So you are not a handyman, or do not have time or skills to fit out empty shipping containers yourself,
or you would like something designed by an architect, but would still like the benefits, durability and strength of Shipping Container Housing.
No problems buy a prefitted house from a container housing company. There are many finished or in progress Shipping Container projects around the world making use of containers for everything from Budget to Luxury Accommodation.

Here are links to several container housing companies who sell houses made from shipping containers.
* Addis Containers is a shipping container house design and construction company from New Zealand, who have several designs which can be modified according to your needs and desires.
* Royal Wolf Trading hopes to broaden the market this year with a mass market range of prefabricated container homes it calls ContainAcom. The company says it has sold 90 containers and is supplying quotes for 100 more since they were unveiled last month.
These start at $11,000 for a six-metre single container dwelling and rise to $140,000 for a three-bedroom house made from four 12-metre boxes, and are available from 14 depots across Australia.
The lifespan of a container home depends on the level of maintenance. Rust-proof steel has been used since the mid 1980s and Royal Wolf Trading has 25-year-old units that are still going strong.
* Outdoor Direct is a leading supplier of relocatable buildings in Australia. Their designs use new taller marine grade containers and are finished with the highest quality materials available.

There are problems created by shipping containers. After they are used a few times they become used shipping containers and are no longer suitable for moving goods. Used shipping containers take a lot of space and represent a potential storage nightmare. So they represent a brilliant opportunity for anyone who can ponder why not use these containers for something else?.
In fact, as they are so solid and structurally sound, why not build a house, a shelter, even whole neighbourhoods? At present, this "Idea" is in it's infancy and growing because shipping container housing potentially represents a real solution to current social and ecological problems.