30 and younger thread

My parents use every square inch of theirs. I have lots of shit

 

Can I have an R34 yet?

 

Yeah I'm guessing you can weasel about anything in as "rebuilt" or something like that. I bet if people quit crying for a diesel Taco and just went and tried to bring a hilux in from Mexico it wouldn't be too hard to get it registered somewhere. Dishonest yes, but I bet it's doable.

 

http://my99post.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/a-shipping-container-costs-about-2000.html?m=1#close

Ill just leave this here for you guys talkin about houses

 

Yeah, 1300 is the sze of my apartment and it's plenty big for me now. In the future I'd like some room to spread out though. Looking for around 1600-1900 sq. ft. when I graduate

 

I call BS.
The container itself may have been $2k. The houses shown cost significantly more than that.
This is what spending $2k on a shipping container will get you:


No plumbing, no wiring, no windows, no interior. Just an uninsulated steel box.
I'm not saying that you can't build economically with them, but odds are the houses shown on that page have a higher cost-per-square-foot than if you were to just build a small stick-built house.

 

Are you cooking it?

 

I don't know your life

 

Absolutely true, but the article is pitching them as an economical building design...
"You can’t beat a base price of $2,000"
Shrug. Just a pet peeve.

 

Yeah they weren't super clear but they meant the base price if the container was 2k but it really wouldn't be that bad to add everything else if you have some basic skills and tools.

You could definately make a decent house with those four fairly cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if some of those cost quite a bit by the time they were done though

 

Thanks for the info Ben.

Anyone ever had a portion of their hard drive just disappear? My sisters Mac seems to have erased the Mac portion of the drive leaving just the windows (boot camp) and recovery sections.

 

They are an economical building design. Have you looked into them at all? After a pad is poured (if pad construction is the method to be used) the containers can be set up in the manner desired and windows cut in in one day. That is much more economical than "stick building" a house. A tradionally-built home will cost much more than a container home. Do some googling on container homes as well as watch some youtube videos. You'll see what I mean. I have looked into container homes quite a bit because I plan on building one one day.

Where the great additional cost comes in is in final finishing (fixtures, lighting, furniture, etc). Most of the container homes are of a very modern design and higher end modern finishes can be quite expensive.


If you want to talk about really cheap homes, Google earthship homes...

 

Hmm might have a date this weekend

 

with the same couple?

 

With the one that goes to my school

 

nice

 

I've done quite a bit of research into them, actually. I love alternative building design! The problem with googling numbers on prices per square foot, etc. is that they typically list prices for stick-built houses that are being built for you by a building contractor, and shipping container houses that you're doing the work yourself. When I worked for a building contractor the average rate for a house worked out to around $100-$125 per square foot for average construction that included tile floors in the kitchens and the baths and decent hardwood (standard Oak or Maple) flooring. We built one for cheaper using linoleum in the kitchens and baths and laminate flooring in the rest, and it was probably around $80/foot. (It should be noted that these are basic estimates based on what the customer paid us divided by square footage of the house)
If you're not using scrounged and recycled materials, shipping container homes seem to average around $75-$150 per square foot, depending on the quality of materials used. Compare that to a national average rate of $79 per square foot for a stick-built house (note that this takes prefab construction into account as well as the stupid-expensive billionaire houses at better than $300 per square foot) and shipping container houses aren't necessarily a more economical option.
However, they ARE typically cheaper overall, because they're usually smaller. Even if you're paying $25 less per square foot, it doesn't save you anything if you make your house half again as large.

Something else to keep in mind is that shipping container houses are a relatively new phenomenon. If you're planning on selling your house in the future you may have more difficulty finding a buyer (or they may have more difficulty securing a mortgage) than you would with a conventionally built house. You may also run into challenges with meeting building code standards (depending on where you're building) or with getting homeowner's insurance.

I'm not saying that shipping container homes are a bad option, but it seems like there's usually a lot more challenges than you'd expect. I've never built one so I can't say for certain, of course.