What Is a Shipping Container Home? A shipping container home is a residence that uses a gently used or one-time-use shipping container as the exterior shell of a home. Instead of building a ...

Closing thoughts Building your home from shipping containers is indeed a possibility. However, there’s a lot of work and sweat that’ll take place behind the scenes.

The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

Shipping containers are being transformed to provide housing. Can they be affordable?