Wow! This Tiny Off-Grid Floating Home is an Absolute Dream! FULL TOUR
Full tour of a stunning floating tiny house that’s set up on the shore of a small lake. It’s fully off-grid and it’s designed to be used in all four seasons, even in the winter! The interior is surprisingly spacious with comfortable areas to eat, sleep, and relax, and one of the coolest features is the full-size garage door that opens up so it feels like you’re on a boat or on a dock while you’re in the living room.
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The tiny floating home is 12 feet wide by 35 feet long and it’s tied to shore with metal cables at all four corners. The platform is installed on a set of PVC floats with foam inside and that’s what keeps the home floating. When winter comes the floats can freeze in the ice so that it can be used year-round.
The house boat is not connected to the grid so for power there are two 250 W solar panels charging six batteries that provide all the electricity. There's a woodstove and a propane heater for heat, a Separett urine-diverting toilet, and they bring in/carry out the fresh and grey water.
The living room has modular sofas that can also be transformed into a guest bed, the kitchen and dinette are spacious enough to cook and host, and the attic ladder is an easy way to access the sleeping loft without obstructing the open-concept feel of the space during the day.
You can follow and find out more about Bora Boréal in Quebec, Canada here:
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I hope they paid you for their commercial.
Hi and thanks for watching :) Bora Boréal didn't pay us to make this video, we just thought it was a nice float home and we included their info and the end of the tour.
Website has no English version :-(
I would absolutely sleep in the living room, looks stunning!
As usual, this quality video is yet one more example which explains why you two have nearly TWO and a QUARTER MILLION subscribers! Thank you both for sharing the videos which are the completed products of your expertise, talent & passion.
Thanks so much Alice! We put a ton of work into every video that we make so you're comment is very much appreciated :) All the best!
Loved the aesthetic of the home and its location. A missed opportunity, I think, was not creating an outdoor deck where one could sit and have a drink or meal. Didn't seem like there was anywhere to put one's clothes/suitcases when vacationing there. And last, not having a shower in the unit, especially in the winter, would not be ideal.
Wow, this is a place I can see myself loving, with zero changes. Great work!
Ça fait rêver et c'est joli. Thank you for sharing ♥️
I love this place gorgeous home
This setup is like a piece of heaven!! I love it! Thank you for the video!
Beautiful
Such a beautiful and perfect layout.
Both tiny house and floating house, perfect combination.👏👏👏
I love this 1. Bet there is a real sense of serenity
wow!! I want one! awesome!
Ohhhh! Ice Skating in the winter - right out your door! Cool!
Beautiful ❣️
Minimalist living at its finest. Perfect for vacationing. It really is gorgeous for folks who live minimalist. I am not one of those folks and I need my shower/bath for meditation.
Minimalisme for rich peoples ^^ (How they got the money is it so minimalist or feng shui ?
sitting right beside nature, and you need a bath or shower to meditate? Are you sure it's meditation your doing? There's water in the river! And it hasn't been processed by human hands. I strongly suggest you connect with something like nature... and natural water... friend. I won't apologize for sounding bossy. It's for your own benefit. xo
love love love love love love love love
My dream home!
So pretty
Perfect!
Brilliant. And lucky you❤
I liked this vid after the intro sequence. Nice home features.
Thanks 🙏
Love,,this
Super! J'habite tout près!! I live nearby !! I never knew this place existed. 😃
Very nice set up
wow!
Feliz Año 2023 de la ciudad de pergamino Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷
That home is stunning.
It is beautiful ! Would love to live there !!😀
Thank you so much for all
Very nice!!!
Im obsessed ❤congrats on 2 million subscribers i hadn’t noticed
Thanks so much Amanda :)
Very beautiful video ☺👏
Fabulous 👌
Absolutely fabulous. What a view, year round
A Nice place to turn your mind out of the city. Bravo for Bora Boréal and for you guys. Although it could be nice to skate on the winter skate ring; September would be my first choice to explore this beautiful place. Thanks, luv it
Beautiful 🥰🥰
Very nice beautiful setting i myself would have added a 4 foot deck off of the sliders' and upper sunbathing bird wildlife watching love this unit
Pretty cool. Looks very big.
It does! Very deceptive from the outside.
Great video
Very nice.
I'd love one
It look so cozy I wabt one
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice!
Holy moly.
Cool! 😀
This is one of my favourites you’ve posted! Awesome. Keep up the great videos!
Thanks so much Melissa!
First! Looks interesting!
Awesome 👌🏾
Hi and omg it’s so cute
Great video, this looks like a very relaxing place!
Very nice place. We would definitely sleep in the livingroom although we would like some kind of window shades. Thanks Matt and Danielle ❤
Yes! Window shades would definitely be nice especially for late risers! Thanks for checking out the video :)
I wonder how well it's insulated with that garage type door window esp. for winter times.
Really love the idea of a water home - simple and peaceful! Can you tell me where the modula sofa seats are from??
That’s my dream home I can live there until I die love it love it but I will sleep on the bottom those sofas look comftables I cannot climb but is very beautiful out there the house the surroundings amazing
Wow, so cool! Thanks!
Speak of amazing living spaces , this house is fantastic💙💀💀💀😎😀😈😈😈😈😈😈
Great Video! Was this House 1 or 2?
