Living on a 4 Season Houseboat - Beautiful Floating Tiny House!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, we meet Bonnie from Wakefield, Québec, Canada who is living on a gorgeous tiny house boat that is full of character and charm. The River Den (or La Tannière) has custom-made asymmetrical windows, a classic ship's wheel, antique fireplace, and hand-built furniture - all of which give the boat a warm and cozy feel that makes you feel at home as soon as you step on board. The boat is docked on the shore of the Gatineau River and Bonnie lives in it as often as she can when she's not renting it out on Airbnb (www.airbnb.ca/....
The tiny houseboat was designed by Bonnie and her boatbuilding friend, Denis Tremblay, who is known locally as the Wakefield Pirate. Denis and a few of his friends built the boat by hand, including the aluminum frame and the custom windows, the cabinets, and the grill floor in the loft.
The boat is built on 5 pontoons that are designed to provide flotation while still taking on some water to keep the boat weighed down in the water for stability. The pontoons are also designed to freeze in the ice and are made by a local company called Les Quais Navigables (www.quaisnaviga...).
It's a 4-season house boat that is fully insulated and has an antique wood burning fireplace to provide heat in winter. For power, they installed a deep cycle marine battery that provides 12-Volt power for the lights, bilge pump, and navigation lights. They have a Separett composting toilet from Sweden (www.separett-u...), and a sink that pumps water from the river for washing dishes. For refrigeration, Bonnie uses a cooler with ice, but she might invest in some solar panels so that she can power a proper fridge eventually.
The main floor has a kitchen, toilet, dining room and living room, and upstairs there is cozy a sleeping loft with a grill floor that allows heat to rise through the floor, and sun & dust to travel down to the main level. One of the windows in the loft opens up onto a gorgeous rooftop patio with a cedar deck and has space for some solar panels if/when Bonnie decides she needs them.
The boat has a gas motor and can be taken out on the river which is quite impressive considering it's size! To make sure the boat was still road worthy, they built a wedge roof over the loft that can be taken apart if Bonnie wants to transport it to a different location. The boat is currently docked in the quaint little town of Wakefield, Québec where there are cute cafes, restaurants and shops right across the street.
If anyone is interested in renting this house boat, check it out on the Airbnb website here:
www.airbnb.ca/...
Thanks for watching!
Mat & Danielle
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The grill floor is by far one of the best features I have seen in tiny houses so far : it's lighter than wood, lets dust fall, allows heat and air to circulate and it's way better and healthier for the mattress (no moisture accumulated, less germs and odors...). I wonder why it is not more common in tiny houses !
That said, lovely boat and owner and great video ! :)
i couldn't agree more. that loft floor is utter genius!
It's really a fantastic idea. I think it may take some getting used to though. I can see myself freaking out about falling! LOL
We'll probably see more of them now. You're right, lovely boat and owner and great video ! :)
+Patriot Jefferson That grated floor was more than strong enough to support her.
I really doubt a professional builder, would use materials for a floor. That couldn't support the weight of someone standing on it.
Plus she rents that boat out. Do you think she tells people? "Don't step on the grated bedroom floor. It's just for show. Only step on the support beams."
Someone would be a fool, to creat such a liability.
Look again. Her first foot was on a beam but the angle of her leg suggests her out of sight second foot was on the mesh. Depending on how it's fixed it could easily support a person over that span. You're right it's brilliantly practical, but you might like to calm down on the insults.
I think this is one of the few tiny homes I've seen that looks spacious without turning it into a giant window box. The proportions are just right
this is probably, one of the most innovative tiny house designs I've seen in awhile, definitively a favorite.
My gf got me this for my bday. Greatest bday ever. We stayed on your house boat four years ago in February . My gf would have liked your new addition you have now back then. Lol. Great memory. Miigwetch 🙏
I'm confused. Did you buy it from her after she sold it or something? It seems to me she built it herself. With much help of course.
What a dream house. Independent living. Freedom. Simplicity. This stuff sends chills.
I would definitely filter that water.
Nice home!
This. I trust everything but the water. At least boil it and store it in jugs.
