Shipping container homes have become the next craze in housing trends partly due to its increasing popularity in several TV shows. While there are a lot of benefits to living in a container house, can you build one of your own and is it really cheaper to live in one than in a traditional home?
As previously reported here on Realty Today, shipping container homes are often a popular choice among first-time buyers who are on the lookout for more affordable home options. The crazy spring home buying season is already taking its toll on first-time buyers who are unable to shell out more money to compete with other buyers and investors.
While there are other options to choose from, shipping container homes seem to attract a lot of buyers into going for this option in the belief that it will cost less and it is easy to build. Here are three things you need to know about shipping container houses:
1. It is Not Easy to Build
If there is one thing that TV shows are good at, it's making things look easy for the audience. While shipping container homes seem easy to build whenever TV shows work on this kind of project, Realtor.com notes that it is not an easy process. One needs to be skillful and knowledgeable enough to know how to make this housing option work.
2. It is Not Cheap at All
The most common notion is that living in shipping container homes is cheap. While the containers itself are not expensive at all, the costs of transforming it into a home make it expensive. The publication notes that the process of transforming a container into a house is not something you can do on your own (DIY). Rather, it requires a team of experts and professionals to do the work.
3. Living in One Almost Feels the Same as Living in a Traditional House
The publication also notes that living in a container home does not feel any different from living in a traditional house. It does not get too cold nor does it get too loud from the inside.
