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discussions on shipping container construction design and use for homes.

All Quiet On The Shipping Container Home Front?

May 13, 2012
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With a lot of things going on lately its been difficult to get on with the blog as we have had a lot of visitors. At the same time we have had an increasing amount of interest in shipping container housing which has started me looking at fabrication rather than recycling here in Cebu,Philippines...

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2x 20ft Shipping Container Livable Apartment Size.

March 31, 2012
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2x 20ft Shipping Container Livable Apartment Size.

  Size doesn’t matter springs to mind in conversation but often it does in some strange way. Mainly because people don’t realise how much space they aren’t using or more importantly how much electric, cooling,heating they waste for floor space they don’t actually need. Here is the joke though this is the apartment I...

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Charity pressures councils over million empty homes

December 12, 2011
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This is an odd thing in the UK as there is thousands of houses left empty and the worst offender is the government. Failed regeneration schemes, buying out of buildings for other reasons as well as empty caretaker and other ex use homes from past government posts are laying empty all over the place....

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Living In A Shipping Container–The Right Type Of People

December 8, 2011
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Living In A Shipping Container–The Right Type Of People

The thing with shipping container homes is you will either get a “that’s cool” or you must be mad type of comment from the people around you. But myself I consider myself one of the right type of people for a shipping container home and I will explain why. Initially through my first years...

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Why Live In A Shipping Container Home?

December 4, 2011
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The initial problem with a shipping container home is getting over the hurdle that its not just a shipping container but can be adapted for home use. I have worked in several industries that involve travel. The issue with that is you get used to living with pretty much everything you need in a...

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