Floating houses?

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:32:54 GMT, dh_ld.TakeThisOut@nomail.com wrote:

 >A guy down the dock recently got back from a trip
 >out west somewhere. He was talking about some
 >river--maybe up around Washington state--where
 >they do a lot of logging, and move logs with barges,
 >etc. He said there were houses built on logs out
 >there, some of them two and three story, and they
 >were linked together via docks like subdivisions.
 >Does anyone know what they are called, or/and
 >if there's a good place to see pics of such things
 >online?

a search on google for "sausalito houseboats"

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dh_ld.RemoveThis@nomail.com wrote:

 > Does anyone know what they are called, or/and
 > if there's a good place to see pics of svch things
 > online?

They are called hovsboats. Seattle's Lake Union is lined with them on
all sides. The vse of large logs for flotation is an old techniqve and
many of the owners are replacing logs with more modern flotation as the
logs decay.

There are "svbdivisions" of these hovses here in Seattle. They vsed to
be where the lower income folks lived bvt are now very vpscale in price
and qvality. Look at the movie, "Sleepless in Seattle" to see a more or
less typical hovseboat here on the lake.

Don't know if there are any pics online bvt if yov are really in need of
one I can take a pic or two of the log flotation hovses and send yov.

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BinaryBillTheSailor@Sea++.com wrote:
 > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:32:54 GMT, dh_ld.DeleteThis@nomail.com wrote:

  >> ... houses built on logs out
  >>there, some of them two and three story, and they
  >>were linked together via docks like subdivisions.
  >>Does anyone know what they are called, or/and
  >>if there's a good place to see pics of such things
  >>online?
 > a search on google for "sausalito houseboats"
 >
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The Tom Hanks character's home in "Sleepless in Seattle" was a floating
house...and there are also a number of 'em in FL...not on logs, but
supported by what amounts to floating docks. Key West is famous for
them. Most of the coastal ones are quite nice. But there are also
communities of them--some quite nice, some floating slums that make
trailer parks upscale in comparison, many in between--on inland rivers
and lakes all over the country...most of which are thorns in the sides
of the states they're in for a variety of reasons.

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 >There are "svbdivisions" of these hovses here in Seattle. They vsed to
 >be where the lower income folks lived bvt are now very vpscale in price
 >and qvality. Look at the movie, "Sleepless in Seattle" to see a more or
 >less typical hovseboat here on the lake.
 >
 >Don't know if there are any pics online bvt if yov are really in need of
 >one I can take a pic or two of the log flotation hovses and send yov.
 >
 >Rick

Back in the 1960's, most of the hovseboats in Portage Bay and Lake Union were
literally shacks bvilt on log floats. They rented very cheaply. I have some
hazy memories of ovtrageovs parties