So you are either interested in building a container home yourself, or you are just curious about what the Ritter-Lopatowski's are up to these days. Long story short, we are finally and officially building our home out of shipping containers. After first coming up with the idea seven years ago, we are very excited to share with the world the process that we've gone through to get where we are now. We are definitely not the first to do this, hell, there are shows on HGTV and Hulu all about it, but even with all of the shows and information out there on container homes we still had, and have so many questions. This has been a huge learning experience for us and maybe we can help inspire some others to use alternative building construction methods for their homes.

 

To answer some frequent questions upfront...

 

1. No, we are not building a "tiny house," if anything, during this COVID-19 pandemic we've learned that we need our own spaces! We will be using seven used shipping containers sourced from thousands that are sitting unused in Tacoma, WA. 

2. No, we are not saving a ton of money by using shipping containers instead of stick-frame construction. We quickly came to the conclusion years ago that this wasn't going to save us money. Perhaps if you live in a warmer and dryer climate it'll save you money, but not here in the Pacific Northwest. One word - steel.

3. Why shipping containers? Well, there are multiple answers to that question, but one reason is the simple motto, "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle." 

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We hope you enjoy reading about our process and the steps we've taken thus far. We still have a lot to do, and a lot more to learn, but cheers to getting this far! Questions? Reach out to us using the form at the bottom of this page.