Amazing. I just hope it has an smart sewage system. A septic tank is a way to go, but if the house were 1 level hight, we could have and entire sewage treatment system, a garage, and a gym or an atellier, just under it. Despite que great view around, without city lights astronomy is a must. I would put longe chairs and a telescope on the ceiling. Good to watch wild life too. Great concept.
Beautiful Off Grid float home. Please share where we can find the floor sofa?
500 Watts of Solar is enough? For light, water pump and refrigeration it might get by. Are the windows double glazed?
Can you put 2 layers of felt on a shed roof?
Its an interesting place, but there are some major turn-offs as well. I don't really like the idea of an open bedroom above my dining area. I'd be nervous of things dropping down. I don't like the fact that there aren't any curtains. Another thing that I would find less than ideal is that I have to transport the grey and black water to another location on the property. That does NOT sound like fun. I also don't like that there doesn't seem to be any privacy WITHIN the home. The bedroom is open and people below can see straight up into the room. Showers being in a separate building can also be incredibly annoying. Its a beautiful property, but they chose aesthetics over practicality. It would have been better in my opinion of they would have made a better mix. Though, this isn't my favorite property, I do thank you for showing it in this video!
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Are the mosquitoes bad in spring thru early fall? All that water surrounding.
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Expensive accommodations
Beautiful design but where is the clothing storage
ill admit the whole " tiny home " thang i really thought was a joke , That was until i seen yours , damn as Mr. Gump would say " i like it , i like it a lot " and wherever you got it at is priceless!!
very nice little house but won’t there be a bazillion flies over this little see in the summer?
What’s the property tax on a float home considering water space isn’t normally taxed?
You could fish in your living room and cook pan fish on the cooktop! Fishing in your slippers. Throw a bobber in and just wait while you have your morning coffee....
I like the concrete ones they make overseas
I just want to know how many water snakes get into the home? Other than that. OMG LOVE IT
Wonder wat they do about the killer mozies. well on the side of a lake they can truly turn into lil killers i no that much my friend. 'nice set up tho.
Whats the deal with mosquitos though?
Солнечные батареи просятся на крышу. Тогда освободится еще одна терраса, куда можно сделать выход из комнаты.
Need the build plans
What happens when the water level goes lower??
This looks good, but I bet that the mosquitos are a huge pain in this area.
They're a pain everywhere. Have you been anywhere in southern Ontario or Quebec that doesn't get plastered with mosquitoes every year?
Coconut 🥥 wipes … mosquitoes 🦟.. 👍🏻 fly screen s ..
Should have turned the ladder long ways and closer to a corner so it can be out the way when it's down. But this house is perfect.
What a beautiful place! It seems like a creative and simple solution for having option for some privacy with all those big windows would be good. also, I'm wondering why they put in a grated floor for loft... Dust, dirt etc will fall down to the areas below... I see no practical reason to Support such a choice... there's already plenty of light in that space
not understanding why it's in the water, instead of on the flat-land beside the water.
Is a rbnb review an "alternative" ? 😁
Hi and thanks for your comment :) We always try our best to show a mix of people living in spaces as well as builders and also some rentals. When we feature rentals we try to find places with interesting and unique designs that might inspire or give people ideas. It's also very challenging to find people who are living in alternative spaces week after week so we have to balance everything as best we can. That being said, we plan to show less rentals moving forward. Thanks for watching :)
Kudos to the person who designed this. I personally wouldn't put black furniture but the overall is amazing. thanks for sharing.
The steam and smell of cooking into the bedroom through the grill floor surely is a design flaw.
What, u never heard of bachelor/bachelorette apartments? Jfc, the lame excuses people craft to criticize new things.
I didn't even think of that.
@@bleh329 Have you missed the point here....These are New Build Holiday / Vacation homes not Student Apartments
@@bleh329 Lame? I've lived in a bachelor and I'm even great cook, but Paul is right.
The worst part about that grill beside the bed is crawling in and out and scraping your knees or other body parts!
So it's just a boathouse but not really. There are tons in lakes all over the US.
Cool house. Location = mosquitos.
That mesh floor in the sleeping loft is only fun until your date drops an earring, or you drop a pen or a battery or something. Then it's a pain in the **s because you have to go all the way back downstairs to retrieve that item.
Easy to assemble a shed. Just follow this guide
That ladder is the same thing I have to go up into my garage and those are not well built units. 500 W of solar is not nearly enough in Quebec city to keep those batteries charged for any length of time and if you notice they go to all this trouble on the rest of the house and then look at the kitchen. That stove is a $25 butane canister stove from Amazon 😂 A garage door fora wall????? 😂 why would you go to all this trouble to make things so nice and then go cheap on such critical items?
If there were no mosquitoes in the world.
I am looking for about your place lace me a message. When I post this , I am looking for more on this . How build this much how much did it cost to build water azine I am looking for some ideas how to build one off grid
Hello I’m really impressed with your comment, if you don’t mind friendship please were are you from?
Mozzzies?
Masha Allah, beautiful, the land! Lovely accommodations on this property, just watching is relaxing.
I want one! It just needs a wee bit bigger kitchen to have both an under counter fridge and freezer for year round living. And a step stool to reach the upper cabinets and the stairs.
Looks great but that swamp is a mosquitoes haven lol. The type of netting you will need would have to be as reliable as prison barbwire. Your ass would have so many mosquito bites one would think you had small pox. It’s a no.
Very beautiful surroundings, but I'm not a fan of the modern, prison looking design. Would've liked so much more inviting with some wood tones. A deck wouldn't been great too