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Home Sweet Shipping Container: Detroit Housing Project
ABC News ^ | November 23, 2012 | Karin Halperin

Posted on 11/23/2012 4:14:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We have a few 40x10x8.5 containers for storage. Do you suppose that the dimensions are erroneous? We’ve seen 20x10x8.5’s.


41 posted on 11/23/2012 6:13:56 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Way too big and fancy. I lived in one of those “For $5 we can ship it anywhere” Postal Service boxes. Three bedrooms and two baths. I used an envelope for a garage.


42 posted on 11/23/2012 6:30:34 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Silentgypsy
thank you, that's what i thought... 10X20 or 10X40 is what seen/used
43 posted on 11/23/2012 8:00:07 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Katrina cottages look prettier...


44 posted on 11/24/2012 2:43:51 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: Chode

The nice aspect of those things is that you can configure them according to your requirements and tastes. Mr. Sg has already coated the roofs with a silver-colored sealing compound and is in the process of painting the sides white in order to create a backdrop that emphasizes the color of the shrubs and trees. Next couple of steps involve creating man-doors and laying tile on the floors.


45 posted on 11/24/2012 7:15:02 AM PST by Silentgypsy (If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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To: Silentgypsy
cool... pls post pics sometime
46 posted on 11/24/2012 7:39:14 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode

Still in formative stages (only one container painted white but that’s the one near the rear deck he built which really looks good.) Will post photos of 6x8 greenhouse he erected and the stuff he’s growing inside it. Peripherally, I just discovered yesterday that collards need frost to make them sweet. The greenhouse interior is humid and much warmer than the outside temperature. Arrrggghhh! Anyway, will PM you to profile page when I post photos. Thx for your interest.


47 posted on 11/24/2012 8:20:39 AM PST by Silentgypsy (If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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To: Silentgypsy
welcome and thx...
48 posted on 11/24/2012 8:35:18 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: RoosterRedux

I was being snarky about Obama and all his Green zealots.


49 posted on 11/24/2012 9:05:30 AM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I wouldn’t want to live in an 8x12 in Afghanistan either. (Though I am greatful to those who did. Thanks for your service.)

If you goal is cheap domestic housing then stick with single wide mobile homes and use the storage crates for storage.


50 posted on 11/24/2012 9:41:44 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: autumnraine

Oops...sorry.;-)


51 posted on 11/24/2012 9:49:32 AM PST by RoosterRedux (He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
The 8x12 was my shack in the mountains in New Mexico.

I was a zoomie, so most of my deployments were in billeting, sometimes in a tent. We had it much better than the Army or the Marines.

/johnny

52 posted on 11/24/2012 9:57:08 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: RoosterRedux

S’ok my FRiend.


53 posted on 11/24/2012 10:15:38 AM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sounds like a decent garage. I’d take one.


54 posted on 11/26/2012 12:37:14 PM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced tattooed pierced harley hatin meghan mccain luvin' REAL beer drinkin' smoker ..what?)
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