On building your dream (floating) home-studio, the Dutch way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- When architect Julius Taminiau and his girlfriend needed more space for their growing family, they left their tiny Amsterdam flat and bought what was the best deal in town at the time, an old houseboat in a floating community. They decided to sell the boat (for 1 euro) to make way for their dream houseboat.
To achieve two full floors within the five-meter height limit set by the docks, Taminiau built the lower rooms partially-submerged. With a nod to Japanese design, Taminiau relied on the proportions of a tatami mat to layout the rooms, paying attention to weight distribution so the home would afloat. The boat was built 100 kilometers away (on water) and sailed to its moorings.
Nearly one half of the home is devoted to Taminiau’s office and an independent studio complete with kitchen, bathroom and self-crafted transforming couch bed that can be rented out for extra income. The middle of the boat is dedicated to kids’ bedrooms and toilets and the remaining side houses the parents’ bedroom and the kitchen and living room above it.
The floating community where the family is moored is very dense and Taminiau thinks it could be a solution for growing cities to add housing stock. He likes being close to his neighbors and says it’s a real “floating village”.
juliustaminiau.nl/
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The Dutch are so resourceful. I love how they accommodate bicycles on many of their roads. If I were younger I’d redo my life in Holland.
You rather do not i hate it here lol
@@AtomicMoviess why?
Eliseu Monar dos Santos taxes are insane, most people judge you for everything. And the goverment is a total mess
@@AtomicMoviess I agree with the insane taxes, that's the reason I wouldn't move there. I used to live in Berlin and half of my income was gone, cost of health insurance was ridiculous and there were very few euros left to invest, even though I was a high-income person. Crazy stuff. Life changed after moving to Sydney. Later on, even more, when I set up a company in Brazil paying 9-10% and started a nomad life.
But what's the problem with the government? Seems pretty reasonable compared to most other places. And what do people judge you on the most?
Eliseu Monar dos Santos by goverment i mean the laws they make and how they do not fix it. Look up “gedoogsbeleid” for exempel or we have the best roads in the whole world way better then the autobahn but we only allowed to drive 100km/u (60miles), its just so cricked
Your children are so polite. Sign of some quality parents! I'm so jealous of their childhood.
I want to know how Kirsten's children end up deciding to live when they move out of the house, or rather, stop traveling with mom and dad on adventures.
What a beautiful household! I love the idea and the neighborhood! It has this romantic and calm vibe!
Viktorija Lipeikytė Totally! Picked that up too :)
Dutch are very creative people! My full respect!
They have to be. Their nation was built from the flood plains and they know how to work with water. They had over 1,000 years of experience dealing with it.
Extremely interesting. Amazing
what this architect did. Nice
simple planning - enjoyed this.
Very clever design and use of materials! The ‘village’ looks good too
Really love your houseboat. What a clever design. I had a pontoon houseboat in the 60's so know living on the water is great
yet another great video! Thanks Kirsten, I really enjoy watching your videos whenever I have to wake up early, just before I start working (remote working from home).
Feels so calming because of the clean lines and simple decorations/ furnishings
I pass by these boat homes a lot, was always curious how they looked like inside 😍😍👍
Thanks for another great home tour.
Looks like it’s time to move to Amsterdam.
I love the design of the drop down bed - so simple and elegant. Would like to know more about the hidden hinge contraption...
Hundreds of floating homes. Each one could be an episode :)
Abraham Rm was thinking exactly the same
Yeah I spotted a couple I'd like to know more about.
Love it. You need to be REALLY careful of submerged/unknown POLES underwater though when you jump in from piers, etc. You can be paralyzed or killed by one.
godfatherNYC
he live there, and knows the surrounding environment.
what poles?
@@huntriel984 North Pole
Oh wow, I wanna live there! This is beautiful!!! Everything about it...the life style, the community...oh, it looks & sounds gorgeous!
I LOVE HIS HOUSE, HE HAS THE COOLEST ONE AMONG THE GROUP ! FANTASTIC JOB, I WOULD LIVE IN IT NO PROBLEM !!
I think it's a beautiful neighborhood. I love that no two are alike. Great place to raise your kids too. I really loved the chairs and bar area in the kitchen.
great info for our planned art community/gallery ....many thanks Julius for this.
Beautiful home and family
Liked the island seat ideas .very roomy .thanks for sharing
I love this home and the surrounding scenery 😍
五彩缤纷的漂亮船屋光彩夺目！🤩🙏👌👍👍👍
Awesome living!
Eclectic community.
