Shipping Container Homes: The Best Guide to Building a Shipping Container Home and Tiny House Living, Including Plans, Tips, FAQS, and More!

Very disappointed, one of the worst books I've ever purchased. 76 pages of utter dross that I could have found anywhere on the internet. Black and white pictures (6 in total) A real rip off at £20.

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Informative book on use of container as home. Giving insite container construction and care to be taken in maintenance. Nice

The book contains 17 chapters giving you everything you need to know about Shipping Container Homes. Before I stumbled upon this enlightening book, I was only vaguely aware of the possibility of living in a shipping container, though the very prospect seemed bizarre. However, as the first chapter informs us, this new fad is taking the world “by storm”. By storm? Yes, I’m as surprised as you are. So I had to read on find out why, how and where this phenomenon is taking off. Apparently, it derives from several movements, viz. minimalism and the ‘Tiny House Movement’, which is explained in Chapter 4. The idea seems to be that people want to live in minimalistic houses of less than 300 square feet. The book also goes in to the practical details of what you would need to buy a shipping container, and how much one would cost. The prices are given in both UK pounds, US dollars and Australian dollars. The lack of Canadian dollars makes me assume the author might be Australian. Chapter 9 contains a number of ‘cool design ideas’, which is nice. Some of the examples shown in Chapter 15 look positively cosy, so it does seem like a worthwhile idea. Lastly, in Ch. 17, there is an FAQs section, which admirably explains many common questions and concerns. I certainly would recommend this book to anyone who is remotely considering the idea.

With the cost of houses today, shipping container homes are one of the more cost-effective solutions out there. This book provides a great overview of what container homes are, and what you need to do to get one up and running. Covers a lot of topics that people need to plan for if they're considering a shipping container home.

I believe this is one of the best books that I have read on this subject. As a former carpenter / framer, this book covered a great deal of the requirements in getting permits, as well as the steps in the processes of the build. This is, what I believe, a must read book for any person or group desiring to build a container home short of hiring an architect and contractor to do everything for them.