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If you're in the lowlands, then the risk of flooding during a storm is most definitely non-zero. In the UK, developers have been building on flood planes becaus
by KaiserPro 6y ago
If you're in the lowlands, then the risk of flooding during a storm is most definitely non-zero. In the UK, developers have been building on flood planes because the land is cheap. So a floating house just cuts out the middleman.
In holland, people have been living on barges for _years_. It's partly why I'd never swim in the canals in amsterdam, because those old barges discharge effluent. However hooking up utilities is trivial, pipes are bendy, and moorings are mostly fixed.
The advantage of floating houses in this instance is the portability. Not only can a house be built at a factory and moved, reducing price. But if the mooring terms and conditions are terrible, one can move.
- jacquesm 6y ago> because those old barges discharge effluent. No they don't. In 2008 the government decided that by 2018 all houseboats/barges/other boats that people live on had to be connected to the sewage system. It's possible that there are still a few stragglers but as a rule they don't.