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South Florida-based container home builder stepping up to help rebuild Ukraine Global Modulars owner John Senaltan poses inside the kitchen of one of his container homes in Casselberry, Florida.
But John Cook, founder and CEO of Welding to Recycle, doesn’t do typical home construction. Cook specializes in building homes, offices and industrial spaces out of intermodal shipping containers.
Each container is 320 square feet — enough for a small home with living and bedroom areas, bathroom and a kitchen, according to the company’s website.
Something unique is coming to the Sioux Falls housing market this summer. In June, the first home made out of shipping containers will be ready for move-in.
Lexi and Diego Newkirk built a two-story shipping container home on their land in Texas. They customized it with a full-size kitchen and a soaking tub.