The best ad is by example. A married couple working for Maison Idekit Home built their first home from shipping containers in the mountains of Quebec. Hillside cottage located in the town of Sant’Adele, northwest of Montreal.
The house is made up of seven containers. Due to the difficult climatic conditions of Canada, the containers are covered with a 12 cm layer of urethane insulation, and on top are sheathed with a wooden batten. From the inside, the walls were left bare, metal, which gives the house a futuristic and post-industrial look. The total area of the house is 280 square meters, the cost of its construction and finishing reached 175,000 dollars. The cottage has already been commissioned, and the couple is busy designing other houses from decommissioned shipping containers..
