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2023 shows it can take almost eight months to build a new home. That number rises to more than a year for owner-built homes, and falls to about six months for a build-for-sale home.

Since we last spoke, Childs has either completed or is working on homes or businesses in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Barbados, St. Thomas and St. Croix.

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Childs just finished a home in Columbus and work is wrapping up on car dealership on Cleveland’s east side.
Childs told News 5 it has gotten to the point where the company has enough containers; they just can’t ship them out fast enough. They have a waitlist of 150 customers.

"We have clients looking for us to remodel trailer parks, all the way up to high-end luxury 5,000 square foot mansions," he said. "We take containers and convert them into whatever you want them to be." Backyard bars.

He’s even designed a $40,000 model, which consists of a 20-foot trailer Childs said could help tackle homelessness.


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Inside Container Homes USA's model 20ft home, which Childs calls an easier option to home ownership, priced at $40,000.
"There’s a shortage of housing everywhere and we believe we have a solution and we can build it in volume," he said.

The excitement continues to build for Larry Briggs outside his Mansfield home, where he plans to build a container home in the shadows of his existing home.

"My wife and I think out of the box, we always have," Briggs said. "For us, it was just the uniqueness part of it. It would be different."