Club Vivanova Corporate Partner Contrarian GmbH, advisor of Stern Hausboot, shares interesting news about the house boat market after achieving a first big milestone, the fundraising for the world’s first large scale house boat factory.

As there is a natural limitation of space for living along the coastlines, house boats are becoming more and more popular. Being overloaded with orders, Stern Hausboot decided to become the No1 house boat builder. Their knowledge about German and Danish marina opportunities like old military, industry and fishing marinas made the decision easy. One of the owners was previously long term CEO of Europes largest holiday house rental company NOVASOL and brings all the market-knowledge for the growth.

Contrarian was deeply involved in various fields, such as strategic business plan, successful pitch for Danish government funds and the factory planning. This way, Stern Hausboot managed to get hold of an existing large factory site in Orehoved Havn, Denmark, that is suitable for house boats and allows the massive scale up immediately.

First focussing on Germany and Denmark, Stern Hausboot are already observing Europe and contacting companies that are involved in touristic developments like holiday camps and marina restoration. For the first time, a sufficient house boat supply will be available, as other house boat builders are small scale companies, very often building one or two large and design driven one-off boats, or may be five mid-range boats per year. Stern Hausboot targets 90 per year. A further production in South Europe is in the scope as well.