The body of a bespoke conversion is an adapted shipping container and they are manufactured to a high quality and are very robust as they are used for shipping cargo throughout the world and submitting the container to the rigours of sea transport. A new ‘one trip’ shipping container could be expected to last up to 50 years where as a good quality standard used container could last up to 20 years. However, there are some factors that can affect a life span which include the care of the container conversion.