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We have also included our free small house floor plans and free shipping container floor plans to this list tiny homes, small homes and shipping container homes are one of the three hottest housing movements in north america today we would be updating this list on a monthly basis as more tiny and small house floor plansdesigns are. And, of course, we ask him if he would recommend container home. Contrary to what some may think, the category of buildings that fall under shipping container construction is quite large. Known as the redondo beach house, the home was approved under the national uniform building code one of the predecessors of the ibc and was completed in 2007. Grab this great physical book now at a limited time discounted price.
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