Auf meiner Reise nach Malta habe ich viele kleine Gebäude/Hütten ganz nah am Wasser gesehen. Am Golden Beach gab es auch Türen in den Klippen, vor denen Leute grillten. Wohnen dort Leute oder ist es eine Art Wochenendhütte? Einige dieser Plätze sind nur mit dem Boot erreichbar
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Von Apprehensive-Mango-1
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They are illegally built boat houses. Mostly from the 80s labour party era.
illegal houses, you also find them a lot around gnejna, armier and other bays. beside being not authorized, without any permit, they are probably stealing electricity and water from the public supply as well
I have seen ‘normal’ people [ Family with kids.] go in and out. Are these huts simply tolerated or why are they, for example, on popular beaches directly below the hotels?
Illegal boat houses that both political parties are too afraid of demolishing. One of them, even gave them electricity
Basically if your grandpa was a criminal, your family now has a lovely seaside property, some of which are even air conditioned. If your grandpa followed the rules, then you have nothing, congrats.
You can even find some for sale on fb market place for a little fortune…
In St Paul bay, northern part, some are displayed with signs for sale
There are many which are completely legal ex at the bottom of St Maria Estate
Most are illegal structures built and referred to as “boathouses” – of course boats do not need houses and the most likely explanation was that in the 70s/80s they became more popular around secluded beaches like golden bay because they used to be used for smuggling foreign products which were banned (such as chocolate).
Subsequent governments did not clamp down on them, and even regularized a few. At some point more people picked up on it and started to build more illegal structures inland. As a result the northern part of the island is full of small buildings such as this.
A significant amount of the population owns or is related to someone who owns some form of illegal structure and governments are too scared on clamping down on them.