Get ready for spaceship homes

Dubai: Dutch developer New Living on Water (NLW) is planning to unveil its futuristic-looking floating homes concept at Cityscape Global in Dubai next month.
The company has created a striking water home concept based on an “organic” circular design. It said that it is confident of selling US$50 million worth of homes within the first year of its Middle East launch at Cityscape, and of being able to double that within two years.
The price of units will depend on the size of homes, but the model being presented at Cityscape with 16,000 square feet of internal space and 520 sq ft outdoors will cost about $11m to buy.
Floor plans of the floating homes on the company’s website show a three-level structure with a basement level containing a garage with room for six cars, a cinema, entertainment area, fitness room and storage areas. The main ground floor level has four en suite bedrooms, a living area and kit­chen, plus outdoor space with a pool and stairs leading to a roof light garden. The first floor contains a dining room and a bal­cony area.
The floating home concept is not new to Dubai. The Dubai-based Kleindienst Group run by Josef Kleindienst is already selling Floating Seahorse villas at its Heart of Europe development, which is a group of six islands under development at The World – a complex of 300 man-made islands built 6 kilometres from Dubai’s coastline by master developer Nakheel.
Meanwhile, Dubai Properties recently announced that it would build up to 200 water homes on the Dubai Canal at its Dh1 billion Marasi Business Bay project.