20ft, 40ft, high cube, modified, and refrigerated containers delivered to Seattle and the Seattle metro area, including Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, Kent. Price always includes delivery.
Seattle is Washington's largest city and the anchor of a Puget Sound metro of roughly four million people, running from Everett south to Olympia and west across the water to the Kitsap Peninsula Deliveries reach King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Island, Skagit, Whatcom, Mason, Jefferson, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Lewis, San Juan counties, and the practical questions change from one part of the area to the next. Ballard, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Interbay, Capitol Hill, the Central District, Beacon Hill, Georgetown, SoDo, South Park, West Seattle, Delridge, Columbia City, Rainier Beach, the University District, Ravenna, Green Lake, Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City, Wedgwood, Pioneer Square each bring their own access, placement, and ground-preparation considerations.
Seattle is a home rule city. The Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections administers the Land Use Code and issues construction, land use and zoning determinations, and the Seattle Department of Transportation issues Street Use permits for anything placed in the public right of way, including the parking lane in front of your house. Seattle's residential zones are named Neighborhood Residential, renamed from Single Family by Ordinance 126509 in December 2021. Which department you deal with depends entirely on whether the container sits on your property or in the street.
We have delivered containers throughout the Seattle metro area and we know the local ground: Glacial ground across the Puget lowland, laid down by repeated glacial advances, the most recent around 15,000 years ago. The two materials at or near the surface behave very differently under a load. Till, the dense material builders here call hardpan, is strong but close to impermeable, so water perches on top of it and travels sideways. Outwash drains freely and generally bears well. Down in the Duwamish, the Kent Valley and the Puyallup and Nisqually deltas the ground turns to soft fill, delta silt and peat instead. That matters more for a container than for a house, because a container puts essentially its entire weight through four corner castings rather than spreading it along a continuous footing. Four point loads on ground that softens through a Puget Sound winter is how a box ends up out of level, with doors that no longer close and a roof that ponds water., along with the access and clearance realities of the streets here. Tell us your address and your situation, and you get an honest assessment and an accurate delivery quote.
Seattle houses sit on narrow lots and plenty of the older ones have no garage at all. When a Ballard, Wallingford or Beacon Hill house gets opened up, a container holds furniture, cabinetry and finish material on site for the length of the job, which beats paying for a storage unit plus two moves to reach it.
Detached cottages and basement conversions are a large share of residential work in Seattle right now, and those jobs run on a tight footprint. A container gives the crew a dry, lockable home for windows, flooring, fixtures and tools while the yard is a construction site.
Boats that fish Alaska come home to Salmon Bay, Fishermen's Terminal and the Ballard waterfront between seasons, and the gear comes off with them. A container holds nets, line, totes, spare hydraulics and deck equipment dry and secure through the off season instead of filling a shop bay.
General contractors and trade crews working across King, Snohomish and Pierce counties use a container as the lockup on site. Copper, tools, appliances and specialty material stay in one steel box with one key, which is simpler than loading a trailer at the end of every day.
Landscape and tree service outfits here work through a long wet season. A container at the yard keeps saws, climbing gear, irrigation parts, pavers and bagged goods off the ground and out of the rain, and it does not start the same conversation a permanent shed addition would.
Ground floor commercial space in Seattle is expensive per square foot, and dry goods, seasonal displays, patio furniture and event equipment do not need to sit inside it. A container in the back lot absorbs the overflow at a fraction of what the same square footage costs indoors.
A few things shape how a delivery goes in this area:
For permit questions on a specific address, contact Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI), 700 5th Ave, Suite 2000, Seattle WA 98104, phone (206) 684-8600, for zoning and land use questions about your parcel. Seattle Department of Transportation Street Use, Permit Services Counter, 700 5th Ave, Suite 2300, phone (206) 684-5253, email SDOTPermits@seattle.gov, for any container placed in the public right of way..
Used wind and water tight and one-trip containers are both available. Every unit is inspected before delivery.
All-in pricing with delivery included. Call or text (330) 510-5817, or use the quote form above.