New Construction

Like everything else these days home costs are skyrocketing. Construction costs of new homes are being effected from the materials to the shipping. When considering these factors it makes sense to look around and see what we can use to build a home, using what is existing.

When someone suggested using shipping containers for a home, I thought they were joking! My experience with a shipping container was pleasant, but then of course I was only shipping home my bike from Singapore, I wasn’t eating, drinking, sleeping and relaxing in it!

So much for my creativity. I googled “containers as houses” and was amazed at what I found.

Yes containers can be used plain and unmarked for student housing, emergency relief shelters and industrial parks. But I also learned containers can fit into the chi chi neighborhoods in places where the HOA will frown on anything not stick built and pricey!

I challenge you to do some googling yourself. Share with us what you come up with. Maybe a builder will log on here and tell us what it would cost to convert a past it’s prime shipping container into a gracious recycled home.

It is worth it, or not?

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When was the last time you were a tourist in your own city? For me that was yesterday. Thanks to the Downtown Denver Partnership and Ken Schroeppel, Urban Planner/Tour Guide. We boarded a bus for a 3-hour tour of Denver’s infill development projects. Yes, we took a whole 3 hours and never left the city!

OK, so touring on a slow moving bus, covering all too familiar ground doesn’t sound so thrilling? Ah, but it was. Learning about Denver and all of the Denver real estate projects in and around downtown is amazing.

Denver is a construction magnet right now. Everywhere one looks there is a construction crane or two in view! Actually I think Denver has the corner on the construction crane market, there can’t be any left in the rest of the country. [click to continue...]

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Highland Bridge Lofts overlook Denver’s skyline and will soon be complete and ready for occupancy which is estimated to be Fall/Winter 2007. The lofts are steps from the mouth of the 16th Street Pedestrian Bridge, Highland Bridge, that connects LoHi with Riverfront Park. The bridge gives direct access to the Creek Creek and Platte River recreation trails and makes an easy direct shot into LoDo. [click to continue...]

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LoDo, Lower Downtown of Denver, Colorado, is the heart that supplies the life that IS Denver. LoDo is defined by the borders of: Speer to 20th, Larimer to Wynkoop. This city center historic district features many of the original architecture and takes the cake for being Denver’s oldest neighborhood. This area sparkles with life and is not only known for it’s wild nightlife and sports venues but it’s ‘walkable’ charm and arm loads of delectable restaurants. Streets are lined with retail shops where you can find anything from a great pair of designer jeans to a steamy cup of coffee. The charm of the area is in it’s bones–many of the shops are owned and operated by the locals, as there is also a healthy mix of staple companies that are naturally drawn to a city’s core. All in all the retail mix combined with the historic charm give LoDo an individual style that has become what LoDo is famous for. [click to continue...]

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