Thanks. I bought a block of land. It has stunning views. I'm very very lucky to have scored it. The container was on it and I have paid the owner, a friend extra for it.

It's half her stuff and half my stuff.

I'll be delivering her stuff to her soon.

If you really really want to know what's in it I'm happy to tell. I mean there's a 300 year old Scottish sofa and chair in there. No heads tho.....

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I admit to curiosity, but mostly I just wanted to reference the meme. The furniture sounds amazing though! Thank you for the information.

I've been wanting to acquire a shipping container, but I don't really have a need for one, so I haven't been able to convince the wife; also, I'd prefer it to be somewhere towards the back of my property, but the property is heavily hilled and heavily wooded, so I think the only plausible options for getting it somewhere back there would be to cut down a bunch of trees or, I don't know ... Hire some kind of cargo elevator? And that would probably cost more than the container itself. If I ever do decide to seriously pursue some kind of outbuilding, it will almost certainly make more sense to build one.

Thanks again for following up!

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

No worries. And yes, build something. Shipping containers are overrated. I currently own three.....lol. A neighbour built a container home, when I mentioned a desire to do the same she firmly said "don't".

Now the first container that I bought has a small side window, and brackets on top to facilitate some kind of roof. Good for a bit of insulation. ( Well a barrier of sorts from the sun ) They really do cook. It has a small side roller door too. I reckon I will keep that one after I finish building a house here. It cost me $2000 so not bad at all.

The one in the pic, well the previous owner wanted $3600. I paid $1000 for it because they're simply not worth a lot.

I've watched a lot of YT vids about container homes, and in the same vein as your comment, it seems that we might as well just build a new thing.

Cheers.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh and if you want the furniture, there's another single chair available and you can have it all. Probably for free.

I'm on Russell Island though so a bit of a chore.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hey, that's very kind. I live in the North Eastern United States, so it's probably not really doable. Before you sell or give them away, make sure to take a picture, though - there are several communities I'm sure would be interested.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh lol. Well bloody come and get them you lazy bugger.......

Ok so why do we find you here ? I mean it's great.

I've been to NY twice. Been up those Twin Trade towers twice. NY blew me away. I'm English, going to America was a big big deal and fascinating.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ahhh, that's a fair question. I've pretty much left my feed settings to what they were the day I signed up, other than blocking instances / communities that exclusively use languages I don't know. I guess that means I see Australian, New Zealand..ian, Canadian and other instances, since they all at least partially use the one language I know. I honestly didn't notice you were from an Australian instance until you mentioned it.

I block the ones with which I can't communicate because neither of us is likely to be useful to each other any time soon, but I still want to have some awareness of the world. I'll probably never be in Australia, but I can learn a bit about its politicians, climate and people. Also, I can learn what other countries are saying about America (though I admit I rarely enjoy reading it). Besides that, from what I've seen here and elsewhere, it's a beautiful country if you respect nature. If I had blocked this instance, I wouldn't have seen your lovely block (another thing I might learn - I'm not familiar with that word in this context) nor your interesting box. Or maybe I misunderstood federation.

I'm glad you got to come to NY and enjoyed your stay! I love NY, too, but I've only been to NYC once and that was ... I think three years after the twin towers were gone. I did once see a salvaged piece of their foundation in Baltimore, though, IIRC.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Oh and another thing. The "box" is a shipping container. Good for easy storage.

Temp or permanent. This one is 20 foot. I own three. And no I will not be building a house out of them

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hi again. Well thanks for your reply.

OK a "block" is a block of land. In Australia you buy the block and it's yours forever. ( Well.....)

I'm from England. Over there the land is on a 99 year lease. Here it's your own.

So here you buy a block and then build a house on it. I am going "Owner Builder" which is another thing that's allowed here.

You pass an online course for say $200. Then apply for your licence to build.

Then you submit your plans and eventually start building. Of course some things need contractors to do certain works. I intend to do just about all of it myself over a few years.

I'm currently living in an "Off road" camper trailer. I have electricity to the block. I need to get water connected. ( Currently filling up my tank from a dear neighbour )

I have lots ahead of me. And hey, really nice to hear back from you as I said. I loved America growing up in Northern England.

We were pretty poor and America seemed like another planet kinda.

Well I think you need to visit.......

Cheers. Any questions please ask.

I'm happy to chat.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've learned a lot just from your comment!

Starting here:

OK a "block" is a block of land. In Australia you buy the block and it's yours forever. ( Well.....)

I have questions.

If you actually want to chat (which seems likely this deep into the thread, but no pressure), I would be happy to do so and have the same username basically everywhere.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

Always happy to chat mate.

If you have questions fire away.