Congratulations to the owner, he maximized the space intelligently and funcional furniture creativity.
Love this one Kirsten. The location, the minimalism and the light. The only thing that would take some getting used to is the relative lack of privacy. Though on the flip side there is also something very appealing of having a tight knit community that looks out for one another. Something that I feel seems to be disappearing.
Great video, great idea! Lots of interesting talk about the design etc.
Only one *giant* question… where does the sewage go???
It is still a brilliant idea and way of life, well done it's a great venture and it's huge!
Beautiful house. Great idea for this century.
I always enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work can't wait for the next!
It's nice and may be cheap, but it's cheap to the upper class because it's still pretty expensive to most people. The 'wateryuppies' as he calls them are people who actually can afford to buy a house in the center of Amsterdam if they wanted to. Anyone below the upper class is slowly moving out of Amsterdam (further away than this houseboat yard) and this will become a problem (actually already is) in the future.
Marinus I hunk this is true of all cities. What used to be housing for the workers becomes affordable homes for the middle class. Then it spreads out, so that people go out to the country and buy what used to be farm workers houses or peasant cottages. Those on low incomes struggle to stay in the areas they were born in, as they pushed out by rising property prices. Not sure how it will ever change.
I agree, this is a global problem. I don't understand why something as primitive as SHELTER is so hard to attain!? Shelter, food and water should be the basics for every human, and yet, shelter seems to be a life-time achievement which you get at the end of your life, then you die and leave it for your kids or something...
KicKaSS , I agree. Water, food and shelter ought to be basic human rights. But they have to keep us committed to working to make them money, to effectively own us.
how much is something like this house? or how much would it cost to build, given the place was 1$.
Hi C O, the place didn't cost 1 euro, they bought the ship for a higher price including the spot (you have to pay for the spot separately). They decided to sell the ship they bought for 1 euro so they could build a new, and more expensive home in the spot they bought. Get it? :) They just had to get rid of the home that they bought to also get the spot that's why they sold it for a symbolic price.
Enjoy watching your videos about floating home🌺🐞
the extra space below water line is creative
I wanna live on this so bad. Such a beauty!
I like houseboats. Especially the newer ones that look way more architectural than the old ones.
Absolutely astonishing 👍
Wow what a pleasant way of life. Inspirational.
Outstanding home design. Great video.
WOW this is AMAZING, He's built my dream home to PERFECTION, Congrats on the work of art home
Fantastic!!! Simplicity at best
How do you find this amazing people all around the world?
Your videos are so inspiring , love them... thanks
to me it would feel very magical to live in a village like that.
Such a great design for a house. I like how he designed a cool spaced based on being in the water. However, even if it was on land it'd be a cool design.
I would have liked to see / hear more of the roof. How'd they deal with rain / water run off? The roof looks great, but it also looks like a tub that would fill with water and run the stairs.
Maxx Kroes nice :)
Not much that I don’t like about this build it is well designed for their purpose to have a great home on the water! I only wish that there were more colors added to make it a little more pleasing to the eye! Otherwise it has a fantastic design appeal! I especially liked how he built the kitchen Island with the chairs built into the design is quite cleverly done. 👍👍👍👍❣️
Absolutely fabulous.
Love this video. Thank you!
I love how clean, wide, and open he designed the house. But i wonder how it gets connected to the city's waters, sewers, and electricity?
Hoses, tubes and wires
Same as normal houses on shore ar al the electrical and sewer connections
I like the baby gate.
more people should do this design. getting over gates on stairs is the worst!
aSOULproduction: I can only imagine.
Oh man. I would give anything for that. a great place. great people.
love your work!
seems like a beautiful way to live.
Wah bagus-bagus banget yah 🥰
love these homes!
I have dreamed of living on a river. This is beautiful. :-)
soon the ocean level goes up and we all may need to live in houses like that.
this is my dream, so relaxing
In love with this house!😍😍😍
WOW! Love it!
Great design
Fantastic!
This a great film a lovely family and a beautiful space; but I would like some facts and figures. How much for the mooring? Is it rented/owned/leased etc How much to build the house, to run it, to maintain it? How are domestic taxes calculated? What building regulations other than height? Is it tidal? Is it sea/estuary/river/canal? What safeguards of tenure? How do you access dry land? Is it safe for the kids? Is it a "gated" community or open to Joe Public ?.Is it a concrete hull? Does it have to come out of the water for mantainence? etc...I'll try your website if I may! Thanks.
This is really cool. I would love to find out some cost.
You granted my wish thank you!
