Jeroen and Lianne Gels are stepping onto the property ladder in Amsterdam. In seven months, they plan to turn a 254-ton industrial cement carrier into their dream waterborne home.

Aart Simons and Nanouk Kropman met through a love of sailing. To fulfil their shared dream of living on water, they have bought a disused 1950s Dutch cargo ship - but transforming this old hunk of metal will be a logistical, financial and emotional ride of a lifetime.