You'd want to to put a fair bit of thought into "dressing up" the containers to make them look pretty... and you'd need to cut some decent sized openings into them for windows etc. to overcome the potential claustrophobia.
In terms of cost per square metre they shape up pretty well potentially. They're 8' x 40' or 320 square feet per 12 metre container. That's 3.2 "squares" per container for say $3500 delivered ($2500 to buy plus $1000 to deliver based on 200km from the city)... so you're looking at about $1000 per square on-site compared with $7000 for "normal" building per square. Of course the $1000 doesn't include foundations, "dressing up" or "services" like plumbing and electricity or roofing... but there's probably a bit of potential to save some money if it was done right.
I've seen containers done out as little portable emergency housing units. They had one on show outside the Melbourne Museum last year. They're probably more suited to that... or temporary (site) or remote accommodation, than long-term proper housing in a neighbourhood context.
They'd possibly make a good cheap wine cellar/basement! You could "bury" one in a big hole, pour your slab over the top with a spiral stairway or ladder down into your container. Not sure about getting air down there, but it's all interesting stuff.
You could probably do something interesting with a few containers in the back of a house for storage -- even bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchen, opening onto a nice open space living area to balance the narrowness of the container areas. A good example of a modern open space is the beautiful Wheatsheaf House designed by exciting young architect Jesse Judd in Victoria.
I'll attach a couple of photos of it.
Cheers
Murray Johnson
www.byohouse.com.au
I've seen containers done out as little portable emergency housing units. They had one on show outside the Melbourne Museum last year. They're probably more suited to that... or temporary (site) or remote accommodation, than long-term proper housing in a neighbourhood context.
They'd possibly make a good cheap wine cellar/basement! You could "bury" one in a big hole, pour your slab over the top with a spiral stairway or ladder down into your container. Not sure about getting air down there, but it's all interesting stuff.
You could probably do something interesting with a few containers in the back of a house for storage -- even bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchen, opening onto a nice open space living area to balance the narrowness of the container areas. A good example of a modern open space is the beautiful Wheatsheaf House designed by exciting young architect Jesse Judd in Victoria.
I'll attach a couple of photos of it.
Cheers
Murray Johnson
www.byohouse.com.au
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