20ft Standard Shipping Containers - Aurora, Colorado
The compact 150-sq-ft footprint that fits Aurora side yards, HOA height caps, and tight Stapleton-area lots without sacrificing utility.
The 20ft Standard is the workhorse compact in our Aurora inventory. At 20 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 8'6" tall, it slips onto almost any Front Range residential lot without bumping the side-yard setback or triggering an HOA height conversation. The 150-square-foot interior footprint is enough for a real backyard office, a small workshop, a pool cabana, or a permitted storage building - and the price point keeps the project realistic for owner-builders.
Where the 20ft Standard earns its place over a 40-footer is delivery and siting. We can land a 20 on a single concrete-pier setup, drop it with a tilt-bed truck on roughly 50 feet of clearance, and back into older Aurora neighborhoods where a 40-footer simply won’t turn the corner. For first-time container buyers, it’s also the most forgiving size to live with if the layout ends up needing tweaking.
The trade-off is the 8'6" exterior height. Once you finish the interior - closed-cell foam, framed ceiling, finished floor - you’re working with about 7 feet of headroom. That’s fine for offices, workshops, and storage, but for any space you plan to sleep in, the 20ft High Cube is a much more comfortable starting point.