How wpould you filter it?
@@col2959 with a filter or some other way cmon think for yaself
Zeta - are to getting smart with me ? Think for yaself.... watch ya mouth
col you need to calm down, your being to loud. No one thinks your funny because this comment was posted 2 years ago.
This has got to be the best tiny house I've ever seen!
Thanks for watching Sarah =)
Sarah Salvan would you love to live live in one with me
Sarah Salvan it's cool. If you go to places where house boats are popular you'll see lots like this. Some usually have the roof turned into a decking area tho instead of the side deck.
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This boat house is really perfect. I like her life style living. The water looks so relaxing.
Wow, half the comments are critical, sad! I just love her and her little houseboat and her free spirit! Thanks for sharing your floating home with us. What’s life if not an adventure?
Agree with your comment
Agree with your comment... But yes thanks for sharing....
I noticed very few critical comments.
We see things as we are...
Thank you for not saying "dogs", "yoga", "reclaimed", "vegan" and so on! That alone was refreshing, the amazing space was a bonus!
lol getting burnt out on the permacult buzz words? Those are all good things you’re listing but i get it if you’re tired of the awakening with JP propaganda lol
would also love to see a video of this in the winter!
holy smokes. this is amazing! we've been following tiny houses for a decade and this is officially my favorite!!
I Love your Home. I live in a rather large Home and Hate it. What you have is just right. Great Job and God Bless You.
Love it. Gorgeous setting. This young lady is living a life most only dream about.
THIS is my dream house for sure. 😍
Thanks for checking out the video =)
Exploring Alternatives Thanks for sharing it ! ^^
Miss_Lya same
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Miss_Lya same as well when I'm older I'm building a miny vote house and it will have a basketball area it will have a fences bouncy house hot tub
This is is one of the best because of how spacious it is and how many windows it has. The roof top patio and loft are amazing too
That is my dream home. I think every aspect is perfect. What a wonderful way to live. Thanks for sharing.
I enjoy watching ideas of those who make it reality. Love those outside thinkers. Theirs hope for civilization.
Love the idea of lowering the roof to meet the height requirement for driving on the road. Been thinking up some of my own designs on how I could cheat the height limit as well haha. Beautiful space!
already watched this about 8 times. If i went to stay in it I'd have my tape measure doing all the math. just stunning. Great job. i too would like some rough plans for this. i cld live in this for the rest of my life happily.
Great story! This place is amazing! :)
Thanks so much! Great work on all your videos by the way. We always really enjoy what you post :) :)
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Your home is just beautiful, spacious and open and a view that would cost millions of dollars.
That is so amazing! I considered a tiny house before but seeing this right on the river is... just wow.😳
Nice to see someone young enjoying the live aboard experience. I've been living aboard for almost 20 years. When I first did it I didn't think I would like more than a year. Now, No way do I want to go back to a conventional house.
This is one of my favorite tiny homes I have ever seen. I am so psyched to build some sort of traveling tiny home, whether it be out of a short bus, maybe a camper if it's just the right one, and now I am actually considering doing something like this. I plan to have a tiny footprint regardless of what or how I do this thing. Thanks for sharing this. You have inspired me so much! I am happy for you to be living such a wonderful lifestyle! Good luck in all you do, Tammie Miller
Tammie Miller I would love to see that video.
4 years later, you still haven't done it
Amazing is all I can say about this young women. She's living the dream. On her beautiful house boat. I love it. Thank you 4 sharing.
This is something I've been thinking about doing. Great home.
I am in the southern U.S. but 20 years ago I lived in Aylmer Quebec. This was a really fun video. Good to see my old stomping grounds. It’s a beautiful area.
That's really neat. Very smart to make it adaptable for moving it on the road.
Oh yeah! Now this makes sense...to live. Her love for the water shows! I’m encouraged!
This shows that people can do anything they put there mind to
Seriously? Heart transplants, cloning, satellites, CRISP, the LHC, the China Wall, the Panama Canal, the Internet, defeating the Axis... living on a boat.
By far one of the coolest house boats I've ever seen....the best part is when she had her hat on, very cool chick.
