I saw this article on Yahoo and thought of this thread.
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I saw that first home just yesterday but in a different story. Thanks for the link.Originally posted by APL View Post
Here's one I posted earlier and two others I found.
I love the simplicity of this. The way the roof is connected is straightforward and effective. I would want a little more insulation but the closed cell foam would be ideal to me.
Follow the different tabs to see the progress in building. Granted, the rooms are very small but the use of space was impressive out of two 40 ft containers. I really like the finished kitchen too. Not crazy about the foam exterior but my goal is to glean info from different projects to see what was done and how to do it.
This one is as close to what I'm considering as I've seen so far as for the roof goes but I wouldn't want gable ends. This one is also the closest to me that I know of at about an hour away. I actually know the crane operator and talked to him about it. He said the owner is still finishing up so I don't know what else he's done but hope to find out soon. He also said that this guy built this house for $25 per square foot which is a feat in itself. I would like to have a colored metal roof and would definitely repaint the containers and remove most of the door hardware. Having one set of wide operating doors would be nice though whether they were turned into traditional french doors or used as cargo doors for easily moving large items in or out of the house. We have large furniture and I reeeaally hate trying to squeeze stuff through small doorways.
A design I have been looking at is a house that uses five 53 foot containers. That gives an interior floor space of right at 2200 sq ft. What I've found is that 53 footers are really hard to come by right now and are relatively expensive. I have found containers that have been used once (new) running about $4500-5800 each if they can be found. With tax and delivery that comes out to around $26k-33k. I would like to get below $20k but that might prove impossible. Even at $22,000, that would start me off in the $10/sq ft range.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned these people.
They are used a lot in disaster settings. One nice thing about them is that they can be made to your specifications, not only the pre-fabs. They can be quite expensive as a small house will run you about 30K but I have been told unofficially that on rare occasion they run 50% off sales when they have stock left over from a big military order. But of course there biggest advantage is they can be shipped anywhere and done in less than 24 hrs.Filed Chapter 7 non-consumer as a pro se. *Discharged* October 2011.Comment
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so now the pick up lines are gonna be "hey baby your shipping container or mine..giggity"Comment
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Brokeded, I haven't posted in awhile but your post really intrigues me. As you know I am also in your area. My hubby and I are strongly considering doing a container home after bk as well. We are thinking we might look into a mobile home with a couple of acres, size and condition not so important. This way we know we would have a well and septic, and the land for a cheap price, and a place to live while we build the container home. The money we had been spending on rent will go toward the project as well. There are many great mobile home deals around here, lots of them foreclosures. I remember seeing one for $8,000 one day.
I like to live in a nice home, but frankly, I have had it with keeping up with the Joneses as well. I want a place to live, that looks decent, but not wanting to spend alot of money to have it. We will be retiring in several years, and don't want to have a mortgage in retirement. With our foreclosures, by the time they are done, and we can qualify for a conventional loan, we will be retired, lol. I wonder if any banks will finance if you have a large down payment, like 50 to 60%? So we have no other choice but to find some sort of low cost home ownership.
Several years ago we bought a mobile home in OH for $1400 and a $1 for the adjacent lot. We put about $20k into remodeling it, for it had been a home for squirrels the last 10 years. Hubby tore off the roof, gave us a cathedral ceiling, we put Hardi-panel siding on it. Looked great, a cozy little house in the woods, in a resort community that had million dollar lake homes almost side by side with the mobile homes. $80 a month HOA was our only expense, and that fee included water sewer and community pool and boating lake. Hubby wanted to spend more money putting on a garage. I said we should not spend money on it, we should buy a house, it would appreciate. So we bought a house in 2005 and paid top dollar. All because I believed in the principle of house appreciation. That house was going to appreciate and give us a tidy nest egg for our retirement. And here we are today, facing bk in a few months time. So I no longer believe in some things I have always held to be true.
Keep posting about this, I hope you decide to go this route! I may be asking you for your container contacts next year, lol.Comment
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Nothing really new to report. I'm currently looking for the right piece of land. My goal is to find a property with a year round running creek/stream/river. Land prices can vary wildy around here just depending on where you want to live and how much you buy. At this point, I'm willing to move pretty far out of town to get enough acres at the right price but the drive to work has to be a consideration for my wife and I. I've approached a couple folks with farm acreage but, like a lot of people around here, they want to keep the land in the family. I'm guessing this part will be the most frustrating.Comment
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