Building a vacation rental home in a popular tourist location and renting it out by the night is an increasingly popular way to gain a home away from home and is also an attractive way to gain a year-round income. Yet despite this rising trend, one unique form of construction is poignantly missing—shipping container homes! […]
When you think about living or staying in a Container home, you may think that the experience will feel minimalist, cramped, or even like you are “roughing it”. These Container Home owners around the world beg to differ! Our first Container home we will visit is in Brisbane, Australia. Using over 30 shipping containers to […]
Constructing a shipping container home is an exciting and rewarding endeavor, but it can also be a challenging experience. One of the main things to keep in mind is, shipping containers are unique as far as building materials go. As such, they have their own confounding issues as well as fascinating advantages I want to […]
A recent article in the Dallas Morning News tells of a development going up in the neighborhood community of McKinney Texas made completely of shipping containers. The project, initiated by Habitat for Humanity is looking for a solution for low-income residents in the DFW area. When complete next year, Cotton Groves neighborhood will contain 35 […]
