Shipping containers turned into low-cost homes

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Sunday 29 January 2017 at 5:54pm

A group of developers from Sheffield believe they have found a way to get young people onto the housing ladder - by building homes from old shipping containers.

A one-bedroom home costs from £35,000 and the converted containers are said to be environmentally friendly - if a little on the cosy side.

Space saving bed

The first build has gone on display. James Webster went along and spoke to developer Don Johnson and designers David Garlovsk and Evette Hudson-Kaiser.