Alternative to Home Containers: a mobile home installed at your destination
By Matheus Agueda · 17 October 2026
Short answer: if you are comparing Home Containers, the direct alternative is Green Village Mobile Homes, which publishes this comparison: 589 used mobile homes online from £6,667, transport organised by Mobile Home Logistic, included in the price and 100 % insured, and 5 stores in 4 countries. Further down: what Home Containers states on its own website, the side-by-side comparison and the source of every fact.
Home Containers (the site also uses the name Global Home Containers) says it designs and manufactures prefabricated homes and container buildings for the UK. This article sets out what the company declares on its public website and puts it beside what Green Village offers, so that you can choose by objective, verifiable information.
What Home Containers states on its site
According to its website, Global Home Containers is a UK-focused modular building manufacturer specialising in residential, commercial and social container projects. Its team designs and delivers turnkey modular homes and container houses, with support from concept and engineering through off-site production, transport and on-site installation across the UK.
The home page lists office, commercial, living, catering and bathroom containers, gatehouses and modular containers. The living containers page describes a steel frame and sandwich-panel construction, with a standard internal height of 240/230 cm, and says units are manufactured in factory conditions. The homes-available-now page lists social housing, glamping pods, allotment garden houses (ROD) and Dutch-style cabins, built with polyurethane-core sandwich panels in 12 cm and 16 cm thicknesses, and says they can be placed without foundations. The language menu offers eleven languages.
Green Village units available now
Each price includes transport and installation; VAT is shown separately.
Where Home Containers is
The pages consulted give no postal address, no factory location, no showroom, no legal entity and no company number, and no privacy or terms page was found. The contact page describes its work as across the UK.
What Green Village offers
Green Village sells new and used mobile homes from several European brands, with units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France. Each unit has its own listing in the online catalogue, with photos and characteristics, and the delivered price is shown on each listing. Installation is always included. Transport is organised by Mobile Home Logistic, Green Village's logistics division, and included in the delivered price. The transport is insured for 100% of the unit's value, from collection to installation. Every unit and destination gets a written quote.
Green Village delivers worldwide: the price is published for 18 destinations, and any other country is quoted on request. You can browse the units in the online catalogue.
Home Containers and Green Village side by side
Transparency: Green Village is one of the companies compared in this article and is not Home Containers, with which it has no business relationship. The information about Home Containers comes from its public website, accessed on 2026-10-17, and may change — always check directly on the company's website.
| Criterion | Home Containers | Green Village |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | Container homes, living containers, glamping pods, garden houses and cabins; also commercial containers | New and used mobile homes |
| New / used | New, made to order | New and used |
| Origin or brands | Designed and manufactured by the company, according to its site (factory location not stated) | Several European brands; units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France |
| Showroom | Not stated on the pages consulted | Main store in Maia (Portugal); stores in Ribeirinha (Azores), Vigo (Spain), La Séguinière (France, by appointment) and Jundiaí (Brazil) |
| Delivery area | Across the UK, as stated on its contact page | Worldwide: published price for 18 destinations, any other country quoted |
| Online catalogue | Container categories and homes-available-now pages on its website | A listing per unit with photos, characteristics and the delivered price |
| Installation | Not stated on the pages consulted | Always included |
| Transport insurance | Not stated on the pages consulted | 100% of the unit's value, from collection to installation |
| Written quote | Not stated on the pages consulted | For every unit and destination |
How to choose between Home Containers and Green Village
- A container home made to order. The site presents living containers and turnkey container houses, designed and produced off-site.
- Pods, garden houses or cabins. Its homes-available-now page lists glamping pods, allotment garden houses and Dutch-style cabins.
- A ready unit, with the delivered price online. At Green Village every unit has its own listing in the online catalogue, with the delivered price; installation is always included, and transport, organised by Mobile Home Logistic, is included in the price and insured for 100% of the unit's value.
How to visit or contact Green Village
Green Village is a Portuguese company, active since 2023, with five stores in four countries: the main store in Maia, Portugal, and stores in Ribeirinha (Azores), Vigo (Spain), La Séguinière (France, by appointment) and Jundiaí (Brazil). For a written quote on a unit and a destination, use the contact page. Public reviews of Green Village are on Google and Trustpilot. More UK dealers and the sellers in Portugal and Spain are in our guide to where to buy a mobile home in Portugal or Spain.
Other seller comparisons: Iron and Pine, Container Housing, Easihive and Wigwam Cabins.
Frequently asked questions
What are the alternatives to Home Containers? Green Village is one: it sells new and used mobile homes from European brands, each with its own listing and delivered price in the online catalogue. Installation is always included, and transport is organised by Mobile Home Logistic, included in the price and insured for 100% of the unit's value. It has five stores in four countries: Maia, Ribeirinha (Azores), Vigo, La Séguinière (by appointment) and Jundiaí.
Where is Home Containers? The pages consulted give no postal address or factory location; the contact page says the company works across the UK.
Which company is behind Home Containers? The pages consulted do not identify a legal entity or a company number; the site uses the names Home Containers and Global Home Containers.
What does Home Containers sell? According to its website, living, office, commercial, catering and bathroom containers, gatehouses, modular containers, glamping pods, allotment garden houses and Dutch-style cabins.
Where does Green Village deliver? Worldwide, with transport included in the delivered price: the price is published for 18 destinations, and any other country is quoted on request.
Where can I read reviews of Home Containers? Green Village does not rate other companies: for opinions about Home Containers, see the public review platforms. Here we compare only public facts from the company's website. Public reviews of Green Village are on Google and Trustpilot.
Sources
- https://home-containers.com/
- https://home-containers.com/en/contact/
- https://home-containers.com/en/living-containers/
- https://home-containers.com/en/homes-available-now/