Houseboat : dream or reality?

We all remember the famous ad from Tele2: "The land here is very expensive!But water - cheap, "say the movie heroes, furnished chic restaurant on the water at the vibrant beach. In fact, the idea to build a property, or is it a "moveable", on the water is not new and captures the attention of an increasing number of people.

house on the water - a very real prospect of an ordinary housing, filled with romanticism, freedom and a beautiful view from the window.But is it all positive, really?It is in this "House of Dreams" today and will help you understand.

Houseboat photo

live on the water - advantages and disadvantages

Well, who has not dreamed of as a child to build a raft and, like Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn down the river?And if it is also accompanied by a homey feel and urban communications - something watercraft becomes a really dream home.In addition, in our country megacities are not encouraging inhabitants pleasant to land prices, more so their cost is beyond good and evil for ordinary citizens.But the house on the water, if it is equipped with a motor, is according to the laws of our country just a flotation device.A water - owned by the state and subject to certain rules it is possible to use it free of charge.And the way out is not how to make a home on the water, placing it at least in the city center, though in an abandoned pond?You do not have to pay for the lease or purchase of land, the main thing that had a water house ship ticket confirming your right to property.

reverse side: real estate - this is what is on the ground, so registration is impossible to relocate.But there are other difficulties.First of all, repair and maintenance of buildings.No less important, and communication - here are the options from the rough and simple to quite civilized.However, all issues are solved, and if you are inspired open the horizons, it is worth a closer look at what the house on the water there.

What types of houses on the water

If you organize all those constructions that fall within the definition of "home on the water," you get several types of boats, suitable for permanent residence:

• House on pontoons .This is one of the most inexpensive options.Pontoons, combined into a single platform, bear a very residential building.They do not corrode, is well kept afloat.On this basis can the construction of housing on the individual project.

House on the pontoon

• barges, converted into living space. old barge may well be converted into living space, or even order for this brand new barge to the plant.This type of housing has already proven itself in the old and the new world, but our fellow citizens is related to such prospects more carefully.Therefore, at the next photo: House on a barge in Stockholm.

Luxury house on a barge in Stockholm

house is built on a barge Photo

Houseboat on the barge, Stockholm

• Specialized Housing Houseboat .The name of the company, whose main specialization - the construction of houses on the water.These homes - a compromise between a yacht and a private country house, designed for movement within some inner reservoir.This is as much as two floors, fully ready to move in and can move at a speed of about 20 km / h.

Houseboat Houseboat

• landing stage - this at home on concrete platforms, which allow to realize almost any ideas of the architect.This is the most expensive of the options, landing stages operate autonomously with their own communications, but if necessary they can be connected to the municipal communications with special permission, as do the citizens of France.

landing stage at home on the water photo

• Houseboat on stilts .In some areas with flooded and swampy soil locals long ago decided to build a house on the water - use this score in the ground piles, on which is the building itself.

House on the lake on stilts

Features of construction of houses on the water

Houses on the water - it is not only romantic, but, unfortunately, mass and complexity with the most familiar things.They are built, as already mentioned, on a reinforced concrete or steel pontoon, and maintain such structure is best in inland waters where the waves do not rise above one meter, and the walls do not beats a hurricane offshore wind.

In regions where winter is nearly nine months of the year, most of the year will have to spend, stuck in the ice.Although water quality made at home and are not afraid of frost and ice, but it is still far from the tropics.

Construction of houses for the necessary communications

water Houses on the water can be equipped with self-contained communications, such as reservoirs for drinking water, fuel, power generator and solar panels, and be able to connect to the city's facilities.Heating of the floating housing possible with underfloor heating, convectors, cast iron or steel stove-fireplace.Do not forget about fire safety means - they should be in order.

single word about sanitation.The ideal option would be advanced and modern purification system when using purified water can be discharged directly into the pond.

How to make a home on the water

Houseboat photo

Life on the water in the Russian reality

So you - a resident of Russia and want to live in a house on the water.Well - it is cheaper on some parameters and this decision has a number of advantages.As already stated, from the point of view of Russian legislation, a house - no more than a ship, propelled the truth, but still the ship.But with the proviso that it is not more than twenty meters and is not designed for more than twelve.But why should you more, is not it?And this "ship", which is still home, you need to register in the GIMS and undergo regular technical inspection, that the conditions of our Russian reality is a long-oiled mechanism.When you register, you must show a registration certificate, a contract of sale, passport, taxpayer identification number and the ticket for payment of the state duty in the amount proportional to the size of your boat, you have at home.Well, you have to pay the transport tax, not without it.

Theoretically, you can get anywhere if you do not interfere with the movement of ships.Practically - the house on the water quickly interested in law enforcement and the administration, and you have to learn by heart the basics of river and maritime law, explained to unwelcome visitors.The alternative - to conclude a contract for the rental of a body of water for a couple of decades (Federal Law №74).

accomplish all of this, you can dive to the threshold of your home, fishing and fish from the window blatantly not pay property tax.And if you just want to feel how it is to live on the water, then get on a plane and fly to Bermuda or the Maldives, Thailand ... There has long been practiced by hotel houses, bungalows on the water, and with stunning picturesque landscapes.

bungalow on stilts on the water

Hut on Chicken Legs

Bermuda - life on the water

Good luck on the way to your dream home!