Cargo Containers

This is one side of the cargo house that has a footbridge from the second level to where the hillside leads up to the parking area, in Felton, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. The DeWitt/Kasravi family have a "green" two-story, 1,200 sq. ft. home made of 3.5 cargo containers that were cut into six pieces for the home, in the hills in Felton. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

This is the first 20-foot piece of cargo container that has been transported up to the site of the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Wednesday, May18, 2011. At right, is the outdoor shower. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

The first 20-foot piece of cargo container is being placed on cement blocks at the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Wednesday, May18, 2011. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

Shawn Gammon, of Hunter Module Construction, moves the second piece of the cargo container into place, on Wednesday, May18, 2011.(Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

This is the first of six pieces from four cargo containers, that will be the living room space of the 1,200 square foot home on 10.8 acres, as seen on May 18, 2011. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

A huge crane lifts the second 20-foot piece of cargo container that has been transported up to the site of the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the hills of Felton, on Wednesday, May18, 2011. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

A huge crane lifts the second 20-foot piece of cargo container, on Wednesday, May18, 2011. At left in orange vest is Dustin Hunter, of Hunter Module Construction, out of Jonesburg, Missouri. At right is contractor Adam Dorn, from NorCal Construction. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

This is the second of six pieces from four cargo containers, that will be the living room space of the 1,200 square foot home on 10.8 acres, at the site of the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Wednesday, May18, 2011. The family is building a "green" two-story home made of six pieces of cargo containers. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

The second 20-foot piece of cargo container is put on cement blocks and will be welded at the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Wednesday, May18, 2011. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

This is the family room and dining room at the site of the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Friday, June 10, 2011. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

This is the family room and dining room, on the ground floor, in front of the kitchen, complete with a gas fireplace at right, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

A workman installs some of the fire sprinklers at the site of the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Friday, June 10, 2011. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

This is a view on the ground floor, from the living room and dining, looking towards the kitchen of the "green" two-story, 1,200 sq. ft. home made of 3.5 cargo containers that were cut into six pieces for the home, in the hills of Felton, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. At left is the gas fireplace, and wooden staircase beams made from a redwood tree on the property that was milled. The flooring here is strand bamboo. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

The kitchen has modern appliances with two sliding doors leading to the redwoods and Zayante Creek outside the "green" two-story, 1,200 sq. ft. home, in the hills of Felton, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

Kyler Kasravi, 8, climbs the stairs to the second level, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. These steps and the wood railings were milled by the family from a 150-foot redwood tree that had to be cut down on the property to allow turn-around space for emergency vehicles. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

This is the upstairs and looks toward the lone bedroom at the site of the DeWitt/Kasravi family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Friday, June 10, 2011. At left is the area where the family will place bunk beds for their son, Kyler Kasravi, 8. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

Connie DeWitt and Kam Kasravi have the sole bedroom, with sliding pocket doors for privacy, on the second level of their "green" two-story, 1,200 sq. ft. home, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

Ryan Barnholt, from Echo Plumbing in Soquel, works on the second floor plumbing in the area where the laundry room and a bathroom will be, at the site of the Kasravi/DeWitt family's new home in the mountains of Felton, on Friday, June 10, 2011. (Karen T. Borchers/Mercury News)

Kyler Kasravi, 8, sits on his parents' bed on the second level, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

Kyler Kasravi, 8, is on the top bunk of his sleeping area, at left from his parents' bedroom that has sliding doors for privacy on the second level, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. The styrofoam sculpture, "Strata 4", in front of the window was made by a family friend, Julia Jacobson. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)

Connie DeWitt, left, her husband, Kam Kasravi, and their son, Kyler Kasravi, 8, stand in front of their "green" two-story, 1,200 sq. ft. home made from four cargo containers that were cut into six pieces for the home, in the hills of Felton, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. Phase two of their project will be to have a hardwood deck built, off to the left of the house. (Karen T. Borchers/Staff)