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Just the facts
10-09-2013, 02:52 PM
Came across this today. If I was single I would live in one especially if it offered me a premium location at a low price.

Shipping containers rented out as London homes | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450762/Shipping-containers-rented-London-homes.html)


'The idea of being able to get your own place for £75 per week and not have to be living with a shared bathroom in London is just unheard of'

RadicalModerate
10-09-2013, 03:53 PM
Very Cool and Functional. Approaching Neo-Moderne Hipsteristic. I Like it.
The only drawback I can see is that they need to change the name before they are sued by Apple Corp.
(no, not THAT Apple Corp . . . The OTHER one(s).)

Here is the more environmentally-conscious, organic, biodegradable, recyclable, multi-tasking/repurposing, Vegan Branch of The Sierra Club's Seal of Approval possessing version:
http://lygsbtd.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/refrigerator-box.jpg

All kidding aside: That is clever.
The idea in the original post. Not the blather immediately above.

jerrywall
10-09-2013, 05:16 PM
I've been a fan of the idea of using shipping containers as a basis for a house for a while now.

There's a great series of articles about a guy here in the metro doing it - Homesteading with a Shipping Container House, Part I | Truth is Treason (http://www.truthistreason.net/homesteading-shipping-container-homes) - and the problems he has faced.

And another more recent one from near Sands Springs - Home Sweet Cargo Container | This Land Press (http://thislandpress.com/roundups/home-sweet-cargo-container/)

RadicalModerate
10-09-2013, 05:43 PM
With all Permitting in place, the walls of the structure efficiently insulated (up to Energy-Star Standards, NAFTA Central) with a modern, non-toxic, foam and all electrical wiring run in Code Approved, surface-mount configuration (according to standard practices and in a workmanlike manner), I see no reasonable resistance to this concept. Look at what THEY let Stage Center get away with.

Future Ad:
Don't Say: There Goes The Neighborhood.
Say: Here Comes The Neighborhood!

(The Ad would be extra effective--plus New! Improved!!--if they could figure out how to put wheels under these things so they are more flexible in terms of moving to the next desirable location. in England they already planned for double-decker buses so this minor hurdle should be a cinch!=)

Sorry: It is a GREAT concept. (no kidding. bucky fuller is probably envious he didn't think of it.)
I'm simply anticipating objections and qualifying the imaginary customers.

(and if they could FLY! . . .)

Larry OKC
10-14-2013, 03:33 PM
Seems I recall an article recently in the Oklahoman about someone doing this for retail space???

BBatesokc
10-14-2013, 03:48 PM
Seems I recall an article recently in the Oklahoman about someone doing this for retail space???

There is a container in front of S&B's downtown that is a retail shop.


I'm a big fan of small living spaces.

I often look over websites dedicated to such endeavors.

I tried talking the wife into letting me buy two retired grain storage bins (http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grd/4070832128.html) and pouring a foundation and putting them side-by-side and then turning them into a cool guest house/studio kind of thing..... but she isn't quite convinced yet.

Larry OKC
10-14-2013, 04:25 PM
BBatesOKC: Thanks and found the article:
Shipping containers offer Oklahoma City building alternative | News OK (http://newsok.com/shipping-containers-offer-oklahoma-city-building-alternative/article/3872504)

in the 3rd pic, looks something like Stage Center (which someone had mentioned)

ThomPaine
10-14-2013, 05:49 PM
I've been a fan of the idea of using shipping containers as a basis for a house for a while now.

There's a great series of articles about a guy here in the metro doing it - Homesteading with a Shipping Container House, Part I | Truth is Treason (http://www.truthistreason.net/homesteading-shipping-container-homes) - and the problems he has faced.

And another more recent one from near Sands Springs - Home Sweet Cargo Container | This Land Press (http://thislandpress.com/roundups/home-sweet-cargo-container/)

The Bright project looks awesome. I wonder how close they stayed to their estimated $53/sq ft budget?