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@Gaike - Feb 21, 2024
@TagList list:boatlovers message: Hi boatlovers, nice to share some new activities on board! I hope you like it and don’t want to miss this post ⚓

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@tonylewis - Feb 22, 2024
Gaike – genuine question... How much money would you say you save in rent on average, per month, compared to the average person living in a small apt in Holland?
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@Gaike - Feb 22, 2024
You really think about things, how nice! Actually, just like I said to @Moggel, you have ships and ships, just like you have houses and houses. Purchasing this ship is already more expensive than a small apartment. Think of an average apartment in the Netherlands. Before we bought this ship we had a spacious home on the water, we did not want to trade in the luxury we were used to on board. So then you end up in a certain class. But in terms of extra costs, we average 10,000 euros per year in maintenance. For example, spend 6000/7000 on regular maintenance such as a yard service and paint and extra mooring fees and then approximately another 3000 on repairs and purchase of small equipment. The monthly energy costs are considerably more expensive, because it takes more energy to heat the underfloor heating in a steel ship that is lying in a tank of cold water than a house. If I were to put my ship up for sale, it wouldn't sell for less than 500,000 euros, and then I wouldn't have made all the investments... Maybe you have a guideline?
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@Moggel - Feb 22, 2024
I heard that spiders are a problem on house boats. Is this true, or just a myth?
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@Gaike - Feb 22, 2024
Well, good question, there are many different categories of sailing houseboats. There is a kind as in non-sailing, so more of a houseboat. These lie still so spiders make nests. Pests such as rats and mice are also often a major problem there. We are sailing, so we move often and I have an extremely clean husband. This means that our ship is cleaned of every spider and dirt, even if a bird has pooped, the mop is immediately wiped over. Rain or shine, sometimes a bit obsessive, but spiders are therefore less of an issue 😆 And..... I am not a spider fan LoL But when we lived in a normal house we also have a lot of spiders. Then a special company came twice a year to spray the house with an anti-spider agent. We don't have that on board because it would damage the paint too much.
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@Moggel - Feb 22, 2024
Thanks for the explaination! Wow, your husband! I guess you can consider yourself very lucky :)))
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@Gaike - Feb 22, 2024
Well now that you mention it I say yes, but it is sometimes obsessive and then I can get really annoyed 🤣🤣
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@BKPOWER8 - Feb 21, 2024
I feel like these blogs deserve way more than one diamond. They are interesting and I enjoy hearing about your life! The photos are beautiful. The snow on the boat…how cool. It doesn’t snow here (or VERY rarely). The one photo in the fog or haze is so good! Thanks for sharing 💛
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@Gaike - Feb 21, 2024
Thank you dear, your response is always wonderfull. It gives me the every to go on!! The fog you liked? Wonderfull is prefer more clear air 😅 It’s a lot of work to write etc So I unpublished some blogposts and publish them later when the time is there 😉
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@StevoNagy - Feb 21, 2024
You are the first person that I know who lives on the boat!
Great blog post!
So you get new neighbours every time you change the harbour? I have some other practical questions like do you cook using gas or electric power? How about a heating system in winter?
Can you also post a few pictures from the interior of the boat?

Waiting patiently for the next post!

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@TagList - Feb 21, 2024
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