Shipping Container Homes in Austin TX

[Patrick DiDomenico]

Hi All, I'm interested in shipping container homes in the Austin TX and surrounding area. Have you built one? Do you know of anyone who has? I'd love to explore ideas about container homes or container apartment complexes. I think done well, a shipping container apartment complex could be a good draw for the area.  

I'd love to chat with anyone interested in the idea. Apparently it was done a couple of years ago in San Antonio (see pic). 

Thanks,

Patrick

[Tom Edwards]

I've never seen an actual shipping container apartment like the one in your picture.  I was building in West U a few years back and saw a modular student housing project go up.  It's off Leon and 25th street.  Below is the link to the supplier of the building.  As far as price, it's roughly the same as stick framed (Austin Pricing).  Where you save in cost is the length of construction time.  The whole construction took 16 weeks!  You just complete the sitework/utilities/concrete and they set them with a crane.  Then you hook everything up.  I've always liked the idea along with pre-fab metal stud apartments.  They are built offsite and shipped in on flat beds.  Sorry for going into to much detail, I've been a commercial/multifamily GC for 13 years.  I've seen some really interesting things come across my desk.

Tom