tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post6173840987606515991..comments2023-11-02T05:41:36.074-06:00Comments on City Weekly Salt Blog: Archives January 2007-February 2009: The Home ... of the FUTURE!Salt Lake City Weeklyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-64524407226877441352008-10-20T15:13:00.000-06:002008-10-20T15:13:00.000-06:00Interesting, George. I'm really not down on contai...Interesting, George. <BR/><BR/>I'm really not down on container condos; it's just that the ones I'm familiar with seem pretty expensive considering, as you mentioned, the relative cheapness of the containers themselves. (Also, the resilience of the material has got to make them better to live in than the cardboard condos that have been popping up everywhere.) <BR/><BR/>I guess their expense can be chalked up to their popularity. Not really the worst kind of criticism. <BR/><BR/>Our city, however, is in great need of affordable housing, so I'm hoping new concepts such as these can help us meet that need--and, if they're good for the environment, so much the better.Brandon Burthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12061736245155375594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-34796947369829633842008-10-19T17:22:00.000-06:002008-10-19T17:22:00.000-06:00My company designs shipping container houses, and ...My company designs shipping container houses, and we really didn't find much interest in this market until this summer. Now we are getting inquiries every week, and we've got a couple of design contracts under way. From what I can tell, there are three factors driving the rising popularity of these structures:<BR/>- They are cheap, the cost is about $2,500 per container<BR/>- They are seen as "green", rather than cutting down trees to make a house, you are reusing something.<BR/>- There seems to be a popularity that these are in style. <BR/><BR/>The one we built in Atlanta was a real pain to permit, but I think the next ones we build will be fairly easy. I did some inquiries with the permit authorities in one of the outlying counties, and the reaction was, well...puzzled actually. <BR/><BR/>These are not like house trailers, you can really whack these with all kinds of forces and they stay standing. If I had to ride out a hurricane, I'd chose one of these.<BR/><BR/>Will these type of houses go down in popularity as house values plummet? I don't think so because the materials used in conventional construction can only go down so much. Building houses out of containers may be more cost competitive with existing buildings.<BR/><BR/>GeorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-48155085977487336342008-10-17T10:25:00.000-06:002008-10-17T10:25:00.000-06:00Detroit's a hell hole. I'm surprised it's that hi...Detroit's a hell hole. I'm surprised it's that high.t2edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104719030633770685noreply@blogger.com