We have friends who escape every summer to spend a week on a rented houseboat on Lake Shasta. We've seen the pictures and it looks like a fantastic vacation. However, their houseboats definitely don't ever look anything like this one.
Schwimmhaus: Modern Green Houseboat
In fact, the Schwimmhaus, designed by confused-direction in Germany, is the first green houseboat we've ever seen -- complete with a green roof, and reclaimed wood. Well, actually, it's just a model. The real thing will be finished in Spring 2009 and it will measure in at 14 m long, 4 m tall, and 3 m wide.
How great would this be for a vacation -- or, even better (if you live in Seattle or other houseboat friendly places), a full-time residence?
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Seattle *isn't* a houseboat-friendly city. New houseboats are banned from entering Lake Union, as are new house barges. You can fake it if it's defined as a boat, but that's tricky, or you can try keeping it at Shilshole, if they still allow them.
The last time I looked at the laws was about ten years ago, but I can't imagine they've gotten friendlier given that the current governor is the former AG who tried to ban all live-aboarding on all state waterways several years ago.
There's a reason Seattle houseboats start at $1MM.
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