A Kelowna company is hoping to make living small a big idea.
Devon Siebenga, the owner of Honomobo, is showing off his shipping container homes to the Okanagan this weekend.
They come in four different sizes, but the one bedroom in his Cadder Avenue backyard on display Saturday is only 528 feet.
“You have all the amenities: in-suite laundry, your own hot water tank, your whole kitchen,” Siebenga said.
“It’s all about how you use the space.”
Hundreds of residents showed up to the home today to get a look inside.
It’s made of recycled containers, and- just like every other Honomobo home- it’s portable and self-sufficient.
The shipping containers are just the latest idea to capitalize on the micro-home fad sweeping across North America. They come to Kelowna as an alternative housing option as the low vacancy rate and high cost of renting leave many struggling to find a place to live in the city.
Siebenga says his company is already ordering homes to be brought across the Okanagan; not a surprise considering the amount of viewers that showed up to the open house Saturday.
And Honomobo isn’t just popular in the Valley.
“The response to this has been overwhelming in a lot of ways.”
“We’ve fielded inquiries all the way from the eastern United States and Canada all the way down south and into Mexico,” Siebenga said.
The container homes range in price. The one bedroom on display today sells for around $130,000.
More information about the company can be found here.