£175,000 Houseboat Tour : Float 1

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[@clifbradley]

When I was pre-teen in Florida, houseboats were quite common. We used to hang out on my mom's friend's that had one and fish off the back of it and then cruise up and down the docks in the marina fishing around those boats. There was a seafood restaurant on site and any fish we caught, we sold to them. And then that years later got me a job working on the fishing boats that went out and actually fished, not netted or trawled, for fish for the restaurants there and that job got me a job on a small yacht teaching the owner how to fish, which led to jobs on bigger yachts and then being a deckhand on superyachts. All that from hanging out on a friends houseboat.

[@AQUAHOLIC]

That's awesome! 😃

[@nicholasalderson3727]

Do you remember the film 'Houseboat' with Sophia Loren and Cary Grant?

[@daddiospatio]

You weren't perchance on the St. John's River near Doctor's Inlet, were you? I think the closer one got to Palatka, the more houseboats were to be seen. Great life, I imagine!

[@clifbradley]

@@daddiospatio No this was in Pasadena, Florida near St.Petersburg and Clearwater. Yachting took place in Ft.Lauderdale, Palm Beach and then when I worked on a charter fishing boat that went to Mexico, that was out of Marco Island I did work in the St.John's River area for a while though. I love it up there. Lake George and Fleming Island I love. Mandarin Station and then Ormond Beach. I almost moved to Ocoee a few years ago. I like the northern part of Central Florida. Unless you live here, most people don't get that.

[@torq1116]

I love that this channel is open to give a tour of anything that floats, and do it well!

[@bigcity2085]

Yeah ,but Nick, we still have to throw in range stats....are we talking meters or kilometers ? Cruising speed...can we out run a duck ? Bow thrusters... are they just paddles ? We have to stick with the format, here.

[@AQUAHOLIC]

😄

[@120Livi]

like a static caravan on the water. wonder how much the mooring rent is per year .

[@seanogden927]

I quite like this, its is nicely finished and spacious. I could definitely live on it in the right location. Nice to have a different type of tour Nick thank you.

[@AQUAHOLIC]

Glad you like it! Something a bit different for the channel 🙂

[@mytube001]

Nice! Just a bit surprised that the owner opted for a small, low fridge, when there's so much space. I would've gone for a full-height fridge freezer combo.

[@niptodstan]

So it's a floating caravan. What are the mooring, plus other costs?

[@jimmyquinn9639]

What a lovely boathouse 🛥🚤⛵️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@chefyboy2748]

Wow, a houseboat on Aquaholics? Nice!

[@AQUAHOLIC]

Something a bit different for the channel 🙂

[@MicMokum]

Thanks for showing something different. I wouldn't mind living on this "yacht". And I love the jet ski. ;)

[@foghornleghornish]

Amazing quality, value and size when compared to flats. Needs water / black water management hence needing to be in a marina but annual costings would be interesting.

[@qwertykeyboard3381]

What a great idea.

[@robinfarman]

Love it

[@philiphaigh8349]

Very nice,

[@Th3OmegaPoint]

I feel like they're missing a trick by not putting a downstairs on it, but not bad for the money. St Katherines docks is great as well, there's a really nice tapas restaurant just across from there!

[@kevmas]

A great little London bolt hole…I shudder to think how much the mooring fees would be though !!

[@phillo1818]

Throughout the British Columbia (Canada) coastline amongst well sheltered bays, house boats are quiet common. Living in spacious accommodations off grid, with floating gardens it is a tranquil lifestyle that one occasionally envies. Some areas have a boat service to take the kids to school and back. Brilliant, I love it when your nabbed for a surprise video tour.

[@Squirel]

Great idea and if moorings are a reasonable price, would be a great alternative to an apartment BUT seeing some of the showers on yachts and motor homes you've shown us, I 'm sure they could have done much better than a a "leg wrap around" shower curtain.

