Wow – our crowdfunding campaign was a wild ride from start to finish! 360 backers pre-ordered over 1,000 floats, for a final total of $47,750. Thank you all so much for your support.
Once we catch our breath, we’ll be sending out a survey to all of our backers, gathering the information we need. Keep an eye out!
Let’s review how it went. Continue reading Campaign results
We have a space in Magoun Sq, Somerville, MA. We have complete architectural plans, a contractor, and are just waiting on the city to issue our building permit. Very soon we will begin construction.
Keep up-to-date on our progress – join our mailing list here. Our online store for pre-ordering float time is ALMOST ready.
NOTE: crowdfunding campaign surveys were emailed to all backers on Saturday, November 15th. Please let us know if yours got lost! Write to us: info [at] floatboston dot com.
It took us a little longer to get to the second stretch goal, but we got there yesterday! We’re going to have the comfortable post-float lounge space. When you come out of your float, feeling all trancy and floaty, you’re going to have a nice space to kick back and drink some tea while you re-gather your wits.
Our next goal is at $28,000. Can we get to this level? We’ll be able afford to make our private float rooms really comfortable with individually thermostat-controlled radiant heat. That way we can keep our rooms perfectly toasty for you, never too hot or too cold, and do it in silence.
Stretch Goal 3: $28,000 – Individual radiant heat
Tell your friends! The more pre-orders we get in our campaign at float.tilt.com, the more construction we can pay for and the nicer our facility will be for you.
Recently we received a question about one of the core principles listed on our crowdfunding campaign: floating is for everyone. Nationally, floating averages $50-$100 per hour, and we’re going to stay on the low end of that even as we’re in one of the most expensive cost-of-living markets in the country, but as our reader rightly points out, $50 is too much when you’re struggling to survive. How can we say our service is for “everyone” when not everyone can scrape together fifty bucks? My answer touched on some of the reasons I (Sara) do what I do, and how I arrived at this point. I thought some of you might be interested in where I’m coming from.
Well, I thought the first stretch goal was at least going to get us to the weekend – it seems I was wrong. This is so exciting, you guys! We’re going to have the better soundproofing. That’s great for everyone, a thing you hopefully won’t even notice is there. And every time you don’t notice it, your float will continue undisturbed.
Moving along, our next stretch goal is for building out a comfortable post-float lounge. Sometimes people come out of the tank feeling really trancy, and it’s good to have a peaceful space to have a bit of tea and re-gather your wits before heading back out into the world. We’d love to give you a really nice space to do that in.
We can’t get away from the fact that our space is smaller than we wish it could be, but that’s the Somerville real estate market. And so we’re going to have to move some plumbing, rebuild a couple walls, and construct some custom seating to maximize our space. Then we’ll pile it with plush cushions and gentle lighting.
Stretch Goal 2: Re-combobulation space, $23,000