Posted on 06/03/2021 8:45:56 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Box 500 Apartments — built out of shipping containers stacked six stories high and locked together like LEGO bricks — is set to open in July at 543 S. 500 West in Salt Lake City.
The 83 units were awarded city incentives to be affordable and rents will range from $829 to $1,204 a month, said Amanda Best, a specialist in the housing development program. Tenants have to qualify to rent them by earning 60% or less of the city’s median income, said builder Rod Newman.
Best said maximum income levels depend on household size, but will initially range from from $38,760 to $59,760 annually.
With white walls, light fixtures and appliances, the apartments feel modern, if on the small side. On a recent tour, one kitchen designed in a classic L-shape was windowless and had limited counter space — but a bathroom was arguably more spacious than some in older city housing.
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It seems to me it would be cheaper and easier to make pre-fab corrugated sheets of steel and build them in a modular configurations.
Are there an excess of unused, decommissioned shipping containers 'clogging up or landfills' that we have to find alternative uses and recycle?
What is the rust-free life-span of a shipping container used as housing?
Just like an official third-world country!
Free at last! Free at last!
And have a very good AC unit.
I lived in one when I was in Croatia , door , 2 windows and NO AC ,LOL
I’ve seen some pretty cool things done with them
Sturdy sheĺls and airtight
I’ve always thought this should be a good thing
and what do they
Smell Like?
Red Snapper,
Halibut?
I’ve read a lot of articles and seen a lot of youtube videos regarding repurposing shipping containers as homes.
It’s not practical.
It looks like a cool idea, but the devil is in the details. However, If I could get the containers FREE, I’d find a way to make it work to some degree.
When they build apartments out of old wind turbine blades, I’ll be very impressed.
Also, the rent seems high for what they are getting, in comparison to income.
The picture in the OP reminded me of the Genesis song, “Get ‘em out by Friday.”
This sort of housing is the next step up from a large cardboard box.
When they build apartments out of old wind turbine blades, I’ll be very impressed.
Also, the rent seems high for what they are getting, in comparison to income.
All it takes is one unruly tenant to turn the building into a s@hole. No privacy, lots of noise.
No thanks.
Ugly
I’ve looked at containers as possible housing “units”.
For a shed, for a utility room, for good security, they are pretty good. Gotta be very careful of roof corrosion.
But everything I have looked at, to run utilities, to make smooth residential-style walls, to place windows, seems like more work than stick-built. Under current hyperinflation lumber pricing, that may no longer be so.
But they certainly seem like a hell of a lot of fuss to wire and plumb and finish out. Yes, I have seen some interesting structures and small dwellings out in the boonies, and yes, there is an attraction in being able to get instant enclosure to a remote spot.
And how structurally safe from earthquakes stacked like that? Just curious
Some positives:
-inexpensive
-sturdy
-sized for transport
-security
-fire resistant
-mobile
-easy to partially bury
Some Negatives:
-difficult to insulate
-difficult to avoid rust and condensation in humid areas
-difficult to install doors and windows
-difficult for cellular reception
-difficult to expand on
-difficult to fit furniture due to non-standard sizing
-requires special skills and tools for connections such as plumbing and electrical
-electrical conductivity could be a risk
There is a severe shortage of Container’s [TEU’s]. these boxes are worth a lot more on an Ocean Carrier than as an apartment!
Best one I’ve seen was two of them sitting side by side, 20 foot apart with a gable truss roof over them. Gave you storage on each side and a nice big roofed area in between.
I don’t see them as very good for living spaces. How much ceiling weight do you end up with after insulating? One isn’t wide enough to do much, especially after insulation and inner wall coverings so now you need to cut a side out of two of them and put the open sides against each other like a double wide mobile home and you’d have to put some columns in to support the middle. All while working with corrugated walls.
So are those double-wides?
You can buy one for a couple grand
Lots of possibilities
Zoning would be an issues in a lot of places
Lived in container rooms in Iraq, some even had indoor plumbing, but usually had to go to a separate facility. Called them Chu’s (containerized housing unit).
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