[@ropshubop]

So strange to me that they wouldn’t at least connect some steering/throttle up to a modest fly bridge. Huh. Houseboats are popular here in NB Canada, but they’re all set up to cruise along. Is it perhaps a housing cost thing driving this market? Very interesting in any case, Nick.

[@AQUAHOLIC]

This is very much designed to be a static riverside home I think, the outboard is really just to get it into position.

[@CrkdLtrN]

My parents owned a houseboat rental business while growing up. You could easily outfit this with a small helm if you wanted. Just running the steering/throttle lines to the back from underneath. So if they wanted to do it, they probably could easily enough.

[@o0bananaman0o]

you can just get a Panther T4 Electro Steer and wireless remote and steer from anywhere like I did with my sailboat. $900 USD

[@snSentax]

@@o0bananaman0o That's a neat way to steer. But with a slow moving and large vessel like this, you'll definitely need proper throttle with forward/reverse. Also, I would feel more comfortable with an actual steering wheel with forced feedback too. A little handheld remote would be stressful to use in my opinion.

[@jamesrau100]

I was thinking the same thing. A modest flybridge/wheelhouse, with a pair of outboards for better maneuvering. Still, it's a nice comfy houseboat overall. 😎

[@bobuncle8704]

I’d take one. Now for me I just need to find a 4 season marina. Not many of rose in Ontario 🇨🇦

[@borysnijinski331]

Frenchman's Bay...there are 12 month live aboards there. Bubbler system to prevent water freezing.

[@EhTeamAustralia]

Nice tour. Would love it if you could find/do a "meet the owners" of a liveaboard situation as I find that lifestyle very interesting and would like to learn more about it.

[@kevjaffray]

I'd rather live on that than in a pokey flat and the added benefit of no grass to mow 🙂

[@chrischris8550]

That is! Exactly. That is all you will get for £175,00 these days and don't forget the mooring fees! Would it have made sense to put both bedrooms across the rear of the boat. You would still have been able to get 5 ft beds in both. The rear balcony could have folded flat around the outboard when needed and been accessible from the upper deck, with a ladder? Nice to see we are finally doing what the Dutch have been doing since the 70's and 80's.

[@wareidav]

For first time buyers that don`t suffer from sea sickness... Absolutely awesome first home. Love the garden.

[@Bottna]

Love it that you show Houseboats. Hope you can show some more. 😊

[@thebazgaz]

Like the concept, but I'm not sure about this particular layout. The price shows the stupidity of the current UK housing market though.

[@mausermann7918]

I live in Amsterdam, the capitol of house boats. Thus one is nice, with nice materials and a huge sun deck. However, the kitchen is more of a smal gally, the bedrooms are square but size wise they still are cabins. And shower curtains, really? Its all down to size I would imagine, The Netherlands has house boats double and triple this size, even with three full "decks". For its size though, excellent, very well thought out and the sun deck is iust fantastic, I really love that.

[@mohammednadeemanwar2213]

Perfect for sea level rises. Nice little house boat. Thanks Nick, 👍. Haha inflatable jet-ski I hope it doesn't blow away 😀

[@glenr7393]

@3:54 Actually Nick, that is a real'ish jetski, it just happens to be an inflatable one, only does about 2 mph, runs for an hour and is rechargable.

[@debbiejudd4933]

I've been looking at some of these and its a great option. Some of them made on the states are crazy awesome. The newer models are even more impressive. Thank you Nick.

[@AQUAHOLIC]

You're very welcome! 🙂

[@declangallagher1448]

With the Argos special looking microwave and the TV really awkwardly shoved into the corner first impressions aren't great when it comes to layout. Love the concept of a houseboat like this though there are several of them in Berlin.

[@seanerikyazon4929]

Nice and quaint... btw its an inflatable jetski for kids and really moves

[@superyachtchef]

Loss for words! I would happily pay another 25k for the upgrade model

[@michellestafford1319]

Always wanted to live on a houseboat, this is quite bright and roomy!!

