If you’re living or planning to settle in hurricane and typhoon-prone areas, you’ll need a sturdy house that can withstand heavy winds and floods.
On the other hand, if have no choice but to settle in earthquake-prone areas, you’ll need lighter materials for a house instead of solid concrete. In today’s changing climate, natural disasters are a major thing to consider before building your family home. And one feasible suggestion would be shipping containers.
Shipping containers are used to transport all kinds of goods all over the world. It’s all weather durability has been proven and tested since its invention in 1956. It was patented by American trucker Malcolm Mclean.
In a recent couple of decades, the popularity of shipping containers being converted into a storage room, homes, and even offices has been growing. It’s simply because they are more affordable than building typical houses, plus its strength unparalleled. Even with earthquakes and floods, as long as the doors are locked, the container may roll, tumble, and fall, but the things inside will stay there and could be easily salvaged.
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Previously, it was just resourcefulness that led people to utilize these containers, but now you can buy the whole container house online on Amazon.point 231 |
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MODS International decided to develop new container houses and sell them online.point 180 | They have the basic setup, but they could also fully customize the house according to buyer’s preference.point 271 |
The usual setup they are selling includes a kitchen, a small living area, a bathroom, and a bedroom in which you could fit two double deck bunk beds.point 122 | 1
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Since MODS will be delivering to different countries with different building codes, they have no problems adjusting to them especially when it comes to plumbing and electricity.point 373 |
When it comes to the different climate, these container houses are fully insulated which could minimize the effect of external heat or cold.point 118 | Air-conditioners and heaters can be easily installed.point 165 | For an additional cost, you may also request it to be solar-power ready to be more sustainable.point 244 | 1
Now we come to the price; one unit will cost you 36,000 dollars. That’s a little more than your typical tiny house, or if you build your own container house from old or scrap containers, but that’s definitely much lesser than your standard sized house made mostly of concrete, wood, and steel.
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You’d also have to pay $4,000 for the shipping.point 141 | Yes, it’s that much considering its weight of 7,500 lbs.point 190 | But for me, $40,000 dollars is a reasonable price considering it’s a lifetime investment protected from almost all the elements.point 301 |
For starting families, you can do a little more research on this before jumping in, but a container house surely is a viable option.point 109 | After all, it’s the family that lives in a house that makes it a home.point 167 | 1