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Luxury holiday houses are setting the trend
WELLNESS: Holiday villages with luxury homes to rival the biggest and best luxury hotels are the future, when Europeans need to escape from hectic everyday life and relax
The wave of wellness is upon the Europeans! When we need to unwind from the stresses of our hectic lives, more and more of us go on a wellnessbreak, where saunas, spa baths, golf and various flavours of therapy are a must. It may be at a luxury hotel, or in one of the holiday villages which are sprouting up all over Europe these days.
Planet-Huse A/S, a Danish manufacturer of prefabricated holiday homes headquartered in Denmark’s oldest town Ribe, is among the standard setters of this latest European holiday trend. In recent years, Planet-Huse’s biggest seller is a luxury home with space for up to 12 persons. It has an indoor swimming pool, multifunctional sauna, spa baths and a number of other personal comfort functionalities which compete with the most luxurious hotels in the world.
Projects in Germany
The homes often form part of large holiday village projects where they are built in beauty spots close to water, outdoor sports facilities and with shopping facilities close by. In Germany, the construction of entire holiday villages has developed into an export success for Planet-Huse in recent years. The company is today involved in five large projects in Germany and several more are in the pipeline. The two most recent projects are on the German Baltic Sea coast, and on the North Sea coast close to Cuxhaven respectively. The projects have 50-100 luxury homes which have been developed as investment objects intended for letting.
“Holiday villages with luxury homes of the same standard as luxury hotels are quite simply the future,” says the director of Planet-Huse, Torben Basse. “The personal experience of living in your ’own’ home, the location close to nature, and in addition the luxurious facilities which help create summer atmosphere all year round, has become a serious competitor to wellness-breaks the large hotels are offering.”
Looking for locations
Planet-Huse is constantly on the outlook for suitable areas for development of new holiday villages in Germany an elsewhere in Europe. Areas close to water and natural environments are the preferred locations. These areas are being developed in close collaboration with local authorities and environmental organisations. The homes are prefabricated in Denmark and sold mostly as an investment for letting.
“We are currently producing about 250 homes annually, but that figure will soon double when our new factory in Germany comes fully on stream,” says Torben Basse. “There is an amazing need for holiday homes everywhere in Europe, and we are able to sell everything we produce.” Planet-Huse produces four standard versions in sizes from 61–140+ m2. Each version has a vast number of combination possibilities. The homes can be individualised and supplied with a range of high tech features. One of the great success parameters of the homes is the architectural design with large shared rooms and a minimum of corridors which optimally exploit the space. The use of large window sections makes the proximity to nature and the local surroundings a quality mark in itself.
http://www.planet-huse.dk
This page forms part of the publication 'FOCUS DENMARK' as chapter 9 of 21
Version 1. 27-01-2006
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