If you fancy owning a holiday lodge but also yearn for the floating leisure lifestyle, suddenly, you can have both. The launch (literally) of the Floating Lodge Company makes that possible.

The Floating Lodge Company is a collaboration between Pathfinder Homes, Devizes Marina and Lynx Lodges.

Pathfinder has devised a range of models for the floating lodge range, all of them luxuriously appointed. Buyers can specify their own interior design, as they can with Pathfinder homes for land use.

The homes are built through the same manufacturing process as other Pathfinder homes, with a few modifications to specification.

They are then transported to the marina at Devizes and craned onto their own private pontoon.

The construction of the pontoons on which the lodges will sit is a foam-filled system with a hot-dipped galvanised frame. It uses UV stabile black polyethylene, filled with expanded foam.

Devizes Marina is in Wiltshire, on the Kennet and Avon Canal, about two miles from the town of Devizes.
Pathfinder Homes’ Managing Director Bruce MacDonald says: “Pathfinder Homs is always looking for ways to diversify, innovate and move forward. This just seems like the next logical step. What better way to live on the water than in a Pathfinder home?”

Marine Elegance floating holiday home

The Marine Elegance, a 45ft x 13ft lodge, has a double bedroom at the rear, plus a twin room, between the two is a shower room, although buyers can specify layout changes. The lounge is at the front, with L-shaped seating that forms a natural divider between the lounge and the kitchen, which has a four-seater breakfast bar. Kitchen equipment includes a dishwasher and washer-dryer plus a wine chiller. Floors are oak; the lodge has bi-fold patio doors and comes ready to install a wood-burner stove. It’s also hot tub-ready.

Bright orange and rich turquoise are the standard accent colours of the lounge soft furnishings.

There is decking to the front and rear and a choice of glass or timber rails are included.

The Marine View floating holiday home

The cedar-clad Marine View is available in three sizes. The choice is 33ft x 13ft, 40ft x 13ft and 50ft x 14ft.

Each has a large living area, a large double bedroom, a shower room and a kitchen-lounge-dining area with a four-seater breakfast bar. Kitchen equipment includes a Belfast sink, plus a washing machine and microwave in addition to a full cooker. Worktops are oak. Portholes are a feature of this lodge. It comes complete with a log burner stove,

The Marine Retreat floating holiday home

The Marine Retreat is a luxury lodge; the only one with a bath and shower within the bedroom; the bathroom has a twin basin. It has an island kitchen designed for entertaining; bi-fold doors lead out onto your decking. This 13ft-witomde lodge is available in three lengths – 40ft, 45ft and 55ft. Equipment includes a wine cooler, a Bosch oven and hob, dishwasher and integrated microwave.

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