While MODS (Modular on Demand Structures) International of Grand Chute, Wisconsin has sold 300 modular homes worldwide converted from shipping containers, Jose Atencio and his girlfriend, Aubrey Lorge, are combining four of the units to make a 1,100 square foot home to be sited in Menasha, WI, the first of its kind in Fox Valley.
An employee of MODS, Atencio, noting that the home costs about $100 a square foot, designed the two-bedroom unit that will include an office, bathroom, kitchen and even a basement and all the amenities that go with a home. They originally planned for the home to be in Winnebago county, but encountered regulations that did not account for solid metal sides of a single-family home.
“You can build a metal house if you want,” said George Dearborn, director of community development for the Town of Menasha. “We’re supportive of newer technology. The designs I’ve seen are pretty nice-looking buildings.”
HGTV intends to film the construction of the home in October as part of a TV reality series titled “Living in a Box,” as postcrescent informs MHProNews.
MODS President Douglas Larson conceived the idea after seeing a motor home parked next to a shipping container, and noticing the similarity in size, thought he could build a better option for temporary housing. Single units have about 320 square feet of space, making them ideal for hunting cabins, summer cottages and oil field workers in North Dakota. ##
(Image credit: MODS International)
