CONTAINER HOMES
How do you start?
In my Ebooks I will explain things in greater detail. But there are a few essential question that you and your family need to ask yourself. I will elaborate on those below.
The questions you need to ask yourself.
- Am I ready to move away from the city, town or place where I live now?
- Am I prepared to live in a neat and comfortable shipping container?
- Would I like to live on a rural or bushland or remote property? See above pictures.
- Are you and your family prepared to roll up the sleeves and do a lot or all the work yourselves and also do some agriculture?
WHY DO I ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOVE?
The reason I ask you those questions, is that this is a very life changing move. You and your whole family need to be convinced that this is what you want to do. Because that new life can be quite different to the life you are used to, if you live in suburbia. You may well ask , why can’t I live in a shipping container in suburbia? Please read my answer in the next section.
COUNCIL RULES:
Most councils in Australia and also in many other countries do not like shipping containers for living. Certainly the rules are not uniform, but in essence, councils consider this temporary living. Rules are:
- You can only have 1 container.
- You can only live there for 30 or 60 days.
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WHAT IS THE AGRICULTURAL TENANCY?
- One possible solution could be to make use of the agricultural tenancy agreement.
This agreement is controlled by the NSW Fair Trading department and it comes under the Agricultural tenancies act 1990. So what is this agreement about? The terms in the agreement, basically mirror the purpose and the rights of tenant and owner described in the Act.
- The purpose is to carry out healthy, quality and sustainable agriculture. Also to protect the natural agricultural resources.
- That virtually means the use of land zoned RU1.
- The tenant will pay the owner rent for an allocated piece of land, which should be a minimum of 1ha. Now must rural blocks are 100ha or larger, that means you might rent 1% of a farmers land. The landlord gets income, the tenant is allowed the use.
- The Act and the contract states that the tenant must, or is planning to, carry on agricultural activities. Things like grow vegetables, or keep chickens, or grow fruit trees.
- The agreement also states that the tenant may live on the tenancy, if approved by the owner.
I AM THE EXAMPLE:
I have lived with an agricultural tenancy in my container city for 6 years now. The concept is a bit like mining, in that carrying on agriculture takes precedence over other land uses. The councils have their hands full with urban living and they have very little to do with rural activities. Particularly if you are completely self sufficient, and live remote, as I am.
This concept has not been tested in the courts. But your home is portable, so you can pack and try elsewhere.
