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Shipping container motel a solution for Estevan housing crisis

SubscriptionsGo to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your:My ProfileThe CanStay Motel, made fake van cleef and arpels pendant necklace out of converted shipping containers, is housing tradespeople who have had difficulty finding affordable rental units in the small but booming city of Estevan, Sask.The unique motel sits in a farmers field west of Estevan. Each 40 foot long sea can has been adapted into two rooms, each with a door, window, bed, television, kitchenette, and private bathroom with a shower. There are 15 bachelor units in all.Logan Kirk, 27, is a pipe fitter from Regina and was relieved to find an affordable motel near his work site, the Boundary Dam.'It's small, but comfy' Logan Kirk"The copy van cleef and arpels vintage alhambra necklace other places were anywhere from $1500 a month, to $2000 a month. So, a lot more affordable," said Kirk, who is paying $1,050 per month for his unit. The influx of people working in the oil and gas industry far exceeded the city's rental capacity.Two years ago, the Bryson family decided to get into the housing business, but were reluctant to build a motel.Theo Bryson and his parents were watching CBC's Dragon's Den and saw the Saskatoon company 3twenty Modular show how it converts steel shipping containers into houses. Bryson's investment was roughly $30,000 dollars per motel room."These units are a little bit more than the wood ones, but the selling point for us was movability," Bryson said. "If anything changes in the Estevan area, we can easily move the units anywhere we want."Bryson was also impressed at how quickly they were able to assemble the motel. 3twenty Modular manufactured and delivered the units in less than two months."It was actually harder to line imitation van cleef diamond necklace up a trucker to ship them down than for them to build them," says Bryson.In Saskatoon, the company's CEO, Bryan McCrea, confirms that he has received a number of inquires from affordable housing agencies and First Nations in Saskatchewan that are also eager to find solutions to their own housing crises.The company was founded by University of Saskatchewan students who had brainstormed a solution for student housing shortages. However, since its inception, 3twenty Modular has mostly focused on converting sea cans into workforce housing for mining, oil and gas companies in northern Saskatchewan and Alberta. In those cases, bedroom prices range from $15,000 to $90,000 depending on the amenities.

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