Perhaps Houseboats aren’t for us. When my son & I arrived we were a just little disappointed. Despite Amsterdam being an expensive city to visit, we felt the Houseboat was not great value for money compared to other offerings in the city, and not as luxurious as we were expecting.
The positives, the location was quiet, the bedrooms large and the beds generous in size & extremely comfortable. The views from the bed of tour boats, canoes & swans passing right beside us were lovely.
Although the bathroom was well appointed there was a slight damp smell, which in fairness we got used to.
There was no where to sit except around the kitchen table. The kitchen was very limited, equipped with just a fridge, oven & sink - although the Nespresso machine was great to have. It also had a slight stale cigarette smell. In addition there were no wine glasses so we had to drink our delicious wine out of tumblers.
As with everything there is a trade off between price, location & comfort. We found the Houseboat good just not great, and we would probably try somewhere else if returning to Amsterdam.