[@jassonsw]

Love the idea, wish the interior had more of the luxury feel you get in a nice boat, but I suppose that could be done for a few extra ££

[@iamph_pikin2692]

🙏 I will like to see more videos of houseboat

[@Knee-ko]

Might struggle to get that up to planing speed Nick 😉🤣 Plenty of calm waters where that would make for a very comfortable live-aboard. 👍👍

[@manuelvanderslikke680]

Hi Nick, and thank you for this nice show, somethink diffrend this time it looks like a dutch Woonboot { houseboat } only those are made mostly out of a concrete tank and then a little bigger and see them a lot in the ducht channals and canals nice from you to do a show like this time thanks again Nick a great one

[@davidallen9526]

Normally Im not one to ask what thier profit margin is. But damn.

[@johnhaxby306]

that outboard propeller idea could easily be improved upon with a little flybridge system up top connected to the outboard, which they will probably get to eventually but I would hate to be the first edition owner who has to maneuver that thing with someone screaming at them from up top.

[@markatchison9974]

I think Nick mentioned a camera system is installed as standard. A decent quality reverse camera mounted to the front would kind of suffice for the limited times it would be moved about.

[@kfeltenberger]

I've always thought that if I won the lottery that I'd buy a little, down on its luck marina. Then I'd install floating docks, give everything a facelift, build a clubhouse and nice restaurant/lounge, and put either something like a canalboat or something like this in the slips and rent them as floating apartments. With the way rent prices are going, over a 20 year lifespan, these would pay for themselves within 12-15 years or so depending on the amount of rent charged.

[@shinymike4301]

Finally, a live onboard I can afford. This is Me!!

[@thanksfernuthin]

It would be cool to see what a top of the line one looks like. Are there top of the line ones?

[@kevinbanham2429]

Different and cool thanks for the tour Nick

[@AQUAHOLIC]

Something a bit different for the channel 🙂

[@MrSnookerballs]

Think you would pay more in docking fee's than council tax on a home.

[@eyesofisabelofficial]

Astroturf on a boat....it's the future !

[@AQUAHOLIC]

I know, right? 😃

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Great little houseboat! thanks for sharing!!👍👍😃😃👊👊

[@AQUAHOLIC]

Thanks for watching!

[@ThoughtfulWander]

@@AQUAHOLIC 👍👍

[@martigrey5872]

Perfect holiday rental

[@lordsleepyhead]

Dutch cities are full of these kinds of floating boxes for people to live in, alongside the more traditional houseboats. Most of them have a concrete hull and a wooden superstructure. They tow them into place and hook them up to utilities and then you basically live on it as you would in a normal house.

[@wotrulke5868]

Incredible way to live on the water ⚓️🛟🚢

[@rampant54]

Looks lovely. I could happily live on one of those. I wonder what the lifespan of such a craft is? Then what about maintenance, could/would it need lifting out periodically? As others have mentioned, there's the question mark with boats, where do you keep/moor it and what would the cost be?

[@nicbennett6554]

Great option if you want to live on the water and can find the right mooring, which I suspect would be the tricky part for 365 days a year. Holiday home or Air BnB could be a winner though!

[@zucods]

Nice flybridge.. flydeck? Skybridgedeckthing... Sweet floating home, for sure! Cheers!

[@cookiemonster2299]

That's a first, very nice too. 👍❤️🇬🇧

[@AQUAHOLIC]

Something a bit different for the channel 🙂

[@alisavas9526]

This was a very nice Friday lunch-time surprise!

[@johndboran]

Laundry facilities? What about heating and cooling systems? Did you skip a room having these necessary items? Greetings from Texas.... John B.

[@charbelh.boutros4971]

Great idea! How much are the monthly costs for berthing in that spot? Can it be done all year round in the London area?

[@WOW-li4uj]

Well…that was a bit of a departure from the usual! Once in North America I seen the ultimate tri channel crossover for you! The Terra Wind Amphibious RV! It’s a boat, RV and in the US a home! Anyways that was interesting and different. Tow it behind Smugglers Blues, Yes No?

