When you think of a cosy cottage, it may be something like a romantic little wooden cabin in the woods. While these hideaway cottages have an everlasting postcard-like appeal, they can be quite expensive to develop and may not be practical for everyone. The good news is that your hideaway cottage can now be built for much cheaper with a shipping container frame, offering incredible value and maximal comfort for minimalistic living, all built with sustainable materials to last for many years to come.
So what’s it like living in a 2-bedroom container home, and is it right for you? Consider the following benefits, and let us try to convince you why shipping container living is a great alternative.
Fast, Uniform Construction Yet Flexible Customisation Options
Your cottage should be uniquely yours and made to taste, not a one-size-fits-all home that looks just like your neighbour’s. You might (rightfully) be thinking that all shipping containers are the same, either 20-foot or 40-foot in length in accordance with international standards. That’s true, and it’s actually a benefit, but rest assured that it gives a lot of wiggle room for customisable interior designs with attractive layouts.
Our team can construct your 2-bedroom shipping container hideaway cottage according to your preferences, so feel free to consult with us and tell us about your dream designs, and we’ll work closely with you to make it a reality.
Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Living
Along with the rising cost of living, the cost of building materials has soared in recent years. This affects just about all new builds of all materials and drives up costs for the end consumer, you.
Recycled shipping containers are comparatively much cheaper to acquire. Naturally, they were never intended for habitation and labour is required to insulate them and bring them up to spec for living purposes, but starting off with the robust shipping container frame cuts down on material usage. Shipping containers are widely used in Australia and elsewhere because they’re sustainable and eco-friendly since very few new materials are needed – the frame’s already built!
Moreover, 2-bedroom shipping container cottages can be made into sustainable off-grid homes. Our team can design your cottage to be self-sufficient, with space for solar panels, rainwater harvesting, and more.
Affordable Homes Built to Your Preferences
Remember how we mentioned that shipping containers are internationally standardised? Well, that’s been incredibly influential for international trade and commerce, but it also means that recycled and repurposed shipping containers are universally sized and skilled tradesmen don’t need to readjust work habits from one home to the next because there is widespread familiarity with every container’s dimensions and layout.
This means that through economies of scale, our team can retrofit and make shipping containers habitable relatively quickly. What this means for you, in turn, is that your shipping container home will require less labour and thus cost less than a typical small home. Moreover, we can ensure the delivery of your shipping container home in around 8-12 weeks.
Considering the rapidly rising costs of living in Melbourne and elsewhere in Australia, a 2-bedroom shipping container used as a hideaway cottage can be a budget-friendly alternative to paying a proverbial arm and a leg for a traditional bungalow or seaside cottage, for example.
Containable Luxury
Contact Containable Luxury for 2-bedroom shipping container cottage living.
