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Boatsheds Australia

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On Australian foreshores and along rivers you will find in some cases, rows of boatsheds that have been around since the turn of the century, primarily as a place to house a holidaymakers boat and barbeque equipment.

These boatsheds were originally built for the simple purpose of storing a boat. Today, these boatsheds are being custom built to allow boat owners to live in these boatsheds during the weekend away.

Boatsheds are now architecturally designed to meet the owners requirements. Whether they be for temporary accommodation with all the modern accessories or to give you a home office facility when your away on holiday.

The older style boatsheds are of historical and cultural significance and you will find these brightly painted wooden sheds on the foreshore.

While these boatsheds are still in use they are now being superseded by the new modern boatshed which simply offers the boatman a home away from home including sleeping and bathroom facilities. The old style boatsheds are nothing more than a small storage room for your boat.

In the UK and Europe, they have beach huts that are similar to our boatsheds except for the fact they are used mainly as a changing and recreational area or base for your stay at the beach and not a home for your boat. These Beach Huts sell for between £20,000 and £140,000 in the UK.

These beach huts are prevalent around the coastlines of Europe with more than 20,000 of them found in France and the UK alone.

Beach huts are usually privately owned and depending on their location can be a worthwhile investment as noted earlier.

Beach Huts came to prominence after the First World War when councils provided beach huts to change in.

When buying a boat to store in your boatshed you need to determine what kind of boating you intend to be doing during your recreational time. Is the boat to do some fishing in the lake, on a river or do you plan on heading out to the open seas to do some sailing?

You may already have a boat that you take out but are interested in upgrading it now that the kids have all moved out. Do you buy a second hand used boat or do check the new boat sales advertisements?

If you plan on buying a new boat then you might want to check out the next boatshow in your city. A boatshow is a good place to start with a salesman on hand to answer any questions and other boats in the same price range to compare them against.

Buying used second hand boats can be cheaper at first but you may be spending more than you want on repairs if you haven’t had the boat inspected properly before parting with your money.

One of the main advantages of buying a new boat is the warranty that you get with your purchase, this certainly gives you peace of mind should anything mechanically go wrong with it, this is something you don’t have when buying a second hand boat.