Shipping Container Homes with Unique Storage Options

By Diana Parker

Shipping container homes are a great way to have the home for emergencies or as a main home to save money

In this jam-packed guide, you will learn how to plan for and build a shipping container home. You will get some floor plans to use or use as a starting point for your new home.

We also include unique storage options to help you get the most out of your space and be ready for any event that may come your way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cflacy Enterprises
• Release date: Sep 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223115854

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SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES

A GUIDE IN HAVING A CHEAP, ECO-FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE CONTAINER HOME WITH PREPPERS HIDEAWAY IDEAS

Diana Parker

About the Author

The author is an aspiring and best-selling author of books on home design. He has always been fascinated by housing design and shipping container homes. He is well-known among their friends for always being surprised by book/movie twist endings and organizing their bookshelves by color. He enjoys reading books and drinking coffee when he is not writing.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Why Choose Shipping Container Home?

Benefits of Shipping Container Homes

Affordability

Sustainability

Strength and stability

Unique

Flexibility

Chapter 2: Start with a Plan

Set Your Budget

Choose a Location

Water Access

Type of Soil

Decide and Finalize Your Design

Decide Who Will Build It

Consider its feasibility

Chapter 3: Secure Permits and Consider Zoning Laws

What Kind of Permits Do I Need for Shipping Container House?

Container Home Laws – Is it Legal to Build Shipping Container Home in My state?

What are Shipping Container Building Codes?

Can I Apply Online for Permits?

Chapter 4:  Select the Right Shipping Container

Grades and Condition

How to Inspect a Container

Chapter 5: Choose your Floor Plan Design

Chapter 6: Interior Design and Preppers Hideaways

Design Idea 1

Design Idea 2

Design Idea 3

Design Idea 4

Prepper hideaway inspirations

Creative Storage Ideas for Preppers

Entryway Key Holder From Repurposed Drawer

Upcycled Remote Control Storage Box

Behind-The-Door Wrapping Station

Bedside Storage Pockets

Chapter 7:  Install Insulation

Why Your Container Home Needs Insulation

Your Container Home’s Climate

Heating, Cooling, Or Both

Chapter 8: Costing Of Building a Shipping Container Home

Shipping Container Costings

Land price for shipping container homes

Other Home Improvements

Chapter 9: Container Movement and Delivery

Moving a Shipping Container Across Your Property

Moving a Shipping Container Across Your City

Moving a Shipping Container Across Your State or Country

Moving a Shipping Container Across The World

Conclusion

Introduction

Suppose you are looking out for something unique when it comes to housing ideas. Well, you are on the right track. In the past few decades, we have seen various unique, innovative, and quirky ideas related to housing. The days are gone when all the houses in the society looked the same. One of such creative home ideas that have got all the attention is shipping container homes. You heard it suitable – homes made from shipping containers. That might sound quite weird as you think of it at first. However, shipping containers can be regarded as one of the best materials for building a home. It is because they are movable, cuttable, durable, cheap, and strong. 

Container homes are what they sound like: homes constructed from steel shipping containers that you see on trucks, trains, and ships transporting goods worldwide. Nowadays, these massive Lego blocks are used by people to construct their homes in different sizes, colors, and shapes.

There are limitless designs and models of shipping containers that can be created for various functions. Shipping containers can be used in modeling any structure. It has been proven to be a better and more bio-gradable way of building than the conventional traditional setup. The shipping containers are lesser expensive ways of building modern structures, it is also durable and mostly adopted because of its flexibility. Setting up a container home is not as technical as it sounds.  The