PHOTO: FIONA TOMLINSON – Ilse Heeringa says downsizing to the container house has meant the couple can spend more time with their children, Arlo,4, Quinn, 6 and Bella, 8.

Three years ago, the Heeringa family of Hastings traded in a five-bedroom home for a small container house, and they’ve never looked back.

Converts to container house living from day one, Matt, Ilse and children Bella, 8, Quinn, 6, and Arlo, 4, have featured in several magazines and a Living Big in a Tiny House video, but now they’re selling up.

They have listed their off-grid container house on TradeMe because they have bought a block of land where they plan to build a new container house.

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