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Yeah, I think form factors like this should be part of the answer. But part of it has to be getting costs down for regular apartments too. It's not uncommon to
by TulliusCicero 2y ago
Yeah, I think form factors like this should be part of the answer. But part of it has to be getting costs down for regular apartments too. It's not uncommon to see that even non-profit orgs take 400k or 500k per 1br apartment in a building in major cities, which is just crazy.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoOakland was looking at 800k for half size shipping containers retrofitted into single room studios with windows.
- legitster 2y agoShipping containers are a huge red flag that a project is a gimmick. People have this mistaken idea that there are a ton of shipping containers that need to be recycled (there was a brief period in the mid aughts where this may have been true). But a used shipping container is neither cheap nor a great material to build a home from.
- ty6853 2y agoLast I checked you could get a 20 ft container for what, 6 grand? That's 160 sq ft. And you need a foundation. And to frame inside for insulation. If you go Amish style without mains power you could finish out a kacynziski sized studio for under 20k.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago800-20k is a pretty tidy profit margin for someone with connections. I think the bid was for a hundred of them.