HPM HalePlus modular factory homes

[dobanion]

If they could release the darned thing at $100k, I got a friend with a checkbook waiting. He's currently considering a "tiny home" at 400 sq/ft (120 of that is loft), at about that price.

[kalakoa]

How ironic: buying a substandard home that may not qualify for permits and which isn't built by the carpenters' union ... because that's the best available option that fits the budget.

[randomq]

I can't believe how much people pay for "tiny homes". Even with the inflated lumber prices and charging an equal amount for labor I can have a place that size dried in for under 25000, and "Puna finished" for not much more.

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(and that's soundly built, 3/4" T&G subfloor, 16" oc studs and appropriately sized beams, joists, rafters, and purlins...)

[terracore]

Local tiny homes starting $45k

https://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/for/...21487.html

https://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/for/...99008.html

[tada]

Anybody seen the model rental shed on Keaau Hwy


https://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/for/...51825.html

911 Storage also turning them into "tiny houses" by cutting 3 big windows and a door into the side and selling for $10500. Convinced me to buy one. Cannot stack them like Matson boxes but insulation built into the walls with light galvanized steel.

I have a Matson box already. They are so rugged and watertight can be a disadvantage because there's no ventilation. You can have windows and doors cut on Oahu but raises the shipping costs because at that point they are rated unstackable..

I decided to rust out some holes in my box. So I bought some sandpaper and steel wool rubbed off the paint. I found what works better is the most common thing on the Island. Pick a rock off the ground gash the wall. Hard work but hopefully get some pin prick holes at least eventually??

[randomq]

If you're going for windows and doors, I hear an angle grinder works well. Then use heavy gauge cement filled pipe (or wood framing) to reinforce any openings.

[kalakoa]

Find "Container Homes" (produced by HGTV) on your favorite streaming service. Sadly, there are only 5 episodes.

[tada]

This is the ad for the "tiny home" I'm buying

https://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/for/...50986.html

It's not overbuilt to be "stackable" like Matson boxes. So I thinking must be easier to work with cutting out doors and windows. Plus trying to avoid hooking up Helco so don't have the juice for power tools. Right now I quarter size hole for ventilation.

What the best paint to prevent rust on top of the Matson box? 911 Storage convinced me when you remove the paint layers the bare metal deteriorate readily. And conex box too industrial for that HGTV vibe. If you look at the 911 tiny house that's as HGTV as I need.

[kalakoa]

What the best paint to prevent rust on top of the Matson box?

A roof. With a nice overhang to help keep the rest of it dry.

[tada]

Ya keep it cooler too. With all the banging and clanging containers have to endure you be lucky to get one with a hole on the side but not on the top or bottom.