In this post, I’m going to show you a micro houseboat that you can probably build yourself if you wanted to.
You know, one of my favorite things about tiny houses, micro cabins, and “alternative” structures is that you can be as creative as you want about it. You can build tiny however and wherever you want… On wheels or on the water (like this micro houseboat). Up in the trees or underground.
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A DIY Micro Houseboat You Can Build Too with Tiny House Boat Plans
I think you’ll love this little house boat (which you can sleep and adventure in) so check it out and learn more below:
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I think you’ll like this 433 sq. ft. floating tiny home by Studio Halmet Architects.
Inside you’ll find that it has that warm and cozy look and feel to it.
Wood flooring, natural wood furniture, lots of windows, and corrugated steel ceiling.
And yes- an upstairs sleeping loft accessible by ladder.
Floating Tiny Home
If you want to see more of this tiny floating cottage enjoy below:
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Meet Tracy Metro and her lush 560 square foot houseboat that she and her husband live in full-time.
She’s the designer on I Live With My Mom and she calls her small houseboat the Metro Retro.
Tracy and her husband bought the boat and it had a challenging layout, so she completely changed it up as you’ll see in the video tour below.
When you walk in there’s a bar and a hangout right in the kitchen area. Go down a couple of steps and you’re in the living room.
The bedroom is interesting because it’s the opposite of what you find in most tiny houses on wheels since you crawl into it instead of climb up into it. It’s located underneath the kitchen.
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Tracy leaves you with some insight when designing a small space that I found important and helpful and that’s to take into account every little square inch of space when designing, building, and/or renovating your small space.
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As you’ll see in the video, she used the most unlikely areas for storage when lots of folks would have overlooked these and missed out on taking full advantage of the space.
Photo Credit SpacesTV on YouTube
I encourage you to watch the complete video of Tracy’s small houseboat below:
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Phil Thiel of Seattle, Washington, has inspired a whole fleet of tiny human-powered houseboats in the United States, England, and Germany. He calls his quaint canal cruisers Escargots for their slow speed and sells the building plans for just $150. Each 18.5′ by 6′ houseboat fits up to three bunks and is propelled by a combination of pedal and solar power.
The solar drive isn’t strong enough to allow for direct solar power propulsion and the best way to move about is to pedal. At a pedaling rate of 50 rotations per minute, Thiel’s design can puff along at four miles an hour. Keep in mind that the average cyclist pedals at around 60 rotations per minute and professionals can do nearly twice that!
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Human-powered Floating Home
A cute and cozy Escargot canal cruiser
Thiel, now 91 years old, is a naval architect who started enthusing about and building human-powered boats when he was a teenager. Born in Brooklyn and now relocated to Seattle, Thiel has only driven an automobile twice in his life. Houseboats, though, he’s steered plenty of times.
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