Chuck Lemieux thinks he's hit on the perfect home for modern families: an affordable structure that offers durability and a flexible floor plan and one that can easily expand, with all the renovations ...

Types of Container Homes There are two main types of container homes that can be purchased, built, and installed, including prefabricated container homes with relatively fixed sizes, shapes, and ...

The shipping container home built by Vern Hiebert and his neighbour. ((Vern Hiebert)) A Manitoba man is selling a shipping container that has been turned into a three-room home complete with plumbing, ...

Converted shipping containers, which have popped up in many places especially in the townships as ready-made spaza shops, are appearing even more in cities as designer homes, luxury hotels, and even ...

It may look average. But this tiny house deep in southwest Edmonton is far from typical. The 640 square foot, two-storey house was shipped from China in steel shipping containers. What’s different ...

KELOWNA – A new Kelowna company is introducing a potential solution to the current housing crunch: plug and play carriage suites built from shipping containers. “We’re going to build one in Kelowna, ...

Climate scientists are predicting more frequent and severe storms as climate change progresses. Their concerns are proving true with frightening regularity. Whether it is tornadoes, floods or other ...

The typical cost range to build a container home is between $25,000 and $250,000. Some of the factors that affect container home cost include the size of the home; labor and permit costs; foundation ...