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Homeless been using cardboard boxes for some time now.
Do these houses have heat, toilets, running hot and cold water, the usual kitchen appliances, Internet and phone connections, and maybe air conditioning?
Not one of those staircases would pass inspection in my county. A friend had his custom made stairs disapproved because the rails were 1/4 inch too far apart. They made him tear it out and have another one built. Very costly. Also, even though they don’t need hurricane clips, they are a requirement. No alternative building is allowed by our Gestapo inspectors. (The building department here is self financed and builders tell me they find on average $4k-6k worth of fines. Builders just figure that into the costs.)
I read the article to see the pics. Let me wipe my feet for a couple of ours after wading though all the gushing verbiage....
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I would love to build a nice bug-out shelter in the hills out of these.
If the containers are cheap I can see some possible savings by having prefabricated structures in your design. However for the most part these just look like some designer was trying to make a point about how clever they are on someone else’s dime.
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Data center capacity can be grown a module at a time.
Their opinion of "only" and mine are a lot different. You'd think this would have cost maybe $25k in South America. While some of those shipping containers are rather striking, one wonders if there are still residual pesticides or whatever chemicals left inside that the homeowners are now breathing. I'd also need a lot more insulation under the hot summer sun.
thats a nice looking home, but getting the crates up must have taken some heavy equipment...Men can make nice things...Been a widow for over 20 years, but love men, they come in handy for the heavy lifting....LOL
I saw one at a hunting show fitted out for a hunting camp. It was better than a tent but I didn’t want it, and I don’t want any of these.
In Alaska they are very popular for making shops, just stack two high and spaced far enough apart to spread some beams and rafters you then get a sizable shop. Average cost though here is $2500 each though. But they by themselves are earthquake proof. The better ones are the ones that were reefer units as they already are very well insulated.
Its a no brainer liberals will mock the use of these as homes, next thing we know they will connect them with the Duck Dynasty as “hillbilly condos” Or “upscale trailer trash”.
I know a guy not too far from me that has a ton of ATCO buildings, these are pretty much a reinforced single wide manufactured box on wheels used all over Alaska for offices, shops and sleeping quarters, they can be opened up on the sides to be lined up for a large interior space.
We used them in Iraq. They were very effective against mortar rounds an bullets falling out of the sky. But you had to make sure that the electrical wiring was well grounded.