

Why Containers
Why Containers
Everyone longs for peace and serenity at home.
The view of leaves rustled by a light breeze or of distant mountain range adds to the joy of 'home'.
Our world is full of beauty and wonder.
It is also full of threats to the peace of home:
Fire, severe weather, termites, rodents, etc.
Container homes are waterproof.
Containers are fireproof.
Container homes are rodent and pest resistant.
Container homes can be outfitted with water purification systems.
Container homes can use traditional utility service hook-ups.
Container homes can use solar power or wind turbines for electric generation.
Container homes can use battery back-ups for electric storage.
Containers homes provide medium to long-term transitional residences in times of disaster,
Containers homes are economical to build versus cinder block/brick and mortar construction.
Cost savings in structural manufacturing can be passed along to the buyer.
Cost savings in structural manufacturing can be used to upgrade the amenities.




Intermodal shipping containers are made of Corten steel and can withstand hurricane-force winds even while stacked twelve stories high on a cargo ship.
When a container is recycled as a habitable living space the environment has one less unused container rusting away with thousands of others at a shipping terminal.
Containers are used to house military personnel during long-term deployment operations.
Containers can be configured as churches, storefronts,
strip malls, efficiency apartments.
Containers make excellent single family homes, duplexes, apartment buildings and condos.
Containers office buildings, medical facilities, assisted living homes and even hotels.
Container homes are waterproof.
Container homes are rodent and pest resistant.
Container homes can be outfitted with water purification systems.
Container homes can use traditional utility service hook-ups.
Container homes can use solar power or wind turbines for electric generation.
Container homes can use battery back-ups for electric storage.
Containers homes provide medium to long-term transitional residences in times of disaster,
Containers homes are economical to build versus cinder block/brick and mortar construction.
Cost savings in structural manufacturing can be passed along to the buyer.
Cost savings in structural manufacturing can be used to upgrade the amenities.
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