My house used to be a boat – we have a ladder instead of stairs and played pirates a lot when I was a kid
A HOUSE-PROUD influencer has shared the “very cool” home where she grew up – which used to be a boat.
In a viral video tour, the woman gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the unusual property.
The boat was decommissioned after World War Two and turned into a family residence, retaining many original features.
TikTok influencer Kallie (@stopdoingmath), whose bio reads “CEO of growing up on a boat,” has 18,600 social media followers and shares videos and vlogs about her life.
Her house tour clip, which she posted in 2020, has 1.4 million views.
The video opened with a wide shot of the home.
Viewers could see the hull and unusual shape of the construction, clearly indicating that the house used to be a boat.
In a voiceover, Kallie said: “Things about my house, that used to be a boat, that just make sense.”
The first thing she showed was a ladder which she used to move between floors, instead of stairs.
Kallie said: “There’s a ladder to get upstairs, instead of regular stairs. We don’t have stairs.”
She continued: “The door is more of a hatch in the floor, and you open it by pulling the rope.”
She showed the hatch on the white wooden floor, which she pulled upwards with a rope handle to reveal a long ladder beneath.
The next shot showed a brass ship’s clock hanging on the wall, followed by a large anchor stationed outside the house in the driveway.
Kallie said: “We have a lot of ship decor, like the anchor at the end of my driveway.”
The influencer then filmed the front deck of the former boat, which Kallie said overlooked “the top deck and the captain’s room. We have a lot of decks.”
She demonstrated the ship’s “steering wheel,” known as the helm or the ship’s wheel.
The wheel is located in the captain’s former quarters, which is now Kallie’s parent’s bedroom.
The video ended with a wide shot of the entire house.
The boat’s former features were clearly visible, including the shape of the hull, supported by what appeared to be a basement built underneath.
The influencer said that growing up in such an unusual spot was “very cool,” and that her childhood involved “lots of playing pirates and Noah’s ark.”
Kallie revealed the house’s origins in a comment after someone asked how the boat came to be on land.
She said: “It was decommissioned after the Second World War and some couple in the 1960s bought it to turn into a house.”
TikTokers loved Kallie’s video tour, with many commenting their support.
One wrote: “This is the coolest house ever, I wish I could live there!”
Another person said: “Imagine running around here with your kids pretending to be pirates and then eating a snack on the deck afterward.”