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Speaking of costs, you can see that shipping containers can be (but aren’t always) significantly less expensive than traditional homes, not only to build but also to maintain and live in. Obviously, this is much truer of small shipping container homes versus cheap ones. The smaller the home, the fewer containers you’ll have to purchase to build it, and the less you’ll have to spend in buying land, setting the foundation, installing electricity and plumbing, and putting in finishes. And the smaller the home, the less you’ll spend in utilities and other house-related expenses. Plus, from a space-saving perspective, you’ll have to think carefully about everything you buy, so you’ll be less likely to blow your money on frivolous items you don’t really need.
Shipping container homes can also be much less expensive than a traditionally-built home. You might expect to pay as little as $30,000 for a container house whereas you might pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a traditional home. And that’s without sacrificing luxury or style. Brad Lyons of Container Homes Designer Domain once said, “We can sit these $180,000 container homes ... beside a multi-million dollar home. You wouldn’t know the difference.”
