15 Most Expensive Floating Homes In The World

one of the many difficult things about being incredibly wealthy is that you are free to travel to all the most exclusive places in the world but you have to leave the mansion you built wherever you built it this is super annoying especially if you leave your phone charger still plugged into the socket in your bathroom and don't realize it until you get all the way to wherever you're going the solution a floating home that way you can bring your expensive home wherever you end up going in the world from the south beach super yacht to dubai's craziest house on the water here are the 15 most expensive floating homes in the world [Music] number 15. 5.5 million dollar floating mansion in miami miami as we all know is a seriously classy place why would you ever want to leave you've got your classy house and you're on south beach but you know that the caribbean is right there and all you need to do is take your home out of park and start floating your way over there so that's exactly what you do all you need is to have bought one of these a yacht house this example is known as the arc up and most of the time it sits at 400 elton road on miami south beach this huge modernist villa has 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in case you ever need to take half a bath or four and a half baths maybe not such a bad idea if you spent the previous night in one of miami's nightclubs it also has an extendable deck so you can have all of your buddies over and a giant kitchen too best of all the whole thing is solar powered which down in the sunshine state seems like a pretty smart move and when you're in the mood to just cast off out to sea then that is exactly what you are able to do because this giant home doubles as a yacht it may not be the most hydrodynamic thing out there but it gives you the freedom to go wherever you want in the world well on water at least no mansions with wheels or legs on the market just yet before we go on like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl on your face when you're sleeping [Music] time for the rare topic way out in the most obscure part of the pacific ocean one pilot decided to take an extra long detour on his way home and spotted this crazy vessel rumor has it that it belongs to an evil mastermind who has been living in this floating lair since back in the 80s waiting for his moment to call the president and demand 1 million dollars or he'll launch nuclear weapons from the top of the castle he's built on this converted aircraft carrier how did he get a hold of an aircraft carrier what crazy architect was able to convert it into this wild floating home and do you think it was expensive to build maybe that's why he needs that million dollars anyways comment down below with the hashtag raretopic and let us know your opinion in relation to what we just showed on screen let's move on to the next one number 14 floating villa in dubai just off the coast of dubai is a small archipelago of islands known as the world islands these man-made islands are in the shape of a world map and are made of sand dredged up from the shallow waters surrounding dubai the islands offer attractions and entertainments considered to be world's first such as the first underwater hotel with the gym and spa the first dedicated wedding hotel the first street with artificial rain the first floating and underwater living experience and the world's first outdoor snow plaza if you want to visit all this crazy stuff then you need to be mobile and so a smart investment would be one of the floating seahorse villas which sit near jetties just off many of the islands these floating villas will allow you to tour around the islands at your leisure they are 4 000 square feet and have a special underwater viewing deck which allows you unique views of the coral reefs with high tech controls and even outdoor air conditioning which sounds like it might not be too healthy for the coral reefs so take a look at those first before you crank up the ac for the entire outdoors anyway one of these floating seahorses will set you back a mere 20 million dollars so start uh saving now number 13 gravia queen floating house bravia queen floating house now we're heading to actual europe and the dusseldorf boat show in germany where slovenian company bravia home released their latest and greatest floating home offering in 2020 known as the bravia queen floating house this is a pretty impressive floating house that will allow you to tour the less known coasts of slovenia home to the world's tallest people to lie back the only western band to play north korea and ironically the oldest wheel ever discovered so they invented the wheel but now slovenians don't want to use it because they would rather just sail their homes around in the waters near their cool little country and who can blame them they certainly look beautiful and more relaxed than the overcrowded beaches of italy or spain anyway you don't need to worry about that if you have a bravia queen because you can use your own roof as a bench there's plenty of luxuries aboard including a seating area with a sofa a satellite flat screen tv blu-ray player a fully equipped kitchen and a private bathroom with a hair dryer and free toiletries is it expensive uh hell yeah but it doesn't matter as these floating homes even come with their own casino so you can just win all the money you spent on it back from your friends sweet number 12. wave house out in portland oregon they had to make a floating home that was organic they just had to and so they did this is the city of roses offering to the world of crazy expensive floating homes a floating home made of organic wood and it's got some swooping curving design which makes it look like a wooden cave the interior of this one is pretty nice i have to say and the crazy design has the added feature of allowing in a lot more light than usual since it is open up events known as the fennel residence here's what the designers have to say about it the fennel residents presented a unique challenge as the site was on the willamette river as opposed to by the river the project is focused on the poetry of the ripples and contours of the river its never ending flow the view and the internal relationship concerning the play of the sun and moon yeah they're from portland all rights how much will this 2 300 foot square floating home cost that remains a mystery but it's fair to say that it probably isn't gonna be cheap number 11. 