Ottawa-born Joseph Dupuis, bought three 20-foot shipping containers (each costs $3,400) and turn them into the coziest cost-effective cabin, fit for bachelors, singles, and even families.
Now being listed in an ad site for $58,000 Canadian Dollars (around $46,500 USD) plus shipping costs, Dupuis mentioned that he has lived there for two years. And yes, the shipping cost means that he can disassemble it and take the brilliantly-made home to where the buyer wants to have it. Truly out-of-this-world, yes? But wait till you hear more!
This amazing home comes with a wood stove, shower, full kitchen, solar panels (that can power the dwelling year-round), and a room that can be turned into a toilet (at the moment, it only comes with an outhouse). Heat-insulated (definitely a must for those grueling Canadian winters), this 355-square-foot home also includes a cooling system.
The genius behind all this, Dupuis, is a researcher on renewable energy at Algonquin College, Ottawa so he definitely knows what he's doing. As reported by Buzzfeed, Dupuis doesn't have to worry about mountain-high expensive bills. In fact, his phone bill is his highest monthly expenditure (his heating only costs about $35).
Dupuis started designing the cabin in 2010 and he worked on it an hour everyday for three years. He built about 95 percent of the home himself on his family's farm and left the rest of the work to subcontractors and electricians. Well, his hard work definitely paid off well, right?
In a recent interview with Huffington Post, Dupuis said, "I want to help as many people as I can get out of the pocket of big banks and make people more self-sufficient". "I see my friends buying $400,000 houses and they're in debt for the next 35 years. It's pretty backwards -- we don't need these expensive homes and all this stuff we have in our lives."
He is now actively involved in collaborating with different schools in his area giving tips and advices to young people focusing on building eco-friendly homes themselves.