Wow. She's beautiful.
Yes & the girl is pretty sweet too.
Love this house - so beautiful, and such a lovely place to live! Love that roof deck!
OK THIS IS THE COOLEST of the 'mini houses' I have ever seen. Love that grate floor. Lol. That was smart. Ty for posting this. This is THE BEST. Great job on making video.
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This is fantastic! I grew up in Wakefield (well, Farm Point, ten minutes away) so this makes me miss home and the river so much! Great to see this kind of community flourishing there now.
Hello from western Canada 🇨🇦. Let me just say your boat ⛵️ is poetry in water. I long to live by water and I have been exploring affordable sustainable living. Your video is a wonderful inspiration for my dreams. Thank-you
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I'd NEVER leave! What a dream home! Stunningly homey😁
Sweet home, absolutely lovely and gorgeous.
A lot of thought and planning was put into this great floorplan
BEAUTIFUL! And in Québec also, I didn't know there was anything amazing like this where I lived..........maybe I'll rent it one day
Good for you. Looks awesome. We brought a 50' yacht but we love living on the water
Love the Grill flooring great for air flow!
Except I might consider a sturdy mesh like you often see on cats in lieu of a deck, all of the benefits but kinder on the feet
just bursts out singing Old Man River... this house is sooo dreamy.
I envy this lifestyle. Good for you girl! ❤️
i have been watching houseboat videos for weeks and your house boat has, by far, the most dock appeal...and yes, i am interested in renting, thank you....
I love that house boat. Awesome video!
Thank you!!
@@ExploringAlternatives Would defo like to know more about it, shower ,and specs
I'm very impressed with this young lady!
I love the peace these people must have from not having a massive mortgage payment every month. They’ve escaped financial bondage!
@D some lakes you dont have to pay fees to build a dock. Or to have it there. Depends on the laws there. Once the bouts paid for the batteries can be recharged for little cost.
@ADJ30168 why would a communist bot introduce themselves?
She admitted that she rents it out as an airbnb. She lives in a real house, like 99% of the people featured on this channel.
@D her and the pirate community were parking illegally on public dock haha
A friend of mine had a houseboat with a trap door for his "refrig-net" and to fish when it was bad weather ! of course it was the Pacific off Washington and very chilly water even in summer lol so worked great for his beer and the grocery cooler!!!
This is my favorite of all the tiny home videos I've watched. I'm quite curious what more I would need to do to a boat like this to make it more travel friendly since I live in Nova Scotia, a bit rougher waters here then the Gatineau.
Everything nice, the chosen day, the place, the houseboat, the girl and the video. That is a long time I haven't seen so much nice things like in the last minutes. Thank you,!
Great house and more than enough for anybody .
What a great home boat yes it's way to cool to be called a house boat this young lady has made a home boat all the best of luck
awesome design. What a cool place!
My ideal life. I'm happy that some people get to live this way. Makes me feel good. Thanks for the video.
Loved every part of your boat tiny house and am jealous. I wish I could go back in time and do that instead of apartment living when I got on my own and was working as a nurse. What fun.
Your filming and editing were just fine, too. Loved the quiet background music. Have a great rest of your life. Be safe and stay close to God on that narrow path. Believe me when I say this and also if you get married, don't marry unequally yoked like I did. Especially after the kids are grown is when you have to start paying attention to each other again and if you've drifted apart, it's really hard if you were not equally yoked in the first place.
The sailboat industry has a thing called a 'cooling plate' for refrigeration purposes. I suggest a top loading to keep the cold air inside the box. They are nice size and the plate uses a small amount of energy. There is also a solid state battery charger that creates more energy than it uses producing a charge into a battery or battery bank to keep them charged. The best setup is two battery banks that can be switched back and forth with the charger working on the bank not being used.
This is fantastic, what an excellent idea.
That beauty has crossed the line between a boat and a ship
One thing I've noticed about a lot of tiny home owners/builders is their beds. That's one place very few are willing to compromise on and I think it's pretty funny.
