Sometimes you need more garage room or maybe you have a carport but need a garage to keep the alpha car. The cost of a garage runs around AU$1200 to $1680 per square metre depending on the materials, the size and detail required. Nice if you can afford it.
What if you can have a garage and an extra room to boot. A two story building that houses your pride and joy vehicle and a place to store memorabilia or room for storage. You can. Simply by using the uniqueness of a shipping container stack-ability. One on to of the other. Initially a garage but now a grand idea. A garage and spare room all in one.
A new garage in the UK is between £13,000 to £25,000, depending on the size, style, and materials. A Garage on a mid-range budget AU $45,000 – $60,000 in the mid-range you can expect a “double garage, brick walls, tiled roof, sealed concrete floor, workbench and storage. The cost of a shipping container garage start around AU$3500 for a used container.
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The Garage Or More
Stainless steel garage kits with manual garage doors and no insulation are the most affordable and fastest to build. You could of course have a the galvanized tin garage costing around AU$2.2k (3m x 6m) or the steel garage which sells around AU$10k (9m x 6m). Both needing a concrete slab base and fixtures.
Many established garages have found themselves turned into rooms for various purposes when the need arose. Most have become storage rooms because we tend to collect so much stuff. There is a solution.
But now we can do more than just a garage. We can have a garage and a spare room with minimal stress and lots of benefit. Using shipping containers for what they are designed to do, we can resolve a problem or two.
The Shipping Container Stack
The purpose of using shipping containers is their strength and durability. Ideal for homes, office, storage and garage. In this article we look at the bonus of stacking. A garage we all would like, an extra room for storage or living is a pipe dream. Until now.
We can obtain a 20ft shipping container to use as our garage option. A used shipping container we can obtain for around AU$3500 give or take. But lets get two 20ft shipping containers and place one on top of the other.
Now we have our much needed garage and on top we have a spare room to do what we want. It can be the man cave, or the ladies sewing room. A place where our trophies can shine, or a entertaining area with music and snacks.
Our Top Story Garage Apartment
Our top story shipping container can be an apartment for visiting friends, our collage student, or a place to chill. We can deck out our top story room with all the necessary appliances of an apartment. From bathroom facilities to bedroom snugness. Our top room apartment can have it all.
The strength of the shipping container makes life simple when all we need do is stack another shipping container on top of the existing one. That is what a shipping container is designed for. Strength in its corners.
As a stylish garage house, it can be used as a room to store sports equipment, bikes, mountain bikes, etc. and room for hobbies or art. You can enjoy endless possibilities depending on your ingenuity, such as a room for hobbies such as playing musical instruments or enjoying games, a DIY space, a home theater, or a comic library. What will you do with yours?
Office Space
Today many are working form home. If you want to start a business, you can set up an office quickly and at low cost. Air conditioning and hot water supply facilities can be inbuilt, so there is no difference in convenience from renting a regular office.
Entrepreneur
Recommended for the artist, the budding chef, cafes, burger shops, ramen shops, interior goods stores, nail salons, beauty salons, and other stores with a stylish atmosphere. If you choose a size that can be easily moved, it is also suitable for a store that can relocate when needs arise.
Container Appearance
Container houses tend to have a fashionable image. They can remain a container or they can have a facade. A stylish appearance and unique personality. They are also attractive in terms of cost, safety, livability, and with other functional aspects.
Compared to constructing buildings such as houses and shops, the container fit out period is overwhelmingly short and the cost is low. On the other hand, it has earthquake resistance that meets the standards of the Building Standards Act.
A shipping container is also durable, so you can use it with confidence. Houses and shops cannot be moved easily, but container houses can be moved. Change location, not a problem.
Big Family No Problem
One of the many problems of today is accommodation. The costs are close to non reachable so many children are returning to the family home. A nice idea but can sometimes be a little crowded. So why not resort to shipping container accommodation?
You have the ground space, you just need to re purpose it and create suitable shipping container apartments for the returning family members. You can utilize 20ft or the 40ft containers for this build. And what better way than to have the family back again all be it living in their own apartment complex.
A carefully planned design of each container apartment can provide all that is needed. Parking facility below and living above. They are not amongst a complex of apartments, but positioned on the family property. Safe and secure.
Conclusion
The purpose built container has evolved over the years and now performs new functions. Its ability to provide safety and durability when needed makes it more desirable as a building. As a stackable product it allows for great design opportunities. More flexibility in design. Greater purpose.
A garage is desirable for many. A spare room an expensive ideal. Yet with combing strength and design you can have your garage and spare room in one build. The cost is embarrassingly less than a traditional build. The shipping container deserves a better place in the community.
We tend to forget, but a shipping container like and dwelling can have a facade to change or alter its appearance. With a traditional home we facade in brick or timber and sometimes paint. With a container we can facade in almost anything. Is that a container home or a traditional home behind that facade?
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