Shipping Container Homes for Beginners: The Complete And Easy Step-By-Step Guide To Build Your Affordable And Super-Cozy Container Home From Scratch. | BONUS: Floor Plans And Design Ideas

After recently becoming interested in the concept of Shipping Container homes, I found this book to be a great resource on the topic. Whilst being a very Informative “how to” book, it was also particularly interesting. I found the author to incorporate a charm and wit that is uncharacteristic for this style of book. It just adds to the experience of the read. I haven’t yet decided if I will build a container home, but have considered buying property near the shore south of Charleston South Carolina and wanted to build something that is hurricane proof and of relatively low cost. I now have a Favorite floor plan solution in the perpendicular layout only requiring two containers. While I love this book, I do wish that the author Adam Salner had shared a bit about himself and his experience with shipping containers. I suppose it could be a bit of a mystery by design, but I am still curious on what inspired the Author to write this book. In any case, I am a fan and would recommend this book to anyone interested in this new trend of shipping container homes.

Very informative.

This book is what I needed in order to research the information I needed for container homes

Unfortunately, this book is poorly written — it is rife with grammatical and spelling errors and follows an unclear logic. It is also “high level” to the point of not being very helpful. For example, it suggests the use of “graphics software” to help in design, but doesn’t mention any at all. It suggests hiring a contractor but doesn’t offer any recommendations on how to select or assess one. The section on permits just instructs you to “apply for a permit” and be patient. It has three different sections on budgeting that just tells the reader to have a budget without much elaboration. Nothing described in this book extends beyond the plainly obvious.

This was a great and easy read. Really appreciate how Adam provides the designs of the floor plans and it is very easy to put the concept into my life. Thank you so much. Looking forward to my future adventures. Thank you Adam.

This books contains a lot of cheesy stock photos of people wearing hard hats, blueprints spread-out on tables, tape measures and t-squares, with several low quality drawings, and several un-credited images lifted off google. Each chapter is merely a collections of sub-headings of which are no longer than a few sentences. This gives the impression that the book contains a tremendous amount of information when viewing the table of contents in the free amazon preview, when in fact, the book contains hardly any useful information at all. Now look at what amazon top 1000 reviewer Riley says, who has given every newly released shipping container home book a 5 star review. You see the pattern? What we have here is a failure to communicate real book reviews. Then you get what we had here last week. Fake reviews. Well... if that's how he wants it then that's how he gets it. I don't like it any more than you readers. I would say that Shipping Container Homes for Beginners: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide To Build Your New, Eco-Friendly, And Super-Cozy Container Home From Scratch. | BONUS: Floor Plans And Design Ideas is 100 percent a waste of money. Best regards, Cool Ingram Luke

Even though I ultimately decided against a container home, this book is great. Lots of good information.

If you have any knowledge of construction don’t waste your time with this book. I have minimal construction knowledge and I was above this book. This book should be called construction dictionary for people that know nothing. Not really much on the differences of building container homes and not many pictures to reference never saw a step by step guide

I've been looking at new home building alternatives for some time, and the re-use of shipping containers intrigued me greatly. I had several 'grey' areas and I'm happy to say that all these were covered in this book. Areas such as effective insulation, management of heat and cooling - even solar panel installation is here! The format is methodical, giving a true step-by-step process to guide through what is a completely new approach to home building to me. Of course I should mention that details about costings are also provided with advice on how planning and building decisions impact the budget. Great read, and even better to finally see a fully detailed process in one handy, enjoyable companion.

Brilliant and innovative idea, this simple guide gives you tips for building a customized, ecological, sustainable and economical home. This manual is a great way to get inspired by a new building creativity. Useful and easy to understand even for non-experts. The choice to enhance a land using these housing modules becomes easy following the criteria suggested by the author. Great! Avoid everyday stress and live in your dream home with your family.

Great to see a book about shipping container homes that is well written, clear and easy to read! I strongly recommend this book particularly if you are a beginner. A really comprehensive and easy to follow overview on all aspects of creating a shipping container home. The example floor plans are a very welcome inclusion too!

Very informative.

Das Buch gibt einen guten Überblick über die Grundlagen des Shipping Container Homes Bau. Die Kosten und Möglichkeiten der Errichtung werden auch für Laien verständlich beschrieben. Das Buch ist auf englisch.