Kay was an amazing host. We had not planned to do much in our 4 day stay in Amsterdam but Kay was able to give us some great tips. The house boat was a great experience. Despite thinking that we would go to bed freezing, the house boat was probably our warmest stay in Europe during my trip. It is about a half hour walk to Amsterdam city centre and Amsterdam centraal but only about 10 minutes on bike. There seemed to be plenty of public transport options near the house boat as well.