Alternative solutions for public sector housing

AFFORDABLE HOUSING: TIME FOR A NEW PERSPECTIVE

Amafhha.shop container homes offer a more cost-effective way out of a housing shortage or emergency that traditional alternatives.

YOUR OPTIONS: THE PROS AND CONS

B&B accommodation/hostels

  • Good, short-term option for emergency housing
  • Limited availability: not all can be housed, and many must relocate out of the area.  

Affordable housing

  • All private housing developments are required to build a percentage of affordable homes or pay a proportionate contribution to the local authority.
  • Long construction lead times: ground rent and maintenance charges for tenants to cover overheads of communal living space.

Retirement/nursing homes

  • Good retirement homes provide independent living and transition into nursing care when needed.
  • Very expensive and insufficient supply to meet demand; separates older relatives from family and friends.

Empty homes

  • Temporary rental option for family housing and improves neighbourhoods blighted by empty homes.
  • Requires time and investment to make derelict buildings fit for living.

Converted shipping containers.

  • Designed for cargo, not for people – must be substantially adapted to provide permanent dwelling or business accommodation.
  • Self-build, on-site projects vulnerable to weather and site conditions

Amafhha.shop purpose-built container homes: the automatic choice

Multiple applications for local authorities, housing associations, NGOs, owner occupiers, small businesses and people with health or mobility issues.

  • Designed, specified, and built entirely off site.
  • Custom-built: you decide on the layout, fixtures, fittings, décor and access and security systems, according to your budget. Personalising your housing stock
  • Fixed price: variety of layouts and sizes. Check our current prices and sizes for temporary dwellings and permanent 3 bedrooms homes compliant with building regulations.
  • Delivered within 4-8 weeks, anywhere in the UK or worldwide, ready to move into
  • Planning Permission not usually required, except for protected buildings and landscape.
  • Container villages make efficient use of brownfield sites and provide good living standards.
  • Small footprint and modular capabilities maximise available land.
  • Virtually no site preparation required and able to occupy sites unsuitable for brick-built developments.