7 Islands No One Wants to Buy Even for $1

just hey you yeah you listen to me are you in the market for a private island come on we all need our own personal getaway plus these prices are unbeatable okay fine I make a lousy salesperson but there really are whole islands out there that you can purchase for a fraction of the typical price but the real kicker is that nobody wants to buy them take for example Piazza busuu Islands Brazil price seventy nine thousand five hundred dollars for just under eighty thousand dollars you can become the owner of not one but six islands situated on Brazil's Salle Francisco River these islands can boast picturesque views exciting wildlife and even colonial ruins so why hasn't anybody grabbed them up yet well the reason might lie in the fact that you're technically just buying the right to use the islands for 99 years besides the contract contains a vague note that you'll be subject to small annual taxes hmm yeah maybe pass on this sketchy deal but I've got plenty more offers like little Rocky Island Nova Scotia Canada price seventy four thousand five hundred dollars surprisingly this eight acre island is still available and if you hurry you'll be able to buy it for 75 grand that is but given its pretty sandy beaches untouched nature and pine trees that price point is a steal although little rocky island lies in the Atlantic Ocean neighboring islands protected from foul weather there's no property on the island but you can build anything you like there as for why is still for sale that's a real mystery perhaps the market is a little flooded since Canada has so many private islands for sale Tillamook Island Oregon USA price $50,000 also known as terrible Tilly this islands nickname speaks for itself well it's not technically an island in the traditional sense it's basically a rock with a single lighthouse on it off the coast of Oregon initially the island was sold for a half a million but that wasn't the only time it was for sale so far nobody has been enthusiastic enough to buy the place why you ask well when you consider the tumultuous weather waves they can get so high they sweep over the entire island and the history that's not short of tragedy for those who brave the dangerous waters around it then yeah Tilley doesn't exactly sell like hotcakes Chandler Island Maine USA price thirty nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine dollars so if you have some extra cash you can buy a one acre island with a view of picturesque Maine there's a little cabin on the island and you can theoretically build some other property there too if you want the only problem is that you know during high tide half of the island gets submerged underwater as a result the tiny territory of the island shrinks even more bring a life vest Fort Carroll Maryland USA price $31,500 you could be the owner of a historic private island on one condition you have to restore the fort situated on it but it cost you less than the average price of a college tuition Fort Carroll is an artificial island constructed in 1848 what's left today is an abandoned hexagonal fort on the island that was once crucial for defending the city of Baltimore many local businesses have made attempts to renovate the fort and even turn it into a hotel a casino a conference center and even a jail however nobody has succeeded so far the problem with the island is that it's an important Bird Conservation site that's home to tons of herons and seagulls that's why you can't construct or change anything on the island since it might spook the birds secondly the fortress itself is under the protection of the state strict environmental laws this makes redevelopment next to impossible MacGibbon Island New Brunswick Canada price $29,900 in Canadian people typically associate private islands with some sort of tropical paradise but Canada's MacGibbon island is nothing like that perhaps that explains the super low price tag of 30 grand for this small plot of land on the st. Johns River but it's probably gotten more to do with the fact that MacGibbon is completely undeveloped one of the reasons for this inconvenience is that every spring the territory gets totally submerged so you can't really build a cozy house here because it flowed away with the floodwaters but if you like camping trips megive an island might be a spectacular investment Mont Segur Island Australia price free see that little string there yeah it's attached welcome to a tiny island off the coast of Tasmania Australia to be the only occupant of this island you don't need to buy it or pay rent the tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Services offer people to live in this remote beautiful location entirely free of charge the duration of stay is a half a year but that should be plenty of time to enjoy all the lush greenery breathtaking ocean views and your own personal vegetable garden as always there's a catch first of all this offer is open only for couples and both partners should be equally eager to go to the island besides you'll take care of the property and its wildlife as well as maintain the equipment in buildings your responsibilities will also include weather observations and finally there's no means of communication with the rest of the world that's right no TV no internet no cell phone service harsh once you're there you can only leave the island for emergencies and finally finally you can only bring up to seven hundred sixteen pounds of supplies with you when you arrive yeah pretty strict stuff huh but hey if you and your spouse are looking to escape from the modern world for a few months then I say go for it okay maybe you don't have tens of thousands of dollars to buy even the cheapest islands on the market that nobody else wants well there are plenty of other islands that aren't really for sale but you can live there or at least visit some of them again for one reason or another nobody wants to for example there's okunoshima Island this place lies approximately two miles off the coast of Japan but despite such a convenient location nobody lives there from 1929 to 1945 there was a chemical weapons plant on the island that produced poisonous gas yet even after the factory ceased to exist no one wanted to settle on the island in 1988 the okunoshima poison gas museum was open and it started to attract tourists when he get a free sniff but that wasn't the main reason why the island started gaining more and more visitors it was because the place is overcome by rabbits they begun to thrive and multiply on the island after the factory was closed and these days thousands of friendly bunnies will greet you if you decide to pay them a visit and if you do you should find time to stop in at Hashima island dubbed battleship island because it looks like an old half destroyed battleship Hashima is located about nine miles away from Nagasaki from 1887 to 1974 there was a profitable coal mine on the island more than 5000 miners together with their families lived on this 15 acre piece of land all of them cooped up in high-rise tenements but when the coal ran out people left the island and the buildings were abandoned over time they slowly crumbled away to the point that it was dangerous to even step foot on the island nowadays the site is open for tourists but is no wonder nobody is eager to live in this gloomy place Lazaretto nuovo located in Venice Italy this island is also open for tourists but home to nobody the reason lies in its rough past in 1468 the island became a quarantine area for ships that approached the city this move was meant to protect Venice from the plague in the 18th century the island was turned into a military base and finally in 1975 the place was left alone derelict and forgotten only recently has the local community turned it into a museum site jaco island this place belongs to the democratic republic of two more Leste the island looks like the picture of a true paradise lush green trees crystal blue waters and white sand surprisingly this place is uninhabitable but that's because the island is sacred to locals so no one is allowed to live there permanently but they don't mind one day tourist trips or even camping so you can visit it so which island would you like to go to let everybody know down in the comments for me it's got to be rabbit island the place must go nuts at Easter time also remember to give this video a big thumbs up share it with your friends and hit the subscribe button to stay on the bright side of life [Music]

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Length: 10min 1sec (601 seconds)

Published: Thu May 09 2019