Lavinia, If you sleep 1/3 of your life in a bed and your eyes are closed when sleeping, you don't notice there is a castle surrounding yr bed or a shoe box(as long is you are comfy, not to hot ,not to cold) you will be happy. I prefer this view over any new york penthouse, maybe this gets boring after a while to live their , especially in winter time, but for a holiday I would be very happy being lodged there, I also think she is asking way to much as the build is not so expensive and you lack electricity, a tent on a campingsite with a good shower and toilet and a few neighbours to talk to would cost you a lot less.maybe to cold at night unless you have excellent sleeping bag
I hang off the edge of a twin sized bed when it is just me, and it really isn't comfortable with another person. One if the only universal comanalitues that all homes have is a need to supply a good sleeping space, a good bed is one of the few aspects that is pretty much universal.
That looks super calm a d peaceful.. Water and views... Awesome.. That's so cool and love it.
Great video Matt and Danielle!
Thank you!
Do you ever worry about safety? I mean I would feel pretty vulnerable at night. But I love this. You could do so much with this!
Beautiful ideas and craftsmanship but the only thing that doesn't make sense is no solar panels to charge the battery's already , doors open up widely with electric running through without the cost of recharging battery's
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Shane Mane - She mentioned that as a possibility and other changes, but she got it on impulse (no long forethought and planning). It also lacked refrigeration - she said "for now" (published in 2016). She rents it through air B&B hinting that cash flow is a factor as it is her primary residence. For a person as young as she appears to be, it's amazing that she has been able to create a relatively carefree life. I'm impressed. Eventually she'll probably have the other necessities and can rent it for more $.
i like this so much,always wanted to live on the water,it looks so cosy an peaceful
What about in the winter? Those walls looked pretty thin and was thinking that river would freeze over.
Ian Leahy theirs a few things that can be done...
If she is by power, you can put a bubbler in the water, basically it’s a fan that brings up water from the bottom that’s warmer , and it keeps the water from freezing around boat.
Also it’s not the worse thing to have a boat freeze in, most think it will crush it etc.. usually not the case, as the ice will usually push up on to shore first...
Last thing ... she’s on a river with a current. If she keeps the ice off her boat, it prob stays ice free all winter.
I would say the worse thing could be is when the ice break up happens... I would be worried about a large chunk of ice smashing the hull. She may have a dock etc protecting her.
Hope some of this helps ~
just a joke by the way, lol. No way that wouldn't tip on a wave. Good initial stability, poor maximum stability.
She showed the wood stove . Having s old wood stoves for 30 years I don’t think I have ever seen a more unsafe stove and chimney in my life .
She said the pontoons are made to freeze and stay stable.
At 5:06 she says the pontoons are meant to freeze in the ice.
Love the boat and this young ladies adventurous attitude.
I really was impressed with the features of your home!
Do you have any pictures or videos of the construction?
this is my 1st dreams house.. i never dream about house... it will be very peacefully house for me even it just tiny... love it fam..
I'm now watching this in 2019 and this house is abandoned but still kinda floating. It's still there today.
Is that a marina? How can that boat just stay there? Does it have an address? I have so many questions.
Aron Walls image a 🐊🐬omg I would be scared 🥺 that’s my dream build a tiny house or boat house 😔 11-13-19
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I have seen this last year... She is living her dream.. I am so gealous
Damn you Canadians get it really easy... Who could imagine clean rivers actually exists!!!
I lived aboard and cruised a 33' sailboat for 7 years including a 40,000 mile circumnavigation and have always thought about moving aboard a small house boat. I'm through with ocean crossings but living on a houseboat and being able to travel around on rivers and inland waterways sure has a lot of appeal.
Cool! A well thought out project!
Thanks for watching! It definitely made us want to build our own houseboat :)
This made my day better. Wonderful little house!
What a lovely boat and fine Bonnie lass.
I lived on my sailboat for seven years I highly recommend it....
love ur channel greetings from Trinidad and Tobago.
Thanks so much Julian :)
I just love it ... what a beautiful life style...I'm impressed and just a little bit JEALOUS...!
