From the road, it looks a bit like a post-apocalyptic country castle.

Neighbours might be forgiven for thinking the property is some sort of commune.

But Bill Glennon maintains that building his retirement dream house out of 31 sea containers (sea-cans) is a reasonable, rational — and indeed practical — thing to do.

Its not a pink elephant, Glennon quipped outside of the under-construction complex southeast of Rimbey.

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