Origin
Overpopulation and constant migration becomes a sign of modern life, and the invasion of natural disasters makes many people homeless. The concept of traditional housing is outdated, which also stimulates people to have a new thinking about self-living space. Using containers to build a house is one of the new ideas. It is green, time saving, very flexible, provide more housing choices compared to traditional home, personal, family, or even a community can obtain what they need. A house made of steel box can be full of trendy, and very environmentally friendly.
Comparison between container house and commercial housing:
1. Cost
Container house: Generally the area is approximately 13 square meters after decoration; each container homes in South Africa costs 12,000 RMB, nearly 900 RMB per square meter.
Commercial real estate: average price of real estate in Shenzhen, Shanghai is about 20,000 RMB per square meter, the average price of inner ring Shanghai is up to 35,000 or more, which has much difference compared with the container house.
2. Site selection
Container house: Only in desolate places such as suburbs, but the container house has a strong mobility, you can change place but not change house.
Commercial real estate: You can select in downtown, suburbs according to your own will, but once you buy, it is difficult to replace.
3. Security
Container house: Usually only remote locations have space to place, more scattered housing, lower safety factor.
Commercial real estate: There are hundreds or even thousands of families in a cell, and property management are usually patrolling, high security.
4. Appearance
Container house: Very personalized, you can paint according to your own liking, very alternative, and you can also re-paint when you do not like it.
Commercial real estate: Exterior appearance is only designed by the developer, and you cannot change by yourself.
Advantage of container house:
1. Convenient transportation, especially applicable for the unit frequently changing construction point;
2. Rugged and durable, entirely composed of steel, has a strong vibration resistance and deformation resistance.
3. Good sealing performance, strict manufacturing process makes this container house have good water tightness
4. Based on the standard steel chassis, container housing can be made into many combinations space, such as conference rooms, dormitories, kitchen, bathroom, etc. Standard width is 2.4 meters and height is 2.2 meters and length is 4-12 meters.
5. Easy to dissemble, superior performance, high stability, good shock resistance, waterproof, fireproof, corrosion resistant, light weight. Housing has the overall structure, a frame inside, wall is steel, wood finishes available, can migrate and the whole life is up to 20 years.