Shipping container home?

[Renaissance Ronin]

Originally Posted by z@ch

Show-off...

This is exactly what I'm talking about. 'Cept yours would have green striations running thru it as the oxidation took over. You'd get that "Don't be steppin in my yard, lest you wanna be carried out on your shield" look...

Personally, I love it. Love it.

[Renaissance Ronin]

Originally Posted by Elburrito

They can be nice

This is one of the most popular ISBU home pictures in existance. For good reason. It's cool.

But, it's expensive, too.

But, man, I'd live in it in a minute... It's worth every penny.

[Fishizl]

Originally Posted by Renaissance Ronin

This is one of the most popular ISBU home pictures in existance. For good reason. It's cool.

But, it's expensive, too.

But, man, I'd live in it in a minute... It's worth every penny.

curious...how much is expensive?
I'd like to see the cost breakdown for this type of home

[Renaissance Ronin]

Originally Posted by Elburrito

curious...how much is expensive?
I'd like to see the cost breakdown for this type of home

This home, built by a pal of mine (I'm much better looking, but I admit that I admire him) Peter DeMaria, runs a few hundred bucks a square foot (times 3,220 and change if you're thinking about duplicating it). It's in Redondo Beach, Ca. so you'd expect that.

This is like the "show pony" of Container Homes.

Realistically you're looking at $750,000 including a decent hunk of land.

However, his other company "Logical Homes" has several really cool and affordable homes in it's portfolio, attainable by most of us. Those homes start at about $150 a foot.

But like I said, a nice ISBU based home can be built for less. It's called "sweat equity" and it can knock that price tag down significantly.

We build pretty nice stuff and my homes (approx 2000 square feet or less) average about $55-75 a foot on the HIGH end.

You can see examples of them and the budgets, in my new book.

[Fishizl]

Originally Posted by Renaissance Ronin

This home, built by a pal of mine (I'm much better looking, but I admit that I admire him) Peter DeMaria, runs a few hundred bucks a square foot (times 3,220 and change if you're thinking about duplicating it). It's in Redondo Beach, Ca. so you'd expect that.

This is like the "show pony" of Container Homes.

Realistically you're looking at $750,000 including a decent hunk of land.

However, his other company "Logical Homes" has several really cool and affordable homes in it's portfolio, attainable by most of us. Those homes start at about $150 a foot.

But like I said, a nice ISBU based home can be built for less. It's called "sweat equity" and it can knock that price tag down significantly.

We build pretty nice stuff and my homes (approx 2000 square feet or less) average about $55-75 a foot on the HIGH end.

You can see examples of them and the budgets, in my new book.

[Renaissance Ronin]

Originally Posted by Elburrito

It's NOT "Spam".

The point is that there are MANY other ways to achieve this.

Notice that I didn't even provide the name of the book, or the link.

[Dano 407]

Originally Posted by Renaissance Ronin

Realistically you're looking at $750,000 including a decent hunk of land.

.

Jeebus, what does a 1948 stucco 1,200 sf POS go for in Redondo?

[ian408]

There are some very nice looking homes in this thread.

Pretty cool!

[ian408]

Originally Posted by Elburrito

Hardly.

[AngryScot]

I welcome his comments and insights, he is not pushing the book down your throat so lets leave this be. The spam thing is not tolerated here very well but as long as it is informational and not all about the book etc I don't see an issue.

angryscot
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[frewhl]

I am listening , in the South.

[subybaja]

Not Spam. If Jesse James showed up in a fabrication thread to give welding tips, and linked his site for examples, that wouldn't be Spam either. IMHO.

Originally Posted by Tripod

But I live in southern Maine where we get (almost) real winters and I've not found a way to stop the thermal bridging except for cladding the exterior. Which is not really the reason to be building with these in the first place. I like the industrial look.

I'm still wondering how the insulation business works, 'cause we do get real winters here. Just use the boxes for structure, and cover them on all sides? Like Tripod said- after you frame it, insulate it, and side it, why bother with the steel?

Off to read the blog...

[bigdog99]

I would think if you were in a really mild climate and wanted to do a relatively simple design, such as a "las portales" courtyard design with bedrooms/kitchen/living area surrounding, and weren't too particular about trim and interior finish, you could get by cheaply, IF you were also building somewhere that local building codes weren't restrictive. Otherwise, in stacking up these units to make a traditional structure, your deconstruction and adaptation costs soon overtake your construction savings. Also, when you think in terms of traditional spaces and uses based on 2x4 stick framing, and then use those parameters as goals for your shipping containers, you create remodeling that may be unnecessary if you were to think of your shipping container space as a new medium and let your use fit the space.

Many local building depts only understand conventional framing, and anything you try to do "outside the box" isn't readily understood.

[ian408]

Originally Posted by bigdog99

Many local building depts only understand conventional framing, and anything you try to do "outside the box" isn't readily understood.

This is true for factory type homes as well (not the typical double wide mobile home but one in which the walls, etc are factory built and assembled on-site).

[RedRocker]

Originally Posted by AngryScot

I welcome his comments and insights, he is not pushing the book down your throat so lets leave this be. The spam thing is not tolerated here very well but as long as it is informational and not all about the book etc I don't see an issue.

angryscot
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