40ft High Cube Shipping Containers - Aurora, Colorado
The single most-shipped size out of our Aurora yard - the combination of full 40-foot footprint and 9'6" walls that makes container homes actually feel like homes.
If we sorted our 2025 sales records by size, the 40ft High Cube would be the runaway winner - and the reasoning is the same on nearly every order. You get the full 304-sq-ft floor of a 40-footer plus the critical 9'6" exterior height. After insulation, framing, and a finished floor, that leaves you walking under a real 8-foot ceiling. That single design choice does more for the finished feel of a container ADU or tiny home than any other.
Front Range builders pick this size for permitted ADU jobs in Aurora’s R-2 districts, for vacation rental cabins out toward Elizabeth and Bailey, for premium short-term-rental units in the mountains, and for serious one-container tiny homes that need to function as a true daily residence. The footprint is large enough for a 1-bedroom plus full bath plus kitchen plus living space without anyone feeling like they’re trapped in a tube.
Delivery requires more site planning than a 20-footer - figure on 75 feet of clearance and 14 feet overhead for a tilt-bed drop - and the foundation needs to support the heavier tare weight. Worth the extra setup. Once it’s in place, the build pencils faster and cleaner than any other size we sell.