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Where to locate, how much to pay, and how to manage your container home project

Case Studies

See examples of real container homes and gather lessons learned from their owners

Design & Build

Information on designing and building a container home for buyers and DIYers

Fundamentals

Basics about making homes out of shipping containers and if they are right for you

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Gain best practices for furnishing, organizing,and living in a container home

If you love shipping container homes and want to know how to get started on building or buying one of your own, you’re in the right place!

For over four years, we’ve been helping people understand building with shipping containers. Our team has researched, analyzed, and collected the very best information on everything related to this unique building style:

The history of shipping containers and converting them into homes
Technical information about foundations, heating, cooling, ventilation, and other topics
Shipping container floor plans and designs
Profiles of and interviews with builders and owners
Recommendations on tools to help you with designing and building your container home
Tips and tricks to make your project a success
and a whole lot more!

You’ll find it all here so you can make your container home a reality!

Discover Containers

We help ordinary people build and buy extraordinary shipping container homes