Wow! Brilliant discussion here guys. Would be interested to see how these houses look when complete.

Is there anyone living in one of these out there to share their experience?

@Guka: You were doing some fact finding. What did you find out?


Immorality: The morality of those who are having a better time!

Ive done some quick 'geuss- estimation'

The cost of constructing a 14m x 3m stone house rectangular in shape with a mono pitch roof : no ceiling; cement floor finish would be Kshs.493,000

The cost of fabricating,altering a steel container: costs include buying container at 80k (overall cost of placing the container assumed at 100k- depends on the locality and negotiating skills of an individual); modifying it to fit 5no. steel windows,an internal partition with a timber door ; polystryene covered with plywood to the walls and ceiling ( thermal and accoustic material) ; blockboard to the floor- Kshs. 470,000

Strictly speaking the difference is very minimal and the more elaborate you want on your container the more expensive it becomes - i.e using more than 2 containers to create a bigger house.

Its however faster to erect the container. i also believe the container is more secure in terms of risk of breakage /burglarly

Had once toyed the idea of constructing one lakini madam kaleta fujo ti i abandoned the thought. kienjoy wikendi! : )

hey

@Nope,
Made an attempt but transportation of the containers became a big challenge since i wanted to do this away from big towns......I abandoned the idea but might revisit it in the future although it would be strictly for fun.