A Floating Home With A Difference,

a 'house yacht',

designed for those of us that like cruising, but want to keep the comfort of your own home, the Arkup is a luxury yacht shaped like a 4,300-square-foot modern villa. It can float like a boat, or rise above the waves using hydraulic pilings, for added stability in case of rough waters, and it’s reportedly built to withstand a category four hurricane, 

the floating villa doubles as a luxury sea vessel, thanks to its two 100 kW/272 hp electrical engines. It features four bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, 4 bathrooms, a swimming platform, retractable deck, and a roof covered with solar panels that make it completely self sufficient in terms of electricity, and thanks to a rainwater purification system, the chances of the 4,000-gallon fresh water tank going dry are very small,

while not designed for rough sea conditions, this amazing floating home can rise above water with the help of four hydraulic piling systems. The Arkup can reportedly rise up to 30 feet, which is plenty for coastal waters, “We can’t match the navigational capacity and speed of a yacht,” Arkup co-designer, Nicolas Derouin, told the Miami Herald newspaper. “You couldn’t cruise around the world, but you could use Arkup in the Bahamas or British Virgin Islands, for example.” the Arkup house yacht reaches a maximum speed of 7 knots and has a range of 20 nautical miles that can be further increased with additional battery banks or backup generators, so how much I hear you ask? yours for just $5.5 million, but, and here is the good news, for the not so well off millionaires there is a cut price version, according to the manufacturer’s website, you can order custom house yachts for as low as $2,267.000, well that's a relief!