Comments on: Small living in a refurbished shipping container

By: O. Berkeley

O. Berkeley — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:34:50 +0000

I don’t know. They tried this approach making small living huts for research in the Antarctic, especially out on the frozen sea ice (huts were equipped with a sled for towing. The results were less than successful. They look great, but they don’t work all that well.

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By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:34:42 +0000

Where’s the toilet?

By: Static Caravan Owner

Static Caravan Owner — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:57:34 +0000

Kay Sexton, there are already people all around the world living in much smaller places, and in most cases it’s not out of choice.

I live in a smaller structure (static caravan) and I don’t know what is so profoundly powerful about it, my heating bills are quite substantial when one considers the small place I’m trying very hard to heat.

By: Kay Sexton

Kay Sexton — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:21:42 +0000

I stayed in one of these for a week during a writing residency in the Scottish Highlands – it was warm, beautifully lit with natural light and didn’t seem at all ’small’.

I think this could be a profoundly powerful and environmentally friendly way to address the need for sustainable secure housing all around the world.

By: Steven Vance

Steven Vance — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:51:53 +0000

I was researching the price of used shipping containers as a shelter for bike parking.

They are cheap! About $1600 per shipping container, but the condition will be suspect. About $800 more for a used container that meets shipping standards.

See this website for quotes and locations. The company will also add doors and windows for their customers.
http://www.cgini.com/

By: lynn

lynn — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:09:50 +0000

There’s a related article on CNN today:

“Downsizing to 100 square feet of bliss”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING.....index.html

By: rosie

rosie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:34:03 +0000

We have quite a lot of shipping containers as homes in the UK now – particularly in cities where it is so easy just to slot one in without disturbing the infrastructure – and some of the designs are just amazing! They can be used for so many different projects and the costs are much less than traditional construction projects which means that I have never heard of one getting repossessed by a bank as there is rarely a need for a mortgage on it!
As a company we supply schools with classrooms made from shipping containers, we have supplied control rooms to the Fire Brigade and Police Force, extra accommodation for hospital staff in the form of offices and stores – and all because shipping containers do the job with the minimum amount of disturbance and fit within budget. Definitely worth thinking about.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:35:36 +0000

Imagine how easy it would be for the bank to repossess one of these.

Instead of having to evict the occupant, they just show up with a forklift and trailer.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:31:08 +0000

Yay for a whole post about this!

I would love to see modernly designed neighborhoods with homes made of 3 or 4 of these start popping up instead of the “McMansion” neighborhoods nowadays, and I could easily see these being sold for half the price condos are selling for.

I would totally move out of my condo into one of those if it was done right.

By: cindy

cindy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:59:49 +0000

awesome. i love these also.. tree houses TOO!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:18:00 +0000

In the novel Snowcrash (1992), Hiro Protagonist lived in one of these.

By: Ned Yeung

Ned Yeung — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:52 +0000

I tried this before, and almost got arrested for squatting. o_O

By: cv

cv — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:19:24 +0000

I’m sure there are ways to deal with this problem, but I’d worry about having one of these in a warm, sunny climate. Can you imagine living in a metal box on a 90 degree day if it’s not in the shade?

Other than that, it seems like a really great idea, with lots of design possibilities!

By: Another Deb

Another Deb — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:09:49 +0000

I would love to see this as a vacation cottage, perched in the mountains somewhere. The desert… not so much!

By: Squawkfox

Squawkfox — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:30:23 +0000

My chicken coop is bigger. Seriously. I’d love to see inside to see how big the bed is…and the kitchen? Is there a real stove in there, somewhere?

By: Janice

Janice — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:15:25 +0000

Great idea! here is a company in california that makes some great container buildings and they’re working on a container church in Los Angeles.

house

http://www.demariadesign.com/i.....&id=22

church

http://la.curbed.com/archives/.....contai.php

By: Alejandro Cornejo

Alejandro Cornejo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:01:56 +0000

Think outside the box… Live inside the box. I’m an architecture student and i have always been obsesed with minimalist architecture, not only as a style, but also as a philosophy (what got me interested in unclutterer on the first place) i think that architecturally concepts like these or the mch are way more interesting than the tallest, biggest buildings being built in dubai or anywhere else for that matter.

By: Raj

Raj — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:39:35 +0000

Great post. Does anyone know what kind of zoning-laws these fall under. Can anyone with a plot of land build a house using shipping containers or would the neighborhood association would have a say in it?

By: another depressed hoarder

another depressed hoarder — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:47:35 +0000

Sorry for the off-topic, but can anyone tell me why Mrs. Ragan deleted her excellent blog, Psychology of Clutter? Does she have another blog available anywhere? Thank you.