$250,000 800 sqft 3 Bedrooms Shipping Container Home, Port Charlotte, Florida

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Containers	Two 40 ft, one 20 ft
Area	800 sqft
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	2
Cost	$250,000 (2025)
Location	Port Charlotte, Florida, United States
Year	2021

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Simplistic living in a reliable and strong shipping container home at its finest! This solid metal structure comes equip with a metal roof and all impact windows and doors providing the ultimate hurricane proof protection that you're looking for in Florida. Completely energy efficient with spray insulated walls and ceilings and 3 mini split AC system. No HOA and no DEED restrictions + city water. The property features a detached bungalow (20 ft shipping container) with a kitchenette, bathroom and private entrance. The current owner (2025) uses it as a short-term rental where it rents out consistently.



The property backs up to a beautiful preserve that nobody can ever build on and since the property front faces east, you get a spectacular sunset view in the evening. This 20,000 square foot piece of property features approximately 7000 square feet of gravel parking area for ample space to bring your cars, boats, RVs and much more, graveled area includes two sunshade spots providing covered parking + a concrete driveway out front.

The kitchen features modern-style quartz countertops and soft close cabinetry. The master bathroom features a gorgeous river rock shower. The shipping container home has an open floorplan with a super cute and spacious living area. Home is outfitted with waterproof luxury vinyl flooring with a double water barrier.

Tons of solar light around the property creating a super Zen area to relax. Firepit included. Vinyl fence separates yourself from any neighbors providing pure privacy. The back permiter of the property is outfitted with 140 feet of rip rap that is designed to turn into a creek when it rains. Outdoor shower on the breezeway and enough space to extend the shipping container structure if you ever have ambitions to do so!

Hurricane-Proof Shipping Container House Built after 2017 Category 5 Hurricane, Florida

It is no secret that stacked shipping containers on large ocean ships successfully withstand extremely strong winds on the high seas. Therefore, the strength properties of this shipping container house allow it to withstand the next hurricanes like Category 5 Hurricane Irma in 2017. Climate change makes us think that Florida will still have to deal with similar terrible hurricanes in the future.

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Project	Prince Road Container House
Builder and owner	Rob DePiazza
Area	150 sq m (1600 sq ft)
Containers	9 x 40 ft
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2
Location	St. Augustine, Florida, United States
Year	2020

When Hurricane Irma hit Florida in September 2017, Rob DePiazza lost everything. An old tree crashed into the house of the artist from St. Augustine and made it uninhabitable. But instead of giving up, De Piazza drew fresh artistic inspiration from the disaster and turned a long-held dream into reality: to build a house out of containers.

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I purchased the original house that resides on this property back in 1988. In 2017, Hurricane Irma caused a large oak tree to snap at the base and destroy the house (while we were in it!), which led to the construction of my current home, the Prince Road Container House. Within two days of the house being destroyed I made the decision to build a container house. Choosing to build a house out of shipping containers meant I had to serve as the general contractor hiring all the sub-contractors and more importantly do much of the work myself. This wasn’t a problem since I had rehabbed a 1908 commercial building occupied by my screen-printing business and other residential projects over the years. Planning unexpectedly took nine months, at which point I ran out of the housing money provided by my insurance policy; this put further strain on funding. Construction was finally completed February 2020.

The overall theme of the hurricane-proof shipping container house is to reveal and celebrate materials and construction techniques that are typically concealed. It starts with the exposed corrugated steel exterior walls of the container from which the paint was removed to reveal the raw core ten steel and the natural corrosion. On the inside I revealed key interior walls that did not require insulation. With the exception of the painted wall in the main living space, I retained the original interior paint of the container along with the patina acquired over the many years of its use; the scuffs, scrapes, and dents that tell the story of the many transatlantic crossings made and the cargo transported.

The list of details of the Prince Road Container House is endless, many of which are intended to give pause to the routine of daily living; from the custom hanging lights I made from ’50s era streetlights to the mild steel kitchen backsplash I installed to display the hundreds of refrigerator magnets we’ve collected from our travels around the world, and finally the “upside down” container whose floor is now the ceiling. In the end, I wanted to create a home that’s not just a house, but a vibrant, cheerful, creative, and inviting space that celebrates living and doesn’t take itself too seriously; a coda I have tried to live by for as long as I can remember.

Headwaters Eco Retreat Shipping Container House Meets County Hurricane Codes, Florida

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Containers	3 of 40 ft
Area	960 sq ft
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2
Location	Jupiter Outdoor Center at Riverbend Park, Jupiter, Florida, USA
Year	2015

Nestled at the headwaters of the Wild and Scenic Loxahatchee River and across from Riverbend Park, Headwaters Jupiter is an eco-retreat unlike any other. The Shipping Container House is encased in organic gardens, Florida-native plant life, biking and hiking trails, and most importantly the Loxahatchee river itself. The main space is a 4 bedroom and 2 bathroom prefab home with living room and kitchen, constructed using up-cycled shipping containers.




You can walk in to a comfortable and spacious entry way that opens into a dining room, living room, and kitchen. There is a spacious bathroom that can be accessed by the master bedroom or the main space. Upstairs you can find an incredible view of the Loxahatchee river and over a 1,000 acres at beautiful Riverbend Park and there are 3rd and 4th bedrooms. Bedrooms upstairs are large comfortable rooms both with small compact refrigerators and Moka coffee pots so you can enjoy your morning coffee with biscuits sitting out on the spacious patio on the deck / second floor. Both bedrooms are joined by a full bathroom. This shipping container house in Jupiter, Florida, currently is the only house constructed from shipping containers in the nearby area. Thoughtful design and unique construction allow you be amazed with the sense of well-being and welcoming feeling you can find during your stay in this beautiful shipping container house in Florida.

Live/Work 2070 - 2,070 square feet Shipping Container Home in Pinellas Park, Florida

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Project	Live/Work 2070
General Contractor	Sundog Structures
Designer	idesign Architects
Builder	Hussung Construction
Area	2,070 square feet
Containers	7
Location	Pinellas Park, Florida, USA
Building Time	8 weeks
Budget	$250,000

Building a house was pretty much the same for centuries but now there's a material that's totally changing the game: shipping containers. They're cheap, abundant and almost indestructible and they're revolutionising the way homes are being designed and built. Shipping container building is a movement that's taking the construction world by storm with a little creativity and vision you can create some truly stunning homes.




Marketing manager Miranda has been renting near Tampa for ten years.

"I'm from Detroit Michigan I moved down here when I was for my first marketing job I just love it so much I would never never move back to the cold. I'm definitely a Florida girl now I'm in sales and marketing and I really need a place where I can work from home. It's gonna be a huge help in my productivity it's gonna save me so much time and I don't have to pay for renting my own office."

Miranda wanted a cost-effective contemporary space.

"I've been looking for modern industrial kind of home for a while. I really started feeling like I wanted this when I saw this container bar that was built in Tampa it was so cool and I wanted something similar. My budget for building my shipping container home in Florida is about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars."

Miranda has hired local contractors who specialized in container homes to help realize the vision. Shipping containers are really one of the best building units that you can have. Florida has wind storm conditions with hurricanes and these containers are super strong. It's a sustainable product. There's millions of these that come into Florida ports every year that aren't being utilized.

Miranda's shipping container home in Florida features seven containers, 2,000 square feet area and 30 foot vertical tower serves as the entrance to the ground floor opening to a square foot office workspace. The second floor features two bedrooms, kitchen, dining area and second bathroom.

All constructions built watertight because in Florida any time that you leave steel exposed it's going to rust very quickly. There's a lot of salt in the air and there's a lot of moisture in the air. All the rust areas were putting on acid base and then priming them as quick as possible for paint work very quickly.

The exterior has retained the industrial level with wood accents and large windows. The front entrance leads to a large office base for Miranda's home business. Clean minimalist design and contemporary prints mixed with exposed metal. This is a cool space for Miranda to meet clients. Next space is just kind of relaxing when you're having a stressful day then just take a little break. Chic wooden stairs lead to Miranda's main living space. Open floor plan living room features exposed metal ceilings and accent walls. Bright breakfast nook sits alongside a modern kitchen with custom concrete countertop. Miranda's bedroom is light and airy. Second bedroom has been turned into a den for Miranda's dog Buddy. At the back of the house is an outdoor balcony for Miranda to soak up the Florida sun.