Image: Dubai Properties

Nine villas designed to float on water were shipped from the Rauma shipyard in Finland to their final destination in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. The luxury bungalows are to form part of a 12-kilometre beach boulevard under construction in Dubai.

The real estate company Admares, based in Turku, received ten orders for the luxurious habitable rafts. Nine of the villas were completed ahead of their autumn deadline.

Image: Admares

Two floating restaurants and a water-bound yacht club are also being built at the shipyard.

"The villas are about 200-400 square metres in size and contain 2-4 bedrooms, an outdoor terrace and a swimming pool," Admares CEO Mikael Hedberg told Yle a year ago.

Joni Rantasalo, head of marketing at the company, say that Admares hopes to secure more orders for buoyant domiciles in the future.