I’m from Long Island ,New York and I live in a houseboat. In the Summer I can take a water taxi to the Restaurants by the bay.
Can you share more info about the steps to build the concrete hull?
I think it becomes more problematic in/around Amsterdam to buy and live affordable. Many of my friends who bought houses 5 years ago are now seeking outside of Amsterdam because over the years they have gained a family. Prices are insane in downtown. I think the solution of more floating house boats is something to consider.
Practical design . How does sewage regulation work?
I was wondering about the same thing.
Warsame Adam My thoughts exactly, especially that they swim in the same water.
Not sure how you can have metal piping when the house is floating in water? Possibly flexible tubing. Unless the house is not actually floating and it is attached somehow. The houseboats I've been you have to manually get waste pumped out of the holding tank.
@@zikaeziagulu1
No, they don't. All water is discharged in the sewer. Even water from doing the dishes.
Hi, hello very interesting video. Does anyone heard the name of the special kind of timber used in the facade?
I really like this :D
Could you kindly tell me the location of the village, I'd love to visit to get some inspiration to build something here in the UK.
*How do you get fresh water and how do you dispose gray and black water?*
so cool!
I got to ask this everytime I watch video about people building their small house - how do you handle the fresh water and black water?
I want to live in that village! I assume the water is clean enough to swim in. I'm a little skeptical of that.
Its clean.i live in amsterdam.😁😁😎😎
How do you prevent the water from entering the downstairs bedrooms? I thought concrete was porous. Are you using some non-degradable liner?
Ok so I need to know about the murphy bed! How does the counterweight work and where is it hidden? I didn't see any springs or gas pistons, how does it work I need to know! Kirsten please if you know please share!
Very nice
Wow ! I never knew you could buy a lot on a body of water unless it was private land. Definitely close together. Does Amsterdam have bad weather like in the USA ? Like coastal areas ?
Interesting. I was asking about the weather because of how close the homes are. Here in Florida the seas and large bodies of water can get purity ruff. Plus the tide changes and tidal surges get bad. I did not think about freezing either ! Looks like a neat way to live if you have calm water. :)
I love this house boat but I don't like stairs w/o side rails or the bridge w/o it.
And a lil too many stairs in there.
I always think how easy to rich somethings beautiful in architecture then you don't have 8 months of winter with -10 / -30 degrees Celsius and 150 santimemetres of snow. Even concrete brokered from that weather. In Russia we are think more about indoors comfort, if you're achieve this goal, your home is good
An awesome place ,but where did the poops goes.
Very interesting!
House take value with the time. What about the house boat? Probably the boat location but not the house i guess. But it's lovely and beautiful. Funny story, so if you have a party , please keep everyone in the center.
This guys pretty damn smart iv always wanted a houseboat would be better than the people who live in vans and stuff
KELLI2L2 well not really they have been around for decades
Wouldn’t a square base makes better stability and good for house layout too?
I just had a trip to Ams. The guide says boat house is much more expensive than normal houses, because you need to purchase for a slot, and no more slots are available.
This is the future if sea levels rise only 1 meter
Good point! Don't fight with nature! Cooperate and be with nature! use the land for vegetation and increasing forest. Leave at sea where possible... I think this will be our future too.
Love it
How clean is the canal & water for swimming?
Where is it exactly? I would like to visit this village.
You can see the lightmasts of the Olympic Stadium in the background in several shots.
He can definitely afford a house in Amsterdam! To build this houseboat and live there you must be rich it's as simple as that.
The definition of "low-budget" in the Netherlands is very different from where I come from xD
Can u list,the material used on this floating home?pretty please..
I like the concept of the kitchen counter/table. Very efficient. I can tell he got influenced by Japanese design.
That is nothing new. They have been around for a long time.
Enviable!
Can you please provide a reference to the MDF 50 year warranty material noted?
I would like to get in touch with this man and have a conversation with him
11:14 wait, do we not see the youngest children? Because those two younger children don't look like they'd be flummoxed by that gate :D
They are historically called Grachthuizen - I have an old book from the 1970s about the city of Amsterdam, and they seem to have gotten much bigger since then .. I would rather live where there's land, but that's not to say I wouldn't pull an indie and live here
Of all the countries in the world, Holland is one where you want to live on the water as the entire country is below sea-level.
It's actually about 28% ...
And 18% IS water. 🙂
Does anyone know where this 'village' is located in Amsterdam?
The hull must be made of ferro CEMENT. MANY BOATS DURING THE EARLY WARS WERE MADE OF THIS CEMENT. THE older it gets the more it cures.