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Let’s look at another very obvious advantage of shipping container homes: their availability.
This would be especially convenient for people who live in port cities or in areas with large shipping industries, as these are typically where international freight ships would dock and unload their shipping containers. If you reside in an area with a large port used for international trade, you will likely be able to ask around and find shipping containers that are no longer in use and are available for reuse.
Many ports are struggling with the problem of where to store unused shipping containers from all over the world. In many cases, sending empty shipping containers back to their point of origin can be quite expensive, so many of these steel structures just sit in large storage areas.
Stacked shipping containers
Because there is such an oversupply of shipping containers, it is definitely a buyer’s market. Many dealers are all too willing to sell them to people looking to repurpose the containers rather than deal with the upkeep of keeping them on-site. So drive a hard bargain!
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