Bored with luxury living on land and fancy a high-end residence with a difference? A 'mobile home' on the ocean waves may be an option - but only multimillionaires need apply. The most expensive apartments on the world's newest 'condo-ship' could set you back more than HK$300million.
Homes from home aboard the 219-metre Four Seasons Ocean Residences go on sale in Hong Kong on Saturday. Prices for its 112 residences start at Euro2.8million (HK$29.7 million) for a relatively modest, one-bedroom apartment.
A four-bed triplex covering 7,860 sqft costs Euro30million, or HK$40,350 per sq ft, almost the same as Hong Kong's most expensive luxury property, at Severn 8 on The Peak.
Voyages are due to start in 2010. Buyers are promised decades of world travel in the utmost luxury.
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts will provide five-star-hotel-style services to residents - who can while away their time in the ship's spa, casino and restaurants, on the putting green or snorkelling, scuba diving and jet skiing. Buyers purchase a 50-year leasehold. Danny Warman, vice-president of Florida-based Bayview Financial, one of two companies behind the project, said it had received several letters of interest from potential buyers in Britain, South Africa and the United States.
Mr Warman said the apartments would appeal to buyers who do not want the responsibility of running their own vessel.