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There was a floating house for a floodplain on the Thames river featured on Grand Designs: https://www.dezeen.com/2016/01/20/baca-architects-bouyant-amphibious-

• aaron695 9y ago
  It's a good example of why this won't work and a surprise why the article mentioned it. 25% extra cost to the house (1.2 million Pounds total cost) Except on a non rich persons house you'd see it doubling the cost I'd imagine. 100,000's Pounds extra cost on ground work was mentioned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItKXxXV-888 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItKXxXV-888 Contains how it has issues first flood but they could afford engineers to be on site for it. Will they be there every flood as the house gets old? Costs at the end of the ep.
• Gys 9y ago
  Exactly the same project was mentioned in the article. Maybe next time read it before posting ;-)
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