North Branch Shipping Container Home

North Branch Shipping Container Home

Robyn Volker, from New York, wanted a small country house. She got in touch with Tim Steele from timsteeledesign.com who designed a small but spacious shipping container home.

The home is built into the hillside to take advantage of the natural terrain. Two 40 foot containers are spread 4 foot apart to create around 800 square foot of open plan living!

The two larger containers are propped up using a 20 foot container which is used for storage.

Robyn’s Response:

Remember that my house was started way ahead of the curve in 2009 – so there was a lot that was unknown.  What I wish I had known is that building a house from shipping containers cost me a similar amount as a stick built house.