Dubai's ultra-luxurious floating homes will have underwater master bedrooms

In the clear-blue waters off the coast of Dubai lies a chain of islands known as The Heart of Europe. They'remanmade reconstruction of actual European nations, just on a smaller scalepart of an even larger chain of islands known as "The World."Richard Branson, fittingly, owns theisland representing Great Britain.In the coming weeks, The Heart of Europe will getits very first floating home, the aptly named "Floating Seahorse." It'll be the first of many in a giant fleet of Floating Seahorses.Take a look at these renderings.The $2.8 million Floating Seahorse is the product of more than 5,000 hours of research and 13,000 hours of design and engineering, according to design firm Kleindienst Group.The first models went on sale last year, before any Seahorses wereeven completed. Kleindienst says it sold approximately 60 Seahorses in 2015. More are still for sale.The underwater portion, composed of a master bedroom and bathroom, will make up approximately 270 square feet on the interior. Just outside the walls is a 500-square-foot coral garden.From the home, residents will be able to see actual seahorses dance through the Arabian Gulfthe animal's natural habitat.Above the water's surface, the luxury is even more apparent.Inhabitants will beable tostretch out on the massive floating bed orhead up to the observation deck.If you wantto take a swim, a convenient step-ladder offers a safe entry and exit. Or you could just dive right in.Since the structures are located about two and a half miles from Dubai's shores, inhabitants can reach their Seahorse via boat or seaplanenot exactly the most accessibleway to get to and from home. Once they're out there, they can cross between the islands via floating jetties.The company says it hopes the structure can set a new standard for what it means to live lavishly.Kleindienst alsohopes it can make some headway in restoring theendangered seahorse population in the area."We will create an artificial coral reef beneath the luxury retreats which will be a protected area in which seahorses can safely live and breed," Kleindienst said at an unveiling even in May 2015.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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