12 million dollar floating house if wood isn't your thing then there's plenty of other options out there this large block of what looks like brushed steel for example it kinda looks like a jail from blade runner 2049 but maybe that's just what you want a place where you can float very slowly away from any crazed replicants who might be chasing you down and the inside is nice and dark and filled with that charming brown and grey soviet era cruise ship vibe the boat's draft is 36 inches and it can cruise the seas at a sedentary 5 knots it has 8 000 square feet of living space and is currently on sale at suncrest boat show in sarasota florida all you'll be needing is a checkbook this is 12 million in your bank account and a ton of bad taste and this thing could be all yours to keep however i'm not sure if that price includes having a dude in a white polo standing with his fingertips together and smiling insanely at nothing all the time or not but maybe they'll throw in a creepy salesman or two if you pay cash number 10. anthemia down in the french riviera locals from the town of vilfrosh sermer were starting to believe that aliens had finally landed when they first caught sight of anthania but it turns out that it is not a flying saucer more like a floating saucer built by the marcels based architect jean-michel ducanel and thania is a pretty crazy looking floating house [Music] named for the greek word for blossom anthenia was in design for 10 years and then took five years to build after dukanel finally managed to raise funds from a swiss investor group duke now said of his project it's a question of developing a new form of living on the sea which is aimed at everybody who wants to live on the sea without the inconveniences that a boat has this eco-friendly home can also withstand pretty much everything the sea has to throw at it and also has a glass bottom for underwater viewing when you decide to just ride your house up to a nearby coral reef and the environmental impact has all been thought through on this boat according to dukenell who says we work with hotels and resorts in over 40 countries and we specialize in waterfront developments so that would be a resort on a beach in a lagoon and a bay and we see this as a great advancement in terms of some place to stay on a coral reef in fiji for an ecological standpoint in terms of not damaging the coral or the island giving people the chance to stay close to nature number nine west lake floating home do you have 965 000 in your pocket do you exactly that amount okay awesome now go and buy a west lake floating home because that's what it's going to cost you if you live near seattle then you could pack up everything you own and just throw it all into this amazing floating home and chug out into the pacific to live with the killer whales and salmon and whatever else is out there i guess the kraken you probably don't want to run into the kraken given that it's a giant sea monster but you might just feel extra protected in your floating home it looks like it might be kind of chewy and difficult for a sea monster to eat so maybe they'll wait for something a little um easier to digest like an oil tanker or something as you can see in this video this crazy house has everything tables chairs kitchen bed carpet and what looks like a wood burning stove although if you run out of firewood in the middle of the pacific ocean that could be a problem not too many forests out there number eight modern floating home given that the entire country is surrounded by water and that they were literally the greatest sea merchants sailors and pirates of all time it's a little surprising that the uk has taken so long to launch its first floating home but the day has finally come and the entire nation was in a state of frenzy when it heard that baca architects of london had completed britain's first floating house given the incredibly original name of floating home this boxy dwelling can be found floating up and down the shochester canal space and luxury were the watchwords for the designer and the other main objective was to make sure that there was plenty of available light it has an open plan living space with a kitchen and dining area along with one large window which allows you to see out onto the canal around you these homes are not only practical and affordable but create a sense of sanctuary by living on water which is a unique experience in most cities said the designer the idea is to appeal to urban londoners and encourage the denizens of the overcrowded and expensive city to make use of what the company is calling blue field space or to any normal person water many of these homes will be built and the owners will be free to navigate london's river canals marinas and maybe sewers or maybe not the last one number seven jay floating home now we are moving on to the j floating home this is a 700 square foot floating home which operates entirely off the grid with full solar power so you can just head out to the ocean and hope there's plenty of sun available but that's not all as it also boasts a pellet stove and composting toilet and an evaporation grey water system all of which means that nothing gets thrown into the sea's waste buying this boat will make you into the new captain planet of course it has the standard opening plan concept kitchen which you can show off to all your la duba friends because these days using walls to separate your kitchen from other rooms means you are some kind of a literate peasant it also has living and dining space a master bedroom and bathroom on the main floor two bedrooms on the second floor and a pretty sweet viewing deck which gives a full 360 degree view of the endless ocean so you can spot any pirates on the horizon and make a quick getaway this is not the product of some major design company however but some dude named jay who spent four years building it and could not be happier number six a floating home masterpiece here's another floating home which the owner decided to name floating home seriously no one wanted to call their floating home the death star floaty mcfloat house even k largo guess not well this floaty little house sits on lake union in washington