--- title: Airbnb London Rents Floating House on River Thames description: You can enter to win a free stay at this floating London home canonical: https://time.com/3882800/airbnb-london-floating-house-thames/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-18T18:46:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:33.933Z og:title: This Might Be the Coolest House You Can Rent on Airbnb og:description: You can enter to win a free stay at this floating London home og:url: https://time.com/3882800/airbnb-london-floating-house-thames/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dfb8a3175d201e8/69884d0635ba6f4f93c0cf65/buck_airbnb_house_thames02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2200 og:image:height: 1238 og:image:alt: Airbnb's fully functioning floating house arrives on the River Thames og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Might Be the Coolest House You Can Rent on Airbnb twitter:description: You can enter to win a free stay at this floating London home twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dfb8a3175d201e8/69884d0635ba6f4f93c0cf65/buck_airbnb_house_thames02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Might Be the Coolest House You Can Rent on Airbnb by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 18, 2015 6:46 PM UTC  Airbnb’'s latest London listing is pictured floating down the River Thames, past the Houses of Parliament. Airbnb’'s latest London listing is pictured floating down the River Thames, past the Houses of Parliament.Mikael Buck / Airbnb by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 18, 2015 6:46 PM UTC Short-term housing rental company Airbnb’s latest stunt is a floating house that’s been traveling down the River Thames in London. The catch? You can actually stay there for a night. [The listing](https://www.airbnb.co.uk/night-at/floating-house), simply titled Floating House, was designed by architects and twin brothers Nick and Steve Tidball. It features two bedrooms, one bathroom, a dog kennel, a book collection and a private garden. The designers say they “were inspired to create a fairy tale structure in the middle of London – something that would allow people to see the city from a different angle.” This is a real, functional house — and you can [enter to win](https://www.airbnb.co.uk/night-at/floating-house) a stay for four people on May 22\. Oh, you’ll just have to follow the house rules, including “no swimming in the Thames” and no “acts of piracy.” Here’s another view of the house floating past the London Eye:  Monday 18th May 2015, London: Airbnb’s latest London listing is pictured floating down the River Thames this morning. This pic: The house going past the London Eye The fully functioning Floating House will sail down the Thames to celebrate new rules that mean that Londoners – like the rest of the UK – can earn a 15 per cent pay rise\* by sharing their homes through sites like Airbnb. Passing under Tower Bridge before gliding past the Shard on its maiden voyage, the House will meander along the river throughout the week until Saturday 22 May. Copyright: © Mikael Buck / Airbnb +44 (0) 782 820 1042 http://www.mikaelbuck.com Mikael Buck / Airbnb And, if you’re wondering, here’s what it looks like inside:  Airbnb _Read next:_ [_Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s Former Apartment Is Now on Airbnb_](http://time.com/3832669/kurt-cobain-courtney-love-airbnb/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3882800/airbnb-london-floating-house-thames/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3882800/airbnb-london-floating-house-thames/"},"headline":"This Might Be the Coolest House You Can Rent on Airbnb","datePublished":"2015-05-18T18:46:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:33.933Z","description":"You can enter to win a free stay at this floating London home","url":"https://time.com/3882800/airbnb-london-floating-house-thames/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dfb8a3175d201e8/69884d0635ba6f4f93c0cf65/buck_airbnb_house_thames02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dfb8a3175d201e8/69884d0635ba6f4f93c0cf65/buck_airbnb_house_thames02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Airbnb's fully functioning floating house arrives on the River Thames","caption":"Airbnb's fully functioning floating house arrives on the River Thames","creditText":"Mikael Buck / Airbnb","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3882800/airbnb-london-floating-house-thames/","name":"This Might Be the Coolest House You Can Rent on Airbnb"}}]}] ```