I used to think I was fine with tiny living, because my entire childhood home was 20 sqr meters, but I now live alone in such a space and it's too small. I have huge windows, but the walls are closing in. The space is too small to furnish in a way which wouldn't hinder an aspect of everyday life. I'm so tired of algorithm trying to convince me tiny living is fine when it shows even worse conditions than mine. I wish I lived in 30 sqr meters or so. 40 sqr meters are way too burgoise for me, but I could use extra 10 sqr meters solely for the purpose of farting.

    • D61 [any]
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      5 months ago

      Best you might be able to do is take the shipping container and build a more standard construction around it, cause holy carp! a those things become ovens in the summer and fridges in the winter.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      The smart thing with shipping containers is that they're easy to move so it would make sense to use them for temporary housing, like if you're renovating a housing block or if you need a somewhere to house the visitors for a huge festival. But for permanent structures? Just build a normal building.

      • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]
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        5 months ago

        Container homes can either be temporary and cheap and therefore literal Hoovervilles, or properly refitted and expensive, aka a waste of money. If you need a Pod then just buy the prefab Chinese ones.