This is your last news to see this monthTake advantage of this special summer offer, subscribe for 3 months for only €12Already a subscriber?Log inYou have news to see this monthYou have 1 news left to see this monthTake advantage of this special summer offer, subscribe for 3 months for only €12Already a subscriber?Log inThe offerON+ of the summer!Subscribe 3 months for only €12'Amsterdam', the floating house of the Marina, recently passed the buoyancy test./ JOSE SIMAL PHOTOSAmsterdam is the name of the prototype of the first floating house in the Gijón Marina, a houseboat inspired by those that can be seen in the Netherlands, which was launched yesterday from the Poniente dry dock and successfully passed the buoyancy tests.Seen from a distance, it looks like a charming container house with unparalleled views.It floats on two parallel hulls, two catamaran skids;its structure is made of aluminum and inside it has all the comforts of a small apartment.«The interior construction is like a typical house, but with nautical materials, special plasterboards for humidity, a different electrical installation for 12 volts...».The 28.3 useful square meters of the interior are distributed in a double bedroom, a bathroom with a shower, a children's bedroom with bunk beds and a loft-style kitchen-living room.In addition, the houseboat has a small 2x3.5 porch and a 16-square-meter roof terrace.In total, the houseboat is 10.8 meters long and another 3.5 meters wide and is 4 meters high.It will carry a 100-horsepower outboard motor, although it is designed to move in inland waters.It all started three years ago.According to the company Contrucksa, promoter of the idea, "we were struck by the fact that there were no boats of this type here and we thought of developing a business project of construction and sale or rental".To do this, they made several trips to the Netherlands, including a visit to a specialized shipyard."The original project was to create a specific pontoon with ten boats, to generate spaces in the ports of Asturias designed to stay in the center of the cities and attract future investors who could rent them and make a profit", in light of the increase in charter boat market, the future port law and the increased demand for different housing solutions in the city center.However, the pandemic changed everything."We already had the structure of this ship under construction, so we decided to go ahead and test the business."Checked that the boat floats, now it's time to finish furnishing it and give it the final touches before she receives her first guests.“If the numbers give, we will continue building them for third parties or for rent.”The investment is around 120,000 euros.