Houseboat: "De Albatros" with tender

A Surla Houseboat is a sailing summer residence. Our water villas are fully equipped, 100% ecological and self-sufficient. Luxury, comfort and respect for nature come together here. This houseboat (built in '23) is fully equipped.

The Surla Houseboat is 15 meters long and 6 meters wide. A total area of ​​84m2 excluding the roof terrace. The living room and kitchen are 25m2, and equipped with 3 large sliding doors, so you always have a phenomenal view. There is a spacious living room with a couch, dining table, tv and sliding doors to the front terrace with outdoor chairs. The open plan kitchen is fully equipped with an induction cooker, fridge, oven, dishwasher, kettle and Nespresso coffee machine. There's also a table-top freezer in the utility room. The bathroom is equipped with a shower, sink and a (dry) toilet. There are 3 bedrooms on the houseboat. Two bedrooms with hotel beds (1.80 x 2.00m), especially designed for Surla Houseboats. The third bedroom has a bunk bed (0.90 x 2.00m). Via outside stairs you can go to the spacious rooftop terrace where there is a lounge set to enjoy beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Last but not least: on the back terrace is a warm outdoor shower, great after a swim.

Surla has check-in host, here name is Natasja. she will welcome you and guide you to the houseboat. It is nice for our hosts that you indicate early what your expected arrival time is. You will receive the host's telephone number in the instructions. You will receive this via email more than a week before arrival.

Location houseboat:
In the summer (wheather permitting), Surla puts the houseboat in a beautiful spot/location on the lake. The houseboat remains in place by means of spud poles. In bad weather conditions, a Surla employee will put the houseboat in a sheltered place in the marina of Monnickendam. This can also happen during your rental period, because we don't want to take any risks.
You can park your car in the marina of Monnickendam (free parking). After passing the entrance gate. Drive straight, after the white building, the 2nd road to the left. At the end of the road you can park your car.

Surla Tender (Dinghy):
During your stay we provide a dinghy.
This aluminum tender is included during the rental of the houseboat.
It is important that you start the tender with the trottle in Neutral. Do you want to lock the tender when you are not using it? Also at night?

Sail slowly! Place the tender at the front or back of the houseboat. Gently moor so that there is no damage to the houseboat or tender.
We will charge for damage immediately.

The tender is fully fueled upon your arrival. The request is to fill it up again before checking out (Gasoline 98), so that the next guests also have a full tank.
You can buy gasoline at the Texaco in the village or you can buy a jerry can from our host Uwe. You can also put the amount on the table in cash: 40 euros for an empty tank and 20 euros for half a tank. If the tender has not been refueled and no money has been left behind on departure, we will charge the costs afterwards.Note:
* We don't let our guests sail with the Surla houseboat themselves, but a dinghy is included in the rent. Sail at walking pace with the dinghy, we are guests on the water. Any fines are for your own account.

*No parties allowed.
* * We have a camera that faces outward, and it hangs outside on the front deck. This turns off as soon as the guests come on board. So it is purely for safety if there are no guests. There are no cameras inside.

* Surla rents out several houseboats at different locations. It is possible that the location, the floorplan of the houseboat and the interior in the photos differs from the actual houseboat. All our houseboats were built in 2022-2023.
* Swimming certificates are highly recommended. We will not recommend the houseboat for people with walking difficulties.
* We advise you to do necessary shopping before boarding. Standard on board is a few Nespresso coffee capsules, milk, sugar, tea, oil, pepper, salt and a few toilet rolls. We have towels and the beds are made for your arrival.

Our Surla Houseboats are built sustainably and are 100% self-sufficient.We have ingenious systems on board that allow you to recreate without going on shore power, and we also have filter systems that mean we don't have to have water tanks on board.We are guests on the water and have done everything possible to implement 100% off-grid and ecologically responsible solutions.

We would love to welcome you as guests to create beautiful memories with this unique experience.