The overall experience in one line is : Great Experience ....if you have not stayed on a houseboat and if you want to be in the heart of the city then you must give this a shot. We did not get to meet Daan but were met by the gracious housekeeper who even helped in storing our luggage post checkout. The Houseboat is overall clean and well maintained with a working TV , Music system , DVD player , Books, CDS and DVDS already there for you to try out. Having said this the boat does need some repairs : AC stops functioning after 2 hours due to a defect and the shower cubicle door was broken atleast when we were there but really minor issues not to be given much thought...