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Shipping container homes australia will containarchitecturally drawn plans for over 50 shipping container houses ready to be submitted to your council, including 3d designs, these plans will also come with cost of shipping container homes and instructions on how to build your house quickly and without making costly mistakes. Apr 30, 2008 shipping container house by ross stevens it is a wall of containers, built against a hill in wellington, new zealand, designed and built by ross stevens. At the end of this book, you should be ready to take the next step and begin working on your very own shipping container home. Built on an army base, made from reclaimed materials including the shipping container, old weapons boxes and remaining bunker materials.
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