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temporal1 wrote:Home Afloat / HGTV
http://www.hgtv.com/shows/home-afloat

just heard of this. houseboats!
i saw part of one episode that had a lovely construct.
lovely, that, in this space, they managed to have a nice kitchen, long, but narrow, table, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths .. none of it looked very scrunched, as is often the case with these builds.

i didn't see the price, squ footage, location .. other than it was in a beautiful urban harbor.
the dock fee was $750! which is more than my mortgage+taxes, conventional home.
i'm used to seeing high prices, because my family lives on the crazy-expensive west coast.
this harbor may have been Vancouver (?) .. not sure.

if i happen to figure out which episode i saw part of, i'll try to remember to post it.
i could be convinced to live on the water.

Peregrino wrote:Maybe it's time to start a Can a Christian Own a Tiny Yacht? thread. On the open sea there are no taxes, no dock fees, and no homeowners associations​. Just a plain, simple yacht, drifting from one corner of the world to another.

ohio jones wrote:

Peregrino wrote:Maybe it's time to start a Can a Christian Own a Tiny Yacht? thread. On the open sea there are no taxes, no dock fees, and no homeowners associations​. Just a plain, simple yacht, drifting from one corner of the world to another.

Or, on the other end of the spectrum, can a Christian own a condo on a large yacht? I happened across this in Cape Town harbor a few years ago, it looks like an interesting concept. Might be sort of Worldly, though.
The World: Residences at Sea
T1: It will be in Seattle in July.

Routed in a company-wide philosophy of delivering on each Resident’s individual preferences, [the on-board Beverage Manager] notes that The World carries the favorite wines, spirits, and sakes of every Resident. She and her team “bring the destination alive” for Residents by featuring cocktails and other beverages that use infused spirits or that incorporate regional ingredients, some discovered during her visits to local farmers’ markets.

.. “So I've been working on this for awhile," Vogel said about designing the home he sold to Yohe. It's the prototype of a home he's designed to be affordable, with features to minimize energy consumption and provide options for growing food.

Dubbed the Anywhere Farm by Vogel, the home was built in 2018 on a vacant site near Sunset Park along Sturgeon Bay's east side. While the footprint of the home is smaller than most new construction houses, it has lofty ceilings, open-concept living/kitchen area and includes a room with a southern exposure of windows, specifically designed to grow food.

"It was a spec house so I added some features to it that made it more expensive, like quality kitchen cabinets and colored concrete for the floors," Vogel said. ..

.. Sustainable includes energy efficiency, and growing produce for home use, he said.

While his first home sold for $148,000, Vogel said he could build a similar home for less money.

"If there was someone willing to go down that rabbit hole with me, I know I can cut the cost a lot," Vogel said.

That rabbit hole includes a buyer willing to use second-hand cabinets and doors throughout the house, and also agreeing to complete different segments of the building project, Vogel said.

The prototypical Anywhere Farm home has concrete walls and floors with a substantial layer of polystyrene foam under the concrete floor and, also, similar foam on the interior and exterior walls of the one-story home. The heating and air conditioning is provided by one split-level unit in the middle of the home near the ceiling with backup electric baseboard heating in each room. The hot water is provided by a tank-less on demand gas-run unit.

With nine-foot walls, the rooms feel spacious and ceiling fans push hot air down in the winter and swirl the cooled air in the summer.

The home's main exposure is southern and includes a room with large windows designed to grow hydroponic food, including micro-greens and wheat grass, which is a popular dietary supplement. The home's design also includes plans for a backyard chicken coop and system to collect rain water.

"The Anywhere Farm is like a modern homestead, which fits into the way a growing number of people want to live today," Vogel said. ..