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Floating Homes
Floating homes and communities are an innovative and increasingly popular solution, especially in town and city centre’s where space for new houses is at a premium and there is an abundance of unused docks, locks and wharfs just waiting to be redeveloped. Similarly vast areas of water environment can be developed, utilized and enhanced by bringing floating homes into the area allowing occupants to enjoy the surroundings as well as letting them be actively involved in the conservancy of these areas.
Below are different examples of Floating Homes and Developments built by our partners in ABC Arkenbouw in Holland and show the huge diversity of design achievable with these innovative homes.
AMSTERDAM 17.9M X 5M
AMSTERDAM 17.9M X 5M The photographs here show a low cost family Floating Home designed specifically for Amsterdam where environmental impact is strictly controlled. Being single story these lovely floating homes would be ideal for the UK market in sensitive areas where visual impact needs to be minimised. As you can see Dutch families have [...]
AALSMEER 19M X 6.20M
AALSMEER 19M X 6.20M This Floating Home offers VERY spacious and comfortable accommodation on two floors. A Floating Home like this can be positioned in a Marina or existing Floating community and provides outstanding family space.
VINKVEEN 16M X 4M
VINKVEEN 16M X 4M A Floating Home of contemporary style with luxurious and comfortable interior design and fittings. This is the latest Floating Home to be finished and positioned on it’s new mooring in Holland. Clad in Maintenance free material this floating home is an ideal size and proving to be very popular in Holland
UTRECHT
UTRECHT The future is using water as a foundation for re-thinking how we use what resources we have. Floating homes and entire floating communities like this one in Utrecht Holland are the way forward particualry in areas prone to flooding or disused docks – quarries etc.
FLOATING BED & BREAKFAST IN IJBURG
FLOATING BED & BREAKFAST IN IJBURG This totally unique concept of a floating Bed & Breakfast located in the futuristic Ijburg development of floating homes and floating apartments shows that people are now looking very much at thinking “outside the box” and investing in interesting and unusual solutions to providing accommodation where there had previously [...]
COMMERCIAL FLOATING OFFICES
COMMERCIAL FLOATING OFFICES Floating Office Accommodation is a way to bring life back to under used vacant water-space. The floating offices can equally be used for all types of commercial use and offer ergonomically friendly space as well as providing a unique and enjoyable working environment. The flexibility of the space is ideal for companies [...]
WATERNET OFFICES
WATERNET OFFICES Using heat pump technology as shown here you can see how Floating Offices of this type can lead the way in “Going Green”.
WATERNET OFFICES
WATERNET OFFICES These fabulous Brand New Floating Offices have been built to incorporate the very latest in Eco-Friendly technology making them a Green alternative to their land based cousins
IJBURG
IJBURG More views of the floating homes now fully occupied at Ijburg – Amsterdam. These beautiful floating homes are the way forward for developers looking to maximize water space and create floating communities, regenerate obsolete docks and bring life and colour back to the waterside.
IJBURG
IJBURG Amsterdam this exciting and innovative development of Floating Homes is now almost complete. This type of futuristic development of floating homes is coming to the UK – its just a matter of time and determination.