[@motorsport_buddy]

These floating cubes have so much potential. I'm sure you can really let your imagination run wild with this.

[@AaronTheHumanist]

FANTASTIC 👍 what a find of pure originality. Only a part tour though Nick? Deducting points 😛 You didn't look under the floor? How is this powered, shore cable? Batteries? Generator? Is it pump out from tanks or is there a sewage hook up? Water tanks? I can't imagine there's any of those hard point connectors in that Dock, so would you have to move it once a week to fill up water tanks and pump out sewage?

[@vamoscruceros]

Nick, if you ever get back to the US, you ought to make a trip through the Lake Cumberland area of Kentucky, known as "The Houseboat Capital of the World".

[@r.a.monigold9789]

Whatever floats your boat - unless your boat is a Float 8, then you've already done it. And done it without the mystique of hitting your head or bumping a knee on an unexpected protrusion put in your path by the confines of a boat shaped boat - that's NOT this. Each room is devoid of the oddities of maritime rules concerning the scarcity of space. This is a boat built for comfortable bobbing, tied to the pier of your choice. The "roof" aka Flybridge Deck, is a playground for the child-like mind that lurks within us all - called FUN. Thanks Nick AND Float 8.

[@bluegrasskid4835]

Nick, if you ever come back to the United States, you should consider coming to Monticello, KY near Lake Cumberland, which many call the houseboat capital of the world. Many of the houseboats are incredible.

[@GreigKennedy1968]

You’re kind, generous and positive in all of your videos and in this one it’s no exception. Clearly a last moment visit for you. But no thanks. I think the makers of this boat have missed the mark in many ways; predominantly in the horrific method of mobility and wasted space. No master suite. No ensuite? No full refrigerator? Upper deck might as well have a putting green. Not for me thanks. But well done on your coverage once again.

[@MrWightHD]

Sorry but that is not a houseboat as defined by HMRC. The engine makes it a boat. A houseboat cannot have any form of propulsion or be readily adapted to have any propulsion.....see Notice 701/20, its quite clear that this is NOT within the legal requirements of a houseboat

[@stuartingram6525]

That's awesome Nick, do they make a bigger one? If you were to live about a boat what one would you choose? The Princess 55? 😉❤️❤️

[@Jabbaerwocky]

Could I circumnavigate onboard this? Where are the cabins for my crew? Now, lessee, where did I leave the barge pole? I'll try going around the marina first...

[@zakelwe]

I bet salty sea dogs hate this thing, but as man who owns a static caravan, would be Captain Titanic actually driving anything down to the Isle of White, and who likes the thought of drinking and eating slightly bobbing about ... yes please. Although that is the cost of 2-5 static caravans. Ahem.

[@illya7]

One of those white houses in the backgound is for sale right now for several million pounds. But you still get the same view for £175,000!

[@Thiago-qt3tw]

An apartment this size in Toronto will cost you around £475,000 (Without the lake/river view, or all that windows or the private roof).

[@067captain]

Would I be right in saying there will be expensive mooring fees to pay as well as other costs for services etc? Very nice though! Thanks for sharing.

[@dannyhorne9448]

Myself and some US based friends hired something similar in the USA. That, however, had helm and flybridge, three cabins and a proper kitchen / diner

[@norarivkis2513]

I want something very like this, I just need it a bit bigger. We've got five of us and two work from home, so we could use one more cabin plus a work space/office of some kind. It looks lovely, though.

[@juliancooper8963]

Hi Nick, This was a nice intro to houseboating, however there are some far superior designs in Oz that feature steering, dining area and a host of other features that this seems to lack. For those floaters not boaters it could work.

[@randyfarnsworth7825]

Your narration is always top notch.. you can make a row boat seem unique

[@ph11p3540]

If you lived in British Columbia interior near the Okanoggan, Kootanies or Shuswap lakes then houseboat is a summer tradition for generations. You can even rent these boats if you have a boating licence. If you have a Good Peter camp club membership, you get rental discounts on these houseboats in BC

[@IVAO04ify]

No thanks. The sheer waste of space compared to a normal boat is exactly why I dislike these. That living room / galley is just hard to look at normally but knowing thats the boat, no thanks.

[@jmd1743]

Maybe make it a little bigger so you could have a full sized fridge & additional pantry space? You don't need a full sized oven to cook things as toaster ovens exist.

[@Diablo-lh6vp]

I wonder how much this would cost in fees to stay in Torquay marina. It’s cheap accommodation for Devon prices

[@englishrose1122]

I would happily live on this

[@SGudur]

Hey man!! This is not fair... It ended even before it started!! We need all the W&H questions explained!! I have seen the boats on the canals, but not like this one... They look like looooooong banana! Can you please do a detailed tour? Thank you!!

[@paulgolding1009]

A caravan on the water very interesting certainly for living in London. This must have been the shortest video Nick has done, I wonder what he did for the rest of the day😁😁

[@AndrewJens]

On what sort of "rough" water can it be used? Also, don't think I've seen a shower space on one of your tours that has a shower curtain.

[@foghornleghornish]

A cubicle wouldn't have cost that much more and would look better but designates that area of the 'bathroom' as a shower rather than more flexible open space

[@davidsinclair47]

The kind of rough water one would find parked at a dock on a river or inland water way. Not designed for cruising but for relaxing by the water.

[@AQUAHOLIC]

If you've any interest at all in rough water performance, this probably isn't the boat for you. 🙂

[@AndrewJens]

@@AQUAHOLIC Yeah, I was just sort of wondering how far it could be moved, and through what sorts of water?

[@jk3253]

So are houseboats rather unusual in Britain then? In the US they are really very common and have been for decades. But then, much boating in the US is on relatively calm lakes, which is really where you want a houseboat.

[@crazyfroggie6546]

Nice, but i dont care for the swathes of grey faux leather they've used on the walls. Also there's no storage space for anything, unless they're ottoman beds. At least on a narrowboat or widebeam, you've got storage in the floor space.

[@oldmanwillyboy2786]

These types of "Craft" are big business on lakes, resevoirs and rivers in the US! Very popular!

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

Dude that boat has more room than my apartment. And nicer. Good work Nick. The grass on the top deck is hilarious.

[@01mubs]

I don't know if it's my lack of experience being on houseboats but the ones I've seen in the US The cabins are Not nearly so square I like this

[@jasonk1938]

I'm curious if they include the fly bridge in the sq footage measurement or if it's only the interior space.

[@invisiblerevolution]

NO THANK YOU!!!!!! I want a boat... not just a room that floats.

[@casualonemmo-player2167]

They dont allow any houseboats or people living 24/7 in boats where i live in Norway :/

[@randomJoBln]

omg I have been in that hotel in the background so many times... Was wondering when you'd be there :D

[@llahneb10]

At least the little JetSki is full of gas :)

[@douglasthompson296]

Oh yeah, I could live on it, no problem. Get the correct marina and settle back, take the easy life.😎

[@allsearpw3829]

Hi, fully up for that if one wishes to send the summer pottering around , much cheaper than a beach hut on Mudeford split . With a proper steering up front the horizon could be the next mooring . Nice one Nick .🤔😁

[@timroden6617]

Love it. I need about 1000sqft more but that will do nicely. love the roof. need a flybridge up there. buy a tender. Put it on a lake and you are set.

[@davidmeek8017]

Aloha; quite cute! We'd change the floorplan a wee bit - personal taste - but can see us on the Thames! Mahalo

[@frankjames7272]

there should be an ocean passage challenge for,this type of thing. ☠️🇺🇦👍

[@GyanRavindranath]

Ah, wish I’d known you were here! I live right around the corner from the Docks!

[@nicovantol7363]

now this can solve the house problems we have here in Holland,whe got plenty of canal's and lakes where you can live in sutch a nice houseboat !!!