01-27-2011, 05:20 PM
The only thing I know to do is to look on Craigslist, where you will find only the occasional private seller, and where you will find commercial operations such as Affordableportablehousing.com. A 20' from them costs over $3,000 plus shipping and a 40' costs around $4,000 plus shipping. The fact that there are so few private sellers shows that containers are in fact valuable. Affordableportablehousing keeps some on the ground at Kawaihae but not always, so usually a container must be shipped from Oahu.
Interestingly a 20' is not all that much cheaper than a 40'.
I bought a 40' high cube container from affordableportablehousing 3 to 4 years ago for $3,700 plus trucking from Kawaihae harbor. Hindsight being 20/20 I wish I had bought two. They really work great for storing things just as they are. Strangely I still want to put something together that will make people say "Wow! Thats cool!" Something where a substantial amount of the house is hanging in space with no visible means of support, cause that is one of the few things a container is good for. I imagine I will end up paying for the privilege.
Interestingly a 20' is not all that much cheaper than a 40'.
I bought a 40' high cube container from affordableportablehousing 3 to 4 years ago for $3,700 plus trucking from Kawaihae harbor. Hindsight being 20/20 I wish I had bought two. They really work great for storing things just as they are. Strangely I still want to put something together that will make people say "Wow! Thats cool!" Something where a substantial amount of the house is hanging in space with no visible means of support, cause that is one of the few things a container is good for. I imagine I will end up paying for the privilege.