state and the lake is entirely within the city limits of seattle one cool thing about lake union is that it is a glacial lake which was dug 12 000 years ago by the fashion glacier the native duwamish people called it small lake because it's a kind of small lake have the duwamish been getting into naming floating homes by chance anyway as you might imagine this small lake surrounded by a massive urban area is kinda crowded at times but you can muscle your way to the best spot on lake union with your giant and expensive house in the press release for this floating home the vendor used the word stunning four times and about a quarter of a page of text so you can maybe just use it as some kind of huge cubic floating taser to stun anything that crosses your path you see why i wanted to call it the death star now number five go friday floating house go friday is a portugal-based design house which was formed by students at coimbra university these floating home experts have now released their masterpiece known as floatwing this is a prefab self-sustaining floating home that comes with a modular design option so you can get just a little studio version or go for the big daddy three bed mansion on water the portuguese are another nation with an incredible maritime history being the first european explorers to reach many parts of the world ahead of their rivals from holland spain england and france nowadays the portuguese navy isn't quite so formidable as it was but the atlantic nation might be on the verge of building a huge fleet of luxury floating homes imagine that appearing on the horizon as you look through your telescope the float wing has two outboard motors which can power this thing along at a speed of three knots which isn't like crazy fast but probably still faster than your house can go on water the fun-loving portuguese didn't forget to include a wine cellar along with other amenities such as a fully equipped kitchen heat pump and ac generator number four departure one now it's time for a dose of german design and efficiency this is the departure one and it is a mixed caravan and boat which will cost ya a cool 67 thousand dollars the departure one offers a camping with no limits experience since you can drive right up to the water and then just keep going in it has a 50 hp outboard engine to get things moving and five sleeping places it also promises the most of modern technology in every aspect of the build from motor to microwave it also has a panorama front viewing window so you can see where you are driving this is super important on both the road and the water because you know crashes and stuff you don't want to be crashing your expensive new floating home into anything if you can avoid it and window technology is there to help us with that imagine a world without glass that'd be crazy let's just be thankful for the guy or gal who once looked at a big heap of sand and said i could turn that into a window no problemo this self-sufficient home can travel for up to two days without having to take on extra power and water supplies so you can be free as a bird for 48 hours anyway number three nautilus house boats nautilus house boats are named for the marine mollusks that their design is inspired by the idea is that the spiral shell design will make this houseboat fit seamlessly with the natural world around it when it is out on the water the founder of nautilus houseboats andreas hoffman could not find the kind of house bonet he was looking for so he decided to just go ahead and design and build his own so the nautilus was born luckily andreas was already a trained carpenter as well as a skilled architect sailor and windsurfer a pretty much perfect mix of skills for a houseboat builder the design is also part of the very chic trend for mid-century modern style furnishings giving this boat a stylish air of 1930s and also with reference to classic art and literature this is a pretty nice looking boat i have to admit but i'm not so sure about those lime green and brown sofas still it comes in a mini and a maxi size with the bigger model having room to sleep six people number 2. blue turtle blue turtle is a floating home from new zealand that's right you can now float your way around the perimeter of middle earth and watch the men wizards orcs elves and all the rest fight to the death from your open plan kitchen on this neat floating home it's got a pretty sweet blue and wood color scheme with an understated white interior that feels like a really classic nautical theme this is a pretty nice home and its owners describe living in it as a dream come true being able to moor up in the docks at auckland whenever they need access to the town and when they've had enough of that they can just disappear out into the waters to wherever they want to go according to them the blue turtle has two bedrooms a spacious bathroom and enjoys a wonderful open plan kitchen dining and living space upstairs all with wrap-around decks for amazing interior slash outdoor living number one catherine and wayne's floating house freedom cove is a man-made floating island which is home to catherine and wayne out in tofino british columbia canada it is also where they began building their small floating home back in 1992. the materials they used were pieces of wood which washed ashore onto their island and they have been slowly adding to it ever since now it has greenhouses a dance floor and other buildings which all mean the couple can live off the grid and do their part to protect the environment nearby fish farms often discard things into the water so the couple have been able to salvage many items which have been important to their project over the years their power sources include solar panels a generator propane and firewood they also have a microbial wastewater system which helps them to keep everything clean the pair also produce works of art which they then sell in their floating gallery which is pretty cool do you want to live in an expensive floating home are you going to try and attach some inflatables to your house tonight and see what happens let us know in the comments below also check out our other cool stuff showing up on screen right now see you next time

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Length: 20min 45sec (1245 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 21 2021