Intro to Container Homes
Our quick intro to prefab homes made from shipping containers.
They are green and gorgeous and they can kinda, sorta be delivered to your front door, errr, front lot. (70% of construction typically occurs off-site for shipping container homes).More and more people are turning to container homes and here are 5 reasons why:
- Container homes are plentiful. Innumerable shipping containers are sitting at ports around the world.
- Container homes are quick to construct. Typical homes take 4-8 months to build while container homes take 2-4 months.
- Container homes are inexpensive. They range between $500 - $2,000 per container, and can cost 40% less to build.
- Container homes are energy-efficient. Yes, translating into dollars-and-cents.
- Container homes look awesome. Just check out Logical Homes or green building and architecture pioneer, Peter DeMaria, of DeMaria Design, and his Redondo Beach Shipping Container House.
Published August 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM
