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i prefer to stay in HDB with coffeeshop under my block

Same as Elon Musk

Container houses are super impractical. The insulation is poor and the metal rusts like crazy. These can be mitigated but with the extra cost, you might as well build a regular house with greater lifespan and resale value.

Over here the problem is with the land

For minimum interior and exterior space at the lowest land costs, $500x1000 = 500,000, might as well buy an old house

(11-04-2023, 01:06 PM)RiseofAsia Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast...containers

FARK lah.................in Western countries, many things are possible................

Why is he still a Singaporean?

Much land no issue

(11-04-2023, 01:23 PM)starbugs Wrote: [ -> ]Container houses are super impractical. The insulation is poor and the metal rusts like crazy. These can be mitigated but with the extra cost, you might as well build a regular house with greater lifespan and resale value.

Must install electricity wire, sewage pipe, water pipe and and get town council approval

(11-04-2023, 05:18 PM)Lukongsimi Wrote: [ -> ]Much land no issue

NZ has limited land because it has large areas of mountains that nobody lives there

(11-04-2023, 05:29 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]Must install electricity wire, sewage pipe, water pipe and and get town council approval

In a developed land in a neighbourhood all the pipes and  road are already in place, so you dunt have to worry.

(11-04-2023, 05:29 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]Must install electricity wire, sewage pipe, water pipe and and get town council approval

At a rural area, must have electricity cables near by and sewerage pipe and potable water pipes in the vicinity, will also need to have TV cables and internet connections, so in rural areas all these are not in place...................

(11-04-2023, 05:41 PM)debono Wrote: [ -> ]At a rural area, must have electricity cables near by and sewerage pipe and potable water pipes in the vicinity, will also need to have TV cables and internet connections, so in rural areas all these are not in place...................

Must DIY lor

This piece of remnant land costs 3m, can be shared by 10 container houses, each pays $300,000. Plus all misc about $400,000 each. Worth it?

(11-04-2023, 05:54 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]

This piece of remnant land costs 3m, can be shared by 10 container houses, each pays $300,000. Plus all misc about $400,000 each. Worth it?

If they can afford proper houses (NZ 1 million+), why must stay in container homes?

(11-04-2023, 06:07 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]If they can afford proper houses, why must stay in container homes like construction site?

That is a good question, also container homes are priced at $400,000 each not cheap............

(11-04-2023, 06:10 PM)debono Wrote: [ -> ]That is a good question, also container homes are priced at $400,000 each not cheap............

Average homes (landed) in NZ costs 980k…that is why many can’t afford but buying container homes.

(11-04-2023, 06:10 PM)debono Wrote: [ -> ]That is a good question, also container homes are priced at $400,000 each not cheap............

I met a New Zealander on a flight from Australia to Spore. He told me he sold his house in Auckland for 1 million plus and now lives in a farmland 3 hours drive from Auckland. NZ property price has dropped from 1 million plus to $960k.

(11-04-2023, 05:54 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]

This piece of remnant land costs 3m, can be shared by 10 container houses, each pays $300,000. Plus all misc about $400,000 each. Worth it?

Most likely the owners will stack the containers into 3 or more tiers. So at least 30 container houses on that piece of land.....

(11-04-2023, 05:54 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]

This piece of remnant land costs 3m, can be shared by 10 container houses, each pays $300,000. Plus all misc about $400,000 each. Worth it?

How big is the vacant land? 3 million is too expensive unless it is in the city centre.

A vacant land  of 500sqm in Australia costs 400k+. 15 years ago I bought a piece of land of 630sqm, cost 160k only.

(11-04-2023, 06:16 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]How big is the vacant land? 3 million is too expensive unless it is in the city centre.

A vacant land  of 500sqm in Australia costs 400k+. 15 years ago I bought a piece of land of 630sqm, cost 160k only.

Land size 6000+ sf. If can stack up to 3 storeys, each will be reduced to 100k. Still not cheap

(11-04-2023, 06:14 PM)Huliwang Wrote: [ -> ]Most likely the owners will stack the containers into 3 or more tiers. So at least 30 container houses on that piece of land.....

More profitable to build a bungalow, or 2 semi, or 2 corners plus an intermediate

(11-04-2023, 06:42 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]Land size 6000+ sf. If can stack up to 3 storeys, each will be reduced to 100k. Still not cheap

Where in NZ? Near Auckland? 6000 sf is quite small

(11-04-2023, 06:47 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]Where in NZ? Near Auckland? 6000 sf is quite small

Here d10

(11-04-2023, 06:54 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]Here d10

I see…then not expensive at all.