11-06-2014, 12:41 PM
I have 40' and 20' containers and did exhaustive research on this subject. My conclusion was that the money it costs to take advantage of what containers have to offer but also fixing the problems they cause were higher than building from scratch and not using the containers in the first place. There are notable exceptions. For storage purposes they can't be beat. We use one for storing animal feed, household goods, and other items and everything is kept dry and free from insects, rodents, mold, and mildew. I can also see living in a container as being preferable to a tent or other temporary structure. But if you want it to look and act like a house, the money you spend getting there... it is usually cheaper to build a house. The best things about containers are they are instant, they are moveable, they are cheap- not adjectives usually associated with a home.