Well, that's probably the most perfect and most beautiful "thiny home" I've ever seen.
I love living in a houseboat someday , it's peaceful , I love your boat it's cozy
jumping in the water first thing in the morning?! In canada?!!! what!!!! got so cold just thinking about that! maybe I'm too Mexican lol
It would definitely wake you up XD
LOL, I'm Canadian. It is not cold all the time south of Canada. You are thinking about the North Pole
the benefits of cold showers and baths are endless!
Katie Lee pointy nipples
Chris L feeling nipply LOL
Love the pull down roof idea.Thank you svm
So how you deal with pirates trying to invade your boat?
Justin Santos lol
Justin Santos I'm the captn now
Surrender thy booty! yaarrrrr
44mag
You invite them in and give them rum.
Wow...you are living my dream...(huge sigh)...LOVE IT! ... I was seriously on my way to alternative living when my beautiful grand daughters met with misfortune and were going to be separated ... so of course, one does what one has to when family is in danger of losing one another...so I am blessed to have them all safe and sound in my care today...and TOGETHER...I have no regrets, but boy oh boy, I cant help but be a bit envious of your lifestyle...I have not given up on finding ways to fulfill my dream, but need a little more time now to make some adaptations to include three little peanuts! A house boat would definitely be such a blast for them...We might see you on the river...we aren't too far away...(East of Toronto)...Sure wish you many more happy days aboard your "home"...great video!
I love everything about this. You live in my idea of Heaven!
I like the large round window in your kitchen. Nice houseboat.
Wind and solar compliment each other solar doesn't work at night but wind is often 24/7 . You can get a wind/solar charge controller too. On the water wind is good!
On her scale a battery charged by solar is a better option. I notice she pre-wired the walls with sockets -- likely for shore power. So she charges her battery when she has shore power as well as anything else. But she doesn't have enough house battery to depend on for a refrigerator when away from her home pier. I doubt she regularly totes out that heavy battery (you can see the wall plug behind it)
Which is why she hasn't sprung for solar. She isn't spending enough time "boondocking."
It would make more sense to add a Reverse Osmosis water system than a solar system -- which would make drinkable water. She has freshwater so just needs a basic RO with a pump.
Why is it that in every one of these small houses or house boats that the chicks do it so much better than the guys ... This chick like so many made it so amazing homely and beautiful. From down under Australia - I love it.
this is an awesome idea!
Oh my gosh I would love this house boat, so cool.
Nice video. You guy have grown to 100,000 subscribers congratulation
Thanks so much :)
I am just looking at the potential of this house and what it could become if it redecorated mahn, such a beauty!!!!!!
Very well though out space and design!
Great video, I'm subscribing for more
Thanks for watching, happy you enjoyed the video! :)
Extraordinary structure,,, thanks for sharing.
Is not the river cold enough to refrigerate perishables? Thumbs up.
I was thinking that, even in summer it should be cold enough. Just keep everything in a water tight Box in the river
she swims in it, so it could not be that cold.
Refrigerate versus freeze.
Nyaman, sederhana tp menyenangkan, airnya tenang udaranya bebas duduk diatap dgn udara segar sangat menyenangkan dan nyaman..👍👍
OK, but she didn't say how much it coast to build or if she has to pay rent for a dock space. Where my dad has his boat in California people pay up to $1,000 a month for a dock space.
What part of California, ...California has quite some expensive areas. But I'm sure it's similar here. I think there is a race between, California, Ontario and BC to see who can be the most expensive place to live
Zoch Buppet My dad has a sail boat in a harbor just north of sanfransico, my uncle also has a bit houseboat not far from there, they are both in the sanfransico bay. When I was a kid it was very cheap to have a boat there but now developers have changed everything.
***** Yeah, I used to go to LBI every summer, I know it's a bit expensive. It would have been really great to know her expenses. Anyways hope things get better for you and you stop hating your life soon!
***** Glad to hear that, have a good one!
on lake erie, i only pay $650 for my dock (6 months, 30ft sailboat) that includes free electric , and water...
WOW!!! A Beautiful Woman with a beautiful home 😊❤