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Container planner

Plan your container in 3D

Choose a container size, place the doors, windows, walls and furniture where you want them, and send us the layout for a quote.

Everything you see here is an illustration. It is not a quote, an engineering drawing or permit advice. Sizes, structure, finishes and what your site needs are agreed with you when we quote.

Choose your container

Pick the size closest to what you have in mind. You can change it later, and anything you have placed is moved to fit.

How many containers, joined side by side

Outside colour

Outside finish

Floor finish

Every conversion has insulated and lined walls inside, so the planner always shows them.

Cargo door end

The cargo doors are sealed shut on every conversion. A wall in their place can take a door or windows like any other wall.

Add an item

Tap an item to put it in the container, then drag it to where you want it. Doors, windows and cupboards snap to the walls, and the yellow patches show floor that has to stay clear.

Doors and windows

Illustration only
Loading the 3D view.

Your layout in a 3D cut-away view.

2D plans

Each plan shows the inside sizes in millimetres, and the numbers match your layout list. Tap a plan to save it.

A dimensioned plan of your layout from above.
This is the top plan.
A dimensioned drawing of the right hand wall seen from inside.
This is the right hand wall from inside.
A dimensioned drawing of the left hand wall seen from inside.
This is the left hand wall from inside.

Pictures

Your container from the outside.
This is the container from outside.
Your layout in 3D from above.
This is the layout from above.

Your layout

Nothing has been placed inside yet.

    Walls are named as you stand at the cargo doors looking in. Tap a line to go back and change that item.

    Save the picture

    How the planner works

    The planner draws each container to its real outside and inside size, so you can see how much room a bed, a kitchenette or a desk really takes. Everything happens on your own phone or computer, and nothing is sent to us until you send the quote form. Your layout is remembered on this device so you can come back to it.

    The planner is a way to show us what you have in mind. It does not check structure, wind or footing design, plumbing, electrical work, energy ratings or what your council allows, and the furniture and fittings are typical sizes for illustration. Cutting openings or joining two containers changes the strength of the steel, so that work is designed and framed properly when we quote, with an engineer where it is needed. Read more about container homes and conversions, granny flats and small second homes and site offices, lunchrooms and tool rooms.

    Container sizes in the planner

    These are the sizes most often sold in Australia. A high cube container is about 300 mm taller than a general purpose one, which makes a real difference once the ceiling is insulated and lined. Inside sizes vary by a few millimetres between manufacturers, so we measure the actual container before we build.

    • A 10 foot general purpose container is 2.99 m long, 2.44 m wide and 2.59 m high outside, and about 2.83 m long, 2.35 m wide and 2.39 m high inside.
    • A 20 foot general purpose container is 6.06 m long, 2.44 m wide and 2.59 m high outside, and about 5.90 m long, 2.35 m wide and 2.39 m high inside.
    • A 20 foot high cube container is 6.06 m long, 2.44 m wide and 2.90 m high outside, and about 5.90 m long, 2.35 m wide and 2.70 m high inside.
    • A 40 foot general purpose container is 12.19 m long, 2.44 m wide and 2.59 m high outside, and about 12.03 m long, 2.35 m wide and 2.39 m high inside.
    • A 40 foot high cube container is 12.19 m long, 2.44 m wide and 2.90 m high outside, and about 12.03 m long, 2.35 m wide and 2.69 m high inside.

    The 80 square metre home is three high cube modules joined side by side, each 10.93 m long, which comes to just under the 80 square metres Victoria allows for a small second home. You can also join up to five containers of one size and see the floor area as you go.

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