A man-made, floating ‘island’ yours... for a few million dollars
‘It can be towed to any location of the world’:
AUSTRIA: An Austrian firm has come up what it hopes is the next big
thing for the mega-rich: a man-made, floating “island” with a list price
of 5.2 million euros ($6.5 million), the company’s founder told AFP
Monday.
Measuring 20 by 37 metres (66 by 121 feet), the “Orsos Island” has no
engine but can be anchored anywhere its owners choose and then towed to
another location the other side of the world if they so wish,
Hungarian-born Gabor Orsos said. “The interest has been massive from all
over the world, from Australia, China, the United States. We have
already had the first pre-orders and we have some potential buyers
coming from Australia next week,” the entrepreneur said.
The island is environmentally friendly and fully self-sufficient,
with solar panels and wind generators providing power. It can sleep 12
people plus crew and offers 1,000 square metres of living space. The
only problem is that no “islands” have been produced yet and that once
manufacturing starts it will initially be in land-locked Slovakia. But
Orsos expects the first finished products to be ready in 18 months’ to
two years’ time, and for the “islands” to be transported down the Danube
river into the Black Sea -- and then to wherever the customer wants. AFP
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