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Have any of you had any experience living in or building a freight container tiny home? (aussie.zone)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/environment@aussie.zone
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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/33231688

I am considering this for the future and I hear both pros and cons. If any of you have any stories about your experience or of someone else's, let me know.

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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Low natural height gets more fucky with duct work and other stuff typically run through ceilings. You have to insulate which eats into usable space (plus utilities, plumbing, etc.), if you go double wide to have more space, you have to reinforce it because otherwise it'll start to deflect as its lost its base shape.

If you're doing it to save money, all that stuff adds up real fast.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    All that and when it's all said and done it still looks like a container.

    Plenty people live out of containers on big island. It's about as good as it sounds.

    I'd rather build a small cabin out of block and wood frame.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Home Depot sells these 250sqft units for $50-70000CDN/ US$35-50K.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    My friend has a property out in Puna and they built these little cabanas with kitchenettes. Just a block frame with wooden insets to mount the screen windows. They don't even have proper windows, just screening to keep the bugs out. If you can supply the labor could probably build one for 10k, 20k max. And you can buy land in that area for 10k an acre. You could be all in for 50k and have paid for the land, and done a small solar electric and watch catchment system.

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