Our one-container model spec home, now in place above Playa Hermosa

• We started building this basic one-container model spec home last year. It is our own third build. The first was a luxury four-container residence.
• We have just moved it to one of our 1.25-acre (5,000 sq m) Playa Hermosa ocean-view lots south of Jacó. It traveled from our partner’s workshop in Escazú on the outskirts of San José. It will shortly be placed on top of another container for a fabulous ocean view. CONTACT US FOR A SHOWING!
• Click here for a fabulous drone video of the lots. The brown areas are the building pads.
• The shipping container home was built in San José by a Costa Rican company founded in 1971.
• They have already built seven portable emergency hurricane-proof banks for Scotiabank for use in the hurricane-plagued Caribbean (see photos below), and a four-container efficiency apartment complex in San José.
• This streamlined one-container home has everything: a bedroom, bathroom with shower, full kitchen, ample living space, and a room for a washer and dryer.
• It can easily be converted to eco-friendly off-grid living with the installation of solar panels, storage batteries and a water collection system.
• This basic shipping container home can be customized to the buyer’s preferences. With imagination, anything is possible.
• See our offer: a basic, comfortable one-container home on a 1.25-acre ocean view lot starting at $129,000.00.
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In the hills above Playa Hermosa and ready for moving in

The container home travels to its location in Playa Hermosa (click on any of the four videos below, or let them run consecutively)

The journey up the Steep Playa Hermosa Hill

Initial Floor Plans

 

The First Stages

Mueble America’s Container Bank

Getting On With the Work

The Build Continues

Kitchen Cabinets Go In

After the Christmas/New Year Lull

The Roof is Going On

 

Almost There, Finishing Touches Remain

Corrugated Steel Siding Added

New in our Costa Rica Container Home

Kitchen Stovetop and Bedroom Drawers