yoeddynz Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 You living in it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 nah man, floors too sticky! once they're done i can do little things like toilet, cabinetry and lining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I nearly stole a sink for you the other day but it was already gone when I went back past 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 thanks boe, offer noted! may need your help drinking some mooses at the warming. just reading back over what you wrote elliot, one thing i've found through this project is noone knows fuck all about containers, except the dude in HiVis who cuts them up all day. seriously, i couldnt find any useful information through anyone that has any decent qualification. all the critical information and seriously important points came from the guys in the yard. the engineers drew it as a tin box, didnt even know there were channel rails, offsets, major structural parts in places. i wish i'd designed certain parts, the foundation attachment in particular, with the yard boys and got them checked by engineers rather than getting to engineers to go from scratch. Container houses are wickedly cool, the ideal "green" building imho. Cubular in Tauranga reckon $2200-2900/m2 ready to go... http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/10157148/Life-in-a-container-house iirc Graeme Addis does container buildings http://www.addis.co.nz/container-innovation and built this ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 rad! yeah i used to yarn on it with Matt Addis some years ago. funny, now i think about it this sure has been in the pipeline for some years. seeing my comment there, yup still the closest thing i've found to the container house i've tried to build is a site office haha. seems theyre still more of a play-thing for designers than a simple solution to living with space restrictions. 411 on the street is that noone put their hand up at the auction for that 3-stack container place down the road.. apparently they couldn't even get an offer round the 400s. bummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 rad! yeah i used to yarn on it with Matt Addis some years ago. funny, now i think about it this sure has been in the pipeline for some years. seeing my comment there, yup still the closest thing i've found to the container house i've tried to build is a site office haha. seems theyre still more of a play-thing for designers than a simple solution to living with space restrictions. 411 on the street is that noone put their hand up at the auction for that 3-stack container place down the road.. apparently they couldn't even get an offer round the 400s. bummer If I remember right it has garaging on the bottom level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Three bays I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 sure does. it just looks like a stack of boxes but extends back to the rock face so quite a bit more spacious than a straight up stack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 /someone buy it, we can go on 'cruise ship' holidays together 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 It needs more P&O/Maersk livery, that's why it didn't sell 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Theres a shipping line called KUMBONG that I see the odd container from Plz find livery picture and paint house accordingly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunta Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 fuck yeah! its manu, stupid login is stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 /someone buy it, we can go on 'cruise ship' holidays together Just looked at the for sale ad online. http://harcourts.co.nz/Property/703527/WL23082/173-Happy-Valley-Road Looks lush on the inside and I really like the indoor outdoor flow, but I can't help but feel that $550K for 3 shipping containers is hella steep and once you'd lived there for a few years then a $550K equivalent in conventional housing could be more appealing by a substantial margin. Not to mention that resale would be that much harder than a conventional house. However I'm not doubting the cost of building it would probably be close to or exceed $500K - just that $250K of that asking price feels like kitsch tax. (what I'm essentially saying is I'd love to buy it, but would only want to pay $300K for it) Then I would also want to concrete the floor of the garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickity Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 We stopped and took pictures of that place after leaving nose prints all over your windows when we were last down. So cool. Can't believe it didn't sell. ...Buy it KK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbie Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 It's even a future classic... where's that thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I'm with KK on this one. Need some special price my friend styz deal for that. Keen for 300k oi. Hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 yeah you've got to really want to live in that place to pay what they ask. there are hidden perks though.. riding distance to capital city CBD/$15 cab walking distance to south coast over the road from a school and sports fields hipster as haha probably a good place to run a small workshop in (post concrete floors), to offest hip tax more perks there like parking, easy delivery, noone nearby to complain about noise, tip round the corner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 that is actually fucken cool! Always wondered what it was like inside So..... tell me if Im wrong, but are the walls lined with something that looks like what you would expect a container to look like?? Or they just not into lining anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 that is actually fucken cool! Always wondered what it was like inside So..... tell me if Im wrong, but are the walls lined with something that looks like what you would expect a container to look like?? Or they just not into lining anything Looks like the containers used to build that place are reefers(lewl) so come insulated to fuck and lined with stainless steel. Will hold -20D for about 15+ hours without power sorta thing so I bet that place is cosy as fuck in winter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 the problem is that handbasin. just like a toilet no one wants to clean under the bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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