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Montenegro Tower

I am opening a unique Bar & shared workspace in Montenegro

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Montenegro Tower

I am opening a unique Bar & shared workspace in Montenegro

I am opening a unique Bar & shared workspace in Montenegro

I am opening a unique Bar & shared workspace in Montenegro

I am opening a unique Bar & shared workspace in Montenegro

Christopher Heil
Christopher Heil
Christopher Heil
Christopher Heil
1 Campaign |
Pecurice, Montenegro
$417 USD $417 USD 3 backers
2% of $20,826 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Hey guys! I am Chris from Germany and am fulfilling my life-long dream in the beautiful country of Montenegro. Within the proximity of its major port city of Bar, i will open a unique Bar & shared workspace. Scroll down for all the details and check out my Introduction & Virtual Tour videos as well.


Concept

Being a long term traveler myself with 107 visited countries and having worked in a WeWork in London for many years, I have the required background and knowledge about what Digital Nomads and Expats would be looking for in a Coworking space. Many companies allow for flexible working locations and the Montenegro Tower will be the perfect place for anyone looking to work in a unique environment. The property is home to an incredible stone ruin from the 18th century, which was used as a defensive structure by the Ottoman empire. I will restore the ruin and make it a safe place to work during the day and have a drink in the evening. You will also have access to a pool, outdoor gym and later on even a sauna and Jacuzzi. The most important aspect is the location though:
 

Location

Montenegro is an up and coming tourist location, offering good WiFi, cheap costs of living, great flight connections to Podgorica or Tivat and breath taking scenery. The country is tiny and you can go skiing in the snow capped mountains while going for a swim at the beautiful coastline, just 2-3 hours away by car.

The tower itself sits on a 2.400 m² (25.833 sq ft) plot in Pečurice near Dobra Voda and Bar and offers summer sunset views over the Adriatic sea and the mountains, with Loška peak at 1.353m being right next by. It is located at the end of a road, meaning no cars will drive through and only a few (mostly empty) houses are located next to it. You will only see trees all around, making it the ideal place to work and relax. The next beach in Dubrava is only 2km away and within 15 minutes drive, you can reach both the port city of Bar or the city of Ulcinj towards the Albanian border, offering the longest sandy beach in the country.


Campaign goal and your benefits

The other day, I received a YouTube comment on my virtual tour offering a donation if I could plant a tree in his honour with a name plaque. I loved the idea and came up with the following concept. For anyone donating 50€ or more, I will buy berries, plants and trees to make the Montenegro Tower even more amazing. There are a few trees on the property already, but there is also a lot more area to grow and plant new ones.

My "goal" is to raise 20.000€ and the money of this campaign will primarily be used to pay for parts of the renovation of the tower building itself and turning it into a Coworking space.  The funding is not required to finalise the project, it would just enable me to add the next steps sooner, including lodging options, a pool, the jacuzzi and the outdoor gym. Without any funding here, I would use the first revenue streams to cover the costs for these.

If you would like to help out and be part of the project while doing something good for the environment, then these are your options:

 

Any amount: Donate any amount that you can afford using the "BACK IT" button if you simply want to help out. Even a few euros will help and add up :)

50€: I will buy berries or vegetables for the garden and plant in your honor. Those will be pretty small, so no name plaque will be added here. I would love to get a lot of strawberries, cherries, grapes, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry and everything useful for the kitchen such as herbs and vegetables.

100€: Get your own personal name plaque on a freshly planted fruit tree such as Oranges, apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples or plums. Those are just some examples and I already have a lot of pomegranate trees as well as some big fig trees on the property.

300€: For this amount, you will be able to purchase a big tree with your name plaque. We can figure out which one to choose together and find a nice spot for it. Happy to post some Instagram stories with your account tagged in it!

600€: A high donation of this sort would get your name added to a young olive tree. They take a long time to grow and after around 5 years we can hopefully harvest some fresh olives to share in the future :) I can provide story updates via Instagram if you like.

1000€: For the highest reward, I will buy a nice bench and put your name plaque on it. Rather than your name, you can also choose any other text that you would love to see there. This would be the ultimate support for the project and you will get 20% off all drinks in the tower for a lifetime.

PS: I have put maximum quantity amounts of each of those to have some space for a second campaign later in the year as this project will last much longer than the two months maximum time here on Indigogo. All planted trees from the 100€ option onward will have your name on it and the date of planting the tree.

THANKS SO MUCH!
 

Montenegro Tower Details

Next to the Coworking and bar, I will also work on providing lodging options for up to ~15-20 people in wooden cabins and add extras such as a outdoor gym area, a  pool, sauna, Jacuzzi plus even a small wine cellar. Construction started in February 2022 and if everything goes well, I will start by opening the Live music bar in summer this year. The plan is to keep as much as possible of the Ottoman history original, but also make it as safe as possible. Some walls that had been added by a local farmer in more recent history are very unstable and need to be taken down and rebuilt with the same stone by hand again. All the amazing stonewalls on the four different levels of the property will stay untouched as they are already perfect just they way they are.

I couldn't be happier, especially since old ruins such as these are pretty rare and they will make sure that my place has a very unique charm. With all that space I can be very creative and pretty much do anything that comes into my mind! Check out the Info PDF here including Photos for some more details and make sure to follow the Facebook and/or Instagram pages for updates on the construction process. My YouTube channel will also feature full length documentary videos from the entire process, starting roughly in early summer.
 

Risks and challenges

The main challenge here is simply the fact that it is a huge renovation and construction process. Delays are very common in these all over the world, but especially in Montenegro. I have the best team working for me and we will do our best to open it by late summer this year, but should there be unexpected delays in getting materials or a lot of bad weather days during the winter time, there might be a delay of the opening. I will do my best to open the Bar at the end of this summer and then add all the other cool extras such as pool, gym, sauna and the wine cellar as soon as possible next year in 2023!
 

Other Ways You Can Help

Thanks so much for reading all the way to the end, I hope you are as excited about this as I am! As mentioned above, any small amount or feedback in the comments below will help as it should boost the campaign on the website and result in higher rankings.

If you are not able to support financially, you can still help by using the Indiegogo share tools and your social media channels to spread the word and perhaps someone in your social circle would like to support the tower:

Montenegro Tower Facebook Page
Montenegro Tower Instagram Page
Chris on Tour YouTube channel

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it and hope to see you soon in person in the Tower :)

 

Best Regards,
Chris

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