Aunt Messy, brand NEW UNUSED shipping containers, which as an architect I would only recommend to my clients, are $8,000.00 US totalling $96,00. US. You couldn't have a new home in the US with basement, main level, floor above it and roof for that price. Shipping containers are very easy to insulate to the highest ratings and also the "scrap" metal that's cut away to make entryways into other rooms can be used in many other ways. Container homes are perfect for solar panel placement or you can easily put in lovely gardens. Again lowering your cost for green energy and insulation. Main cost - window glass. With electrical cables, plumbing also at minimum cost, while smooth polished concrete, underheated floors are less than in typical house. The swimming pool is about 1/5 the cost of a standard pool. The H/VAC is easily accomplished with 90 % of the duct work in the ceiling except as I previously mentioned is underneath the Heated, concrete or tiled floor. House shown apx. $368,000.

There is a huge surplus of shipping containers since the US now exports far less than it gets into ports. I wish they'd use them for residences for those in need. They could be made comfortable at a very low cost.

I dont know why but it could be anything but BLACK

Even living in a shipping container the classy expensive option now XD

But is the pool also made from a shipping container?

I like the house itself, but the flat, open outside would freak me out. No fence, no trees, no hedge, not even a flower bed!

Shipping container homes look cool and and in theory it's nice to be able to recycle something like that, but since you still have to frame and insulate it, you might pay less for more conventional external wall coverings and/or siding. You're also restricted by the size and shape of the containers. In addition, you'll need spray-foam or similar if you want to avoid condensation. I used to want a shipping container home, but I'm realizing more and more that it's just not very practical unless I needed a really sturdy house or something.

Omg! I didn't realize it was made out of shipping containers until I read the title! It's gorgeous! 😍

This home is TOTALLY GORGEOUS!

3 bathrooms? Crazy people...

I hope to win the lottery and have a home built just like that!

Shipping containers are strong, but they are not as durable as people think. By the time you spend the money on cleaning, rust removal/prevention and painting, you will have had to change the structure of the containers to such an extent that it may have been cheaper or easier just to use something else. Not to mention you are stuck with their shape as the format of your home. Eventually, they will rust. In the wild, containers do a few runs on cargo ships, then get scrapped or reconditioned with a fresh coat of paint. People somehow think this will make them last forever but even away from the sea, they'll rust. Condensation from between the walls and insulation will take an effect. Think of them more like big, hollow cars. What happens when you leave them outside for years or even decades?

With all the charm of an office building. And I support alternative housing materials, but between that starecase and the black paint everywhere, it's like Darth Vader went to retire.

WOW this is my dream home. Its modern, its got room for all of my plants, i can have the ultimate sleepover, theres a pool, its a RECYCLED HOUSE!!?!?!? Yeah someone gimme dis

I'm surprised by the decor. I would think in a house like this, it would be more minimalist and modern, not so kitschy. Though I'm personally obsessed with that mustard yellow bed spread.