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Show Boat Comes To Liverpool
Tue 4th Aug 09 - 16:44
A WILMSLOW-based company that develops floating properties is launching what it says is the UK’s first luxury floating home as its show boat is craned into Liverpool Marina today.
The penthouse style show boat by Floating Concepts has 1,100 sq ft of living space, with a bespoke designed kitchen and bathroom.
The home includes under floor-heating, as well as green elements such as geothermal heat pumps, solar panels, provision for rain water harvesting and sustainable materials.
Each house boat is built to specification and prices range from £100,000 to £450,000, depending on the interior finish and size of the house.
Floating Concepts, which said it worked with The Port of Liverpool and Peel Holdings to arrange the transportation and mooring of this first home, is in consultation with Peel and other companies across the country to secure moorings for more boats, which can be sold with or without mooring arrangements.
But chief executive David Beard, who launched the company after seeing the business model work successfully over in Denmark, said home owners can tow their boats to new moorings if they decide to relocate.
Mr Beard said: “Floating homes pioneer a common sense approach to the issues faced by conventional developers. Our aim is to focus the property industry on regenerating waterspace, helping developers, landowners and the public sector maximise the potential of ‘Bluefield’ land.”
He said that networks of waterborne communities will grow in popularity as a solution to urban congestion, land shortages and flood risk due to global warming.
Steve Hardcastle, harbourmaster at Liverpool Port, said: “Liverpool Marina boasts an extremely well equipped port, with the capacity to deal with unusual cargo. We’re really pleased to be working alongside Floating Concepts and are delighted that it has chosen Liverpool Docks to exhibit its revolutionary housing idea”.
By Joanne Birtwistle
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