More on new housing alternatives, primarily suited for the younger folks:
Argh, matey! A new trend in housing is afloat in Denmark, with college students from Copenhagen solving their cash-strapped housing woes with a series of floating apartments.
The Copenhagen-based housing startup Urban Rigger designed a series of low-cost modular housing to float in Copenhagen’s urban harbors. At only $600 a month (a real deal in the trendy city), these shared living spaces provide students with a private bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
Built with the help of Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels, each unit—crafted from modular shipping containers—can house up to 12 students. The spaces also include community gardens, kayak landings, bathing platforms, and outdoor cooking areas—and who wouldn’t want to attend a college rager on a boat?
Read full article here:
http://blog.rismedia.com/2016/rad-floating-units-solve-student-housing-issues-in-denmark/
Ah, the urban harbor!
Nothing beats wakin’ to the smell of diesel oil, and seal sh*t in the morning! It’s like findin’ a treasure in yer nose!
I’ve been to København. (Which is the correct spelling. In English there’s several ways to spell it. Copenhagen/American, Kopenhagen/German or English, etc. The problem is Danish/Dansk are really good at speaking multiple languages and are too nice/friendly to correct you.)
Living in a floating house totally makes sense in Copenhagen. You’d be right in the city center and it would be cheap. Also I’m sure they’re floating in the ocean so the water never freezes + is too cold to quickly deteriorate the boat. On a side note I don’t see the city of Copenhagen letting this go on long term.
I had a friend who did this same thing in San Francisco. He did tech work and bought a boat and lived near the embarcadero and by a bart station. His slip fee was $1000 but that’s cheap for where he was living. Also he owned his boat and whenever he’d save up enough $$$ he’d just trade in his boat and buy a nicer one. When I meet him he was living on a 100k+ houseboat and planning to buy another with cash double the price. Pretty smart for someone in their early 20s.
“When I meet him he was living on a 100k+ houseboat and planning to buy another with cash double the price. Pretty smart for someone in their early 20s.”
In cooler latitudes, or docking off the beaten track, it would be more feasible, but in LB or LA harbor, summer nights would get funky. I was aquainted with one couple trying it in the local harbor area, and… I wouldn’t do it. It’s stark, somewhat isolated, with nothing but lost hobo’s and sick seals to break up the monotony.
A studio near where my friend was paying a $1000 slip fee was around $3000 a month. 2 bedrooms which is what his houseboat had would be $4000 a month.
For that difference in price I’d put up with a seal or two.
Fair enough, but seals are the punks of the briny deep to me.
Shenanigans is their game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS27CqYYTrE