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  • Shipping Container Homes Guide for Beginners

  • Create a Sustainable Homestead, Stop Paying Rent, and Live Comfortably
  • By: Dominic Mayers
  • Narrated by: Helpful Matthew
  • Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Shipping Container Homes Guide for Beginners

By: Dominic Mayers
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Shipping Container Homes Guide For Beginners

Create A Sustainable Homestead, Stop Paying Rent & Live Comfortably

Dominic Mayers

How to create your dream home for a low price, stop paying rent, and live comfortably in 9 weeks or less, even if you don't have any building experience.

Would you like to build your family's dream home without paying an infinite mortgage?

Are you worried that you may never afford to own a home because of the high market prices, and you can't imagine paying rent forever?

Do you want to own property at a low price and maybe put it up on Airbnb for an extra source of income?

Your dream property is a shipping container away…

The global container home market is expected to reach $73 million by 2025, making now the perfect time to build these eco-friendly houses.

Not only do they cost 20-30% less to build than traditional houses, but they also outlast them!

You can modify them quickly and use your interior and exterior design creativity to spruce up the space.

All you need to start is $2,000 or less, and the wealth of information you'll find inside.

Written for novice and experienced DIY enthusiasts, this is an A-to-Z guide to ensure your success in turning a plain shipping container into a beautiful home.

In Shipping Container Homes Guide For Beginners, you'll discover:

How to plan for the construction of your container home, get your finances in order, and save money so you don't get stuck midway

The how, what, and scope of container home regulations and zoning codes—featuring geo-specific requirements and the most favorable locations

An in-depth understanding of the aesthetics, performance, and cost of different types of containers and how to inspect them before buying

How to keep your home cozy irrespective of the season, including some innovative thermal control solutions

How to prepare for the delivery of your new shipping container home for a seamless installation process

The best foundations for container homes

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Dominic Mayers (P)2024 Dominic Mayers
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This book helped save a ton of time on research!

Because of this book, I went from being a novice to a master in container homes. Home improvement tasks and home plans have always piqued my interest. You will be able to gain an understanding of organizing and caring for your container home from this book. Lots of helpful advice and information!

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Stop Paying Rents and Build Your Own Home

If you’re tired of paying rent for a home, and that’s not even that worth it, then stop right now and build your own dream home at a low budget, even if you have no building experience. This book will guide you through every little detail you need to know to build a container home, like saving money so you don't stop in the middle of the construction. You can turn a simple container into your beautiful home using the author’s guide. The concept of container homes is genius. This book is very beneficial; you must listen!

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I now want to do this myself!

I read this book before listening to the audible version because its such a useful book and I much prefer to listen. Shipping container living I fairly new to me so the detail provided here from the type of container, to what to consider in terms of plans, building and general design were perfect. I am passionate about sustainable living and now feel I know this topic and might think about looking into this more for myself - it is such a great idea and this is a very god book.

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Learnt a lot!

The author did a great job in putting this audiobook together. Its the perfect guide anyone needs to creating their own shipping container. It has all the information you need to plan and get started. The chapter on Law is so important and must be listened to thoroughly!

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obsessed

I remember the first time I saw a shipping container home as I scrolled through socials and came across a viral video. I've been harassing my husband to take this under our wing for a project and he finally said Yes!! This book is INCREDIBLE!! I've listened once and my husband, twice. so good!

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Very Informative

This audiobook is a valuable resource for anyone interested in creating a sustainable and affordable home.Tthe author’s practical advice and easy to follow guide make it a super choice for beginners and the emphasize on sustainability and eco friendliness is a welcomed in todays world for sure.

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The Container Home is a Genius Idea.

This audiobook was detailed and to the point. The author explains every crucial thing. Interior and exterior designs were both discussed in detail. I was tired of paying rent, and now I wanted to live in a rent-free, cheap house for the rest of my life that should be beautiful. After listening to this audiobook and following its instructions, I was able to build my dream house. I am grateful to the author for writing a book on this topic, as it was much needed. I would highly recommend this book to all the people who live in rented houses.

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WOW

First, I had no idea this even existed, but man, oh man, I now know every detail! Dominic absolutely covered anything you can think of when converting a shipping container into a home. Like many others, my mind is spinning with ideas after listening to this book!

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Veteran Homeless Housing Solution

This book is for you if you are a city manager or city mayor with a homeless housing issue. This book offers a solution if your city has this problem and current efforts have failed. So after listening to or reading this book, let’s do more than complain about it. How about providing the community with a solution? By listening to this book and then sending a copy to those who can take action. This is nothing new, and there have been vast improvements in the construction of affordable housing using shipping containers.

The global container homes market size is projected to grow from $59.27 billion in 2022 to $87.11 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 5.7% during the forecast period. I remember watching HGTV about five years ago when the little houses first came on the real estate market. I thought that this was just a fad and it would not last. For a beginning cost of $2,000, maybe container housing is the solution to provide low-cost housing to homeless families.

In 2016 a USC doctoral student (Donna Gallup) unveiled Potter’s Lane, a 16-unit housing project in Midway City, an unincorporated area of Orange County. The energy-efficient, environmentally friendly complex is made from over 50 Port of Los Angeles shipping containers.

“The buildings were designed in a U shape with a center courtyard. Our military servicemen and women are trained to care for and watch each other’s back,” Gallup says. “We wanted to give them an environment where they could be connected and have their own space, but at the same time, they could be part of a community they can thrive in.”

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Well written and covers all the basics!!!

This book got me so excited to explore the "how to" of shipping container homes! It's creative, cost effective, and possible! Chapter 2: "Building Ideas", discusses lots of different variations, depending on your site, climate, needs, and wants. The author is easy to understand, and gives the reader the know-how and confidence to actually convert a shipping container to a fully functional home. I was also impressed with his knowledge of plumbing, electrical, solar, wind energy, and septic tanks! With traditional home prices out of reach for so many, especially young adults, this is a great alternative, and you can really do it yourself. You'll learn what it takes and love listening to the audio version. I highly recommend! 5 stars!

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