Jul 21, 2016
Contain your excitement! Shipping container houses to Houston
HOUSTON - A collection of homes made almost entirely out of portable containers is about to take shape in Houston's Fifth Ward.Houston native Jerry Hartless, owner of Houston-based contracting company Build-A-Box,...
HOUSTON – A collection of homes made almost entirely out of portable containers is about to take shape in Houston’s Fifth Ward.
Houston native Jerry Hartless, owner of Houston-based contracting company Build-A-Box, says he will build a 42-unit residential complex in the Denver Harbor area.
One completed Build-a-Box house currently on the market—at 1709 Dan St.—offers a glimpse of what he’s planning to create on a much larger scale.
The two-bedroom, 1,228-sf house, which sits on 3,000 sf of land, is currently listed at $189,995. Hartless says the houses could cost anywhere between $80 and $120 per-sf, depending on how the outside will be outfitted.
The structure will be comprised of a series of uniformly renovated shipping containers stacked to look like duplexes. Each of the 42 apartments will average 960 sf, putting the entire building at around 40,000 sf.
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