New, used & refurbished containers for sale in Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades runs on large lots, high land value, and ambitious renovation. That shapes what people need a container for here: household and furniture storage while a remodel runs, secure tool and material holding on site, ADU and guest house projects, and somewhere to put half a house while it is being staged for sale.
On-site is the point. A storage unit in Culver City means renting space, renting a van, and driving across town every time you need something out of it. A container on your own driveway costs less over a long project, opens whenever you want it, and leaves when you are done. For a remodel measured in months, that difference adds up quickly.
Access is worth settling before you order. The Palisades sits between the canyons, the park, and the ocean with limited routes in, and the residential streets beyond them are narrow. A tilt-bed carrying a 40ft container needs roughly 100 feet of straight clearance to unload; a 20ft places far more easily on a residential lot and is what we deliver here most often. Send the address and a photo of the approach and we will tell you what fits. Containers are Corten weathering steel, and custom paint, cladding, and glazing are done in our own shop if the unit needs to suit the property.
Watertight roof, hole-free floors, sealing doors — inspected before dispatch.
Our drivers, our tilt-bed trucks, Pacific Palisades in 3–7 business days.
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Container sizes for sale in Pacific Palisades
Every unit available one trip / new or used. Real external dimensions shown.
Compact, easy to place, ideal for tight lots and tool storage.
9’10” L × 8’0″ W × 8’6″ HOne trip / new · UsedView details
Same small footprint, a foot more headroom inside.
9’10” L × 8’0″ W × 9’6″ HOne trip / new · UsedView details
The workhorse — the most-ordered size for storage and job sites.
20’0″ L × 8’0″ W × 8’6″ HOne trip / new · UsedView details
Extra interior height on the most popular footprint.
20’0″ L × 8’0″ W × 9’6″ HOne trip / new · UsedView details
Double the length, same footprint width — maximum storage per dollar.
40’0″ L × 8’0″ W × 8’6″ HOne trip / new · UsedView details
A foot taller inside — the go-to for container homes and offices.
40’0″ L × 8’0″ W × 9’6″ HOne trip / new · UsedView details
The longest standard box — most volume in a single unit.
45’0″ L × 8’0″ W × 9’6″ HOne trip / new · UsedView details
Reefers, open-side, open-top and other specialty units — tell us what the job needs.
Refrigerated · open-side · open-topOne trip / new · UsedView detailsNot sure which size?
Tell us the job and we’ll recommend the right container and condition — no pressure, no obligation.
Where you can put a container in Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades is part of the City of Los Angeles, so two sets of rules apply — the standard LADBS container bulletin, and the emergency rebuild order issued after the January 2025 fire. For most Palisades properties right now, the second one is the one that matters.
| Rule | What the city requires |
|---|---|
| Fire-damaged lots | Mayor’s Emergency Executive Order No. 1 states a property owner “shall be permitted to locate a storage unit or shed on said property for up to three years” |
| Temporary housing on site | RVs, tiny homes, modular structures and mobile homes permitted for up to three years, or while an active building permit applies, whichever is longer |
| Site condition | Must be vacant, free of hazards, and have contained a one- or two-family dwelling destroyed or significantly damaged by the wildfires |
| Setback (temporary housing) | Minimum 5 feet from all property lines |
| Standard LA rule (P/BC 2023-104) | Max 10 ft high × 10 ft wide × 40 ft long · 5 ft from a property line · 10 ft from another container or building |
| Stacking and occupancy | Prohibited under the standard bulletin. No connection to a power source |
| Zoning limit | Containers for incidental storage are allowed only where the Zoning Code permits open storage — which excludes most residential streets outside the rebuild order |
The Palisades Fire burned 23,448 acres and destroyed 6,837 structures. The three-year storage allowance exists precisely because thousands of owners need somewhere to keep what survived, and somewhere to stage materials, while they rebuild.
The rebuild order is the pathway here, not the ordinary storage bulletin. Outside a fire-damaged lot, Pacific Palisades is residential and the standard LADBS rule effectively rules containers out. On a fire-damaged lot you have three years. If you are not sure which situation your parcel is in, call us before you order and we will work through it with you rather than guess.
Container delivery in Pacific Palisades
The Palisades is one of the harder places in Los Angeles to put a container, and it has nothing to do with distance. It is the roads.
- Canyon and bluff streets — narrow, winding, often single-lane in practice with cars parked one side. A 40ft tilt-bed needs a straight run it frequently cannot get here. Twenty-foot containers succeed far more often.
- Steep driveways — a tilt-bed unloads by sliding the container off a raised bed. On a slope that is not a controlled placement. Sloped sites here are usually a crane or side-loader job.
- Rebuild sites — debris clearance status, temporary power and neighbouring construction traffic all change what is possible week to week. Tell us the current state of the lot, not the state it was in when you first called.
- Overhead lines and mature trees — older streets here have low service drops and heavy canopy. This is the single most common reason a truck turns around in these hills.
- Coastal and PCH access — timing matters more than clearance. Early morning slots avoid most of it.
You need roughly 60 feet of straight clear run for a 20ft and 100–120 feet for a 40ft, plus 14 feet of overhead clearance the whole way in. Our full container delivery guide covers site prep, the three ways a container comes off a truck, and the eight things that most often go wrong on the day.
Send photos taken from the street looking in, plus the drop spot. On Palisades streets that is the difference between a delivery and a wasted trip — and we would rather tell you a 40ft will not fit than charge you to find out.
Container solutions for Pacific Palisades
Secure tool and material storage for remodels and estate projects — dropped where the crew works, collected when the job is done.
High-cube boxes built out as backyard studios and accessory dwelling units on Palisades lots, where land value makes building out genuinely worth it.
Retail pop-ups, event bars, and turnkey site offices — modified, delivered, and ready to open.
Temperature-controlled units for restaurants, growers, and biotech that need reliable cold on site.
Pacific Palisades container questions, answered
+Is a container cheaper than a storage unit during a remodel?
+Can I use a container while staging the house for sale?
+Can I build a container ADU or guest house on my lot?
+Can a delivery truck reach a hillside or canyon property?
+Do I need a permit to put a container on my property?
+What is the typical delivery time?
+How much are shipping containers in Pacific Palisades?
+Which areas do you deliver to?
We also deliver to: Santa Monica, Malibu and Los Angeles. We also serve buyers across the rest of the state — see every city on our shipping containers for sale in California page.
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