This ingenious lady built her new home out of shipping containers — and it looks fantastic
Most of us who are looking to get that first place of our own, are also battling with student loans, student overdrafts and secret student credit cards that we’ll never tell our mum about.
A house is out of the picture.
Buying a house is bloody expensive.
Claudie Dubreuil, from the town of Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, decided to build a house out of a highly unorthodox building material. First, she found an engineering firm, from whom she ordered four large metallic shipping containers.
Within two weeks, the containers were ready, and the builders managed to erect the frame of the new house in just one day. The containers were then covered in pinewood panelling.
Inside, the house looks wonderful.
The huge panoramic windows create a glorious sense of space.
A spiral staircase has pride of place in the new house.
The kitchen is fitted out with everything anyone could ever need.
It has an electric oven, a refrigerator and an extractor fan.
The bathroom also looks gorgeous.
Claudie dreamed of one day having a bedroom with a Bohemian theme to it. The room merges seamlessly with the bathroom and shower.
On the ground floor, you can still see parts of the shipping containers as they originally looked.
Whilst on the upper floor there’s an open area with an outside shower.
Looks pretty luxurious, right?
Source:suburbanmen
This huge construction, including interiors and cost of land, came to just £21,000 in total. Imagine how cheap a smaller container could be…
While creating a house like this is obviously not as easy as simply buying one getting a huge mortgage, it is cheaper and a whole lot more fun, unique and eco friendly!
We’re off to Ebay to look at second-hand industrial containers.
