extremely short. And a simple google traffic search when passing Castle Medical will tell you if you should take the back road and drive through Norfolk (Old Kalanianaole Road). That bypasses about 80% of the traffic IF it is backed up. Isn't technology wonderful?
At the end of the day, if you live next to Robin's Nest (Magnum P.I.), yes the commute is bad compared to most locations in Kailua. But that's the far end of Waimanalo. If you live near Glenn's Flowers, your town commute will be faster than 90% of anyone living in Kailua. Kailua has short commutes and much longer commutes - it's a large community that requires traversing through often congested corridors. And if there is anything going on at Lanikai Beach forget about even getting on the road to go anywhere. Just stay put.
Imagine putting two or more containers side-by-side, like my friends did. Their lower story living room is 22 x 30. The kids / guest bedrooms are 12 x 10 each.
From the outside, it's hard to tell that they were containers. However, they are significantly more resistant to wind-driven debris than any other home in their area.
You might want to actually learn something about these before you attempt to lecture on the subject.
Imagine putting two or more containers side-by-side, like my friends did. Their lower story living room is 22 x 30. The kids / guest bedrooms are 12 x 10 each.
From the outside, it's hard to tell that they were containers. However, they are significantly more resistant to wind-driven debris than any other home in their area.
You might want to actually learn something about these before you attempt to lecture on the subject.
Learn how absolutely impractical it is to build a home out of fixed size steel containers when you're paying $100+/square foot for the land? Sorry, that's just common sense.
You have no understanding of construction, building code or what is involved with combining multiple containers to make a 22x30' livable space. Do you think you can just cut the containers with a sawzall and stick them together to make larger spaces? LOL. To make a 22' clear space with containers, you need to gut ALL the reinforced steel walls of one container and 50% of the walls of the remaining two containers to make it even work. Then reattach all 3 containers by welding them together and then adding all the other components that make a home livable (double wall construction to accommodate plumbing/electrical, insulation, drywall, etc, etc). Then waterproof the roof of the container and add insulation/drywall to the underside of the roof (which drops the ceiling to an uncomfortable 7' or so that cannot accommodate ceiling fans).
The only people building homes out of containers are trying to make a "reuse/recycle" statement. More power to them. But there is absolutely nothing logical or rational (particularly from an economic standpoint) about building a home with containers when the land costs more than $100/SF.
Learn how absolutely impractical it is to build a home out of fixed size steel containers when you're paying $100+/square foot for the land? Sorry, that's just common sense.
You have no understanding of construction, building code or what is involved with combining multiple containers to make a 22x30' livable space.
Your point about the cost of ground is valid, though I would point out that you're going to pay that cost for pretty much anything other than a treehouse.
The rest of what you wrote is an example of the combination of pride and ignorance. I admire your efficiency, but I'm still laughing at you.
Especially since that's pretty much what we did for my friends (except we used a plasma cutter, not a Sawzall), and it's been working fine for several years, while the next-door neighbor got extensive wind damage (to the point of having to live in a motel for a month, during repairs) in a storm not long ago which only stripped off the plastic siding from one exterior wall.
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