Ship shape! Amazing pictures show ugly shipping containers transformed into luxurious dream homes – complete with balconies, swimming pools and rooftop decks
- Giant metal shipping containers have been transformed into stunning homes around the world
- Bored Panda has selected some of the best homes, including a multi-storey villa in Bali
- Luxury properties come with balconies, rooftop decks and a hammock swing
- One graffiti-covered container has been converted into a cosy, winter wonderland cabin in upstate New York
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Giant metal shipping containers may look ugly on the outside to most, but some ambitious and creative types have spotted the potential to create a low-cost luxury property.
Compiled in a gallery by Bored Panda, pictures show how old metal containers have been transformed into stunning homes complete with balconies, rooftop decks and a hammock swinging in the front yard.
One graffiti-covered container has been converted into a cosy, winter wonderland cabin in upstate New York, while in Bali stacked containers have been made into a multi-storey villa with a swimming pool.
Here, FEMAIL explores some of the most amazing transformations…
Three-storey shipping containers in Costa Rica may look like a junk yard before, but one ambitious homeowner saw potential for a low-price luxury property surrounded by nature and multiple balconies overlooking the canopy
In Michigan, these seven shipping containers, originally used for transporting cargo, were transformed into a charming house decorated with a wooden facade and sold for $429,900
This graffiti-covered container has been converted into a cosy, winter wonderland cabin with fairy lights in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York
A number of stacked shipping containers were transformed into a luxury two-bed villa with floor to ceiling glass windows to let in as much natural light as possible and a swimming pool in the front yard in Bingin, Bali
Before and after pictures show how these metal containers were renovated into a stunning home in Brazil complete with multiple balconies and a hammock swing
This 2,000-square-foot home in Alberta, Canada was made out of six shipping containers and comes with a spacious roof deck and wooden facade
This eco-friendly build in Brazil was named Casa Suspensa or The Hanging House because it was built above ground level, and 80% of the construction materials used were recycled
A luxury ‘pocket house’ in Belo Horizonte, Brazil was built inside a single container measuring just 320 square feet and features a glass-window facade and a timber rooftop deck
A large covered deck was added to this single shipping container home, making it the perfect spot to host summer barbecue
This two-storey shipping container home in Peru comes complete with a suspended bedroom and an outdoor living and dining area
A shipping container house with exposed red steel facade in Hudson, New York is polished up into a unique home with diagonal windows
A geometric apartment block of stacked, white shipping containers looks wonderfully aesthetic with pink blossoms growing on the balconies
This black shipping freight was renovated into a cosy AirBnb in Logan, Ohio which comes complete with a hot-tub for guests
The blue exposed metal of these containers was covered up and made into a natural green oasis with a large garage
Twelve shipping containers were joined together to make a spacious metal mansion in Ohaupo, New Zealand