Shipping Container Home: Behold, the Reason for Nonsense Building Codes and Zoning Laws
January 2nd, 2012
There’s a reason why they don’t mention where this is with any greater precision than, “California.” It’s because banks and maniac filth don’t get to draw as much energy from people who live in outlaw dwellings.
Via: Fair Companies:
Lulu is a single mom who’d gone back to school and didn’t have the time or interest in working full-time to pay for rent. So when she had to move out of her more conventional home, she decided to move herself and her daughter into a shipping container.
“I think I’m a little claustrophobic so the storage container was a little daunting, but I got the container for free.”
DIY container home
With no building experience, Lulu spent just one month cutting windows and a door and installing insulation and a basic kitchen (complete with propane-powered campstove and on-demand water heater).
Then she and her daughter moved into the 8 by 20 foot square foot home, fitting a bed, couch, bookshelf and kitchen cabinets into the 160 square foot box.
A flatbed trailer bedroom addition
When Lulu decided they needed a bit more space, she went from shipping to trucking waste and began to build their bedroom on a used flatbed trailer.
“It’s really mostly built like a shed. It’s a nice looking shed, but it’s really an 8 by 16 shed with windows in it.”
Salvaged furniture
Using only recycled building materials- including used floorboards, windows, cabinets, doors, bathtub, toilet and sinks- she built the entire thing for about $4,000 (trailer included).
When you don’t have money you just get creative you know and I had to go to the junkyard many times and be like, ‘okay, what am I going to do’ and be like ‘okay, I’ll pick that’ and ‘how can I convert that into a closet’ and ‘how can I make that a sink’ and ‘how am I going to make that fit’.”
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