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How is that style of living, expense wise? Would you estimate the cost of boat/maintenance/marina fees to be roughly comparable to renting, or does it cost much more?

That is the sort of thing that appeals to me, but I haven't really looked into it because it seems out of reach.

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It's incredibly cheap, but you need to spend some time doing boat-things like painting fixing rust, etc. Timewise it's probably comparable to a house.

I bought the boat in Holland for around $50.000 in cash and spent around $10.000 fixing it up with insulation, heating, toilet etc. So basically all I pay now is marina rent ($100 a month) and diesel for heating and electricity.

This is in Copenhagen btw.

Considering the cost of a room in a shared apartment in Copenhagen is nearing $800 these days, that's pretty impressive, and relevant to my interests.

Is this a houseboat, power boat, sailboat? I've heard benchmarks of general maintenance for sailboats (even freshwater, ignoring the additional corrosive effects of salt air) that add up to several thousand dollars a year even when brand new (hull cleaning, paint, dockline replacements, the many many small parts that need to be replaced every few years to stay in seaworthy condition, etc). I'm curious how your experience compares.

Oh wow, that is extremely reasonable. I'll have to spend some more time researching this.

send me a mail if you have any questions - it's in my profile.

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