Comments on: How to Live in a Shipping Container

By: G

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:52:27 +0000

Your website is great and informative..wether the links work or not. I’ll have to check them out. Thank you! We are considering a home and wonder how to find out if our town will allow this type of building. We are 90 miles of NYC.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:27:22 +0000

Hi Ali, thanks for leaving us a comment. This article is actually two years old, and while we do our best to keep updating links as we go along, sometimes we miss a few. There were only two broken links in this article anyway, which we’ve now fixed. We appreciate you letting us know, but maybe next time you could cut us a bit of slack before writing off the entire website due to 2 faulty external links. Best – BS.

By: ali.t.

ali.t. — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:16:20 +0000

are you aware of all the bad links in your article? I gave up on bothering to view other pages because it keeps giving 404 errors.

By: tony mckenna

tony mckenna — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:36:09 +0000

nice examples of some of the innovative things being done with shipping container modifications these days.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:39:42 +0000

JK,

Honestly, I understand how you see a correlation between a container house to a mobile home considering the modular/prefab aspect of the Quik House (I checked out the website). However, the amenities you are describing are far beyond that of a mobile home. I have never seen a mobile home with the permanence of a radiant floor slab, footings or finishes at that price point for a 20k+/- sf house. What you are describing are the amenities you would have in a single family stand alone house. Not to mention that the container house could be designed to withstand hurricane force winds, a condition that could not be found with a mobile home. Based on the numbers for a 6 container house your cost per SF, your cost is a good bit lower than a traditionally built house.
I think you should re-evaluate this. Maybe find a local architect that can help you reach your goals.

I commend you on seriously looking into the shipping container housing option. I hope you find an option that works for you. Good luck.

By: jk

jk — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:26:54 +0000

The 184,000 is for a house created out of 6 containers, with all the amenities of a typical western house, plumbing, electrical s, insulation etc.
[Quik House]
includes :
- 6 modified shipping containers
- all the glass necessary to enclose the Quik House
- basic plumbing and electrical
- standard plumbing fixtures
- walls ready to receive your local inspection
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$119,000
[Cost to Finish the Quik House]
Shipping (based on destination)

N/A
Quik House Assembly $2,500
Site Preparation
- excavation $2,000
- foundation and slab $6,000
- in slab radiant heat $6,000
Infrastructure
- glass installation $4,000
- HVAC $7,000
- plumbing $7,000
- electrical $7,000
- insulation $5,500
- wall finish and painting $6,000
- flooring $5,000
- built in shelves and closets $2,000
- interior doors and hardware $2,000
- roofing $3,000
———————————————————————–
$65,000
Quik House $119,000
Cost to Finish the Quik House $65,000
———————————————————————–
Total Estimate

$184,000
plus shipping

By: jim

jim — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:11:12 +0000

where did you get the cost of $184k?
a 20×40 delivered is about 5k . you could build a seriously pimp house with these for 184K.

By: Swenson

Swenson — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:27:38 +0000

$184,000 for the equivalent (or less) of a mobile home???? Don’t see the value, sorry.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:30:37 +0000

I wonder where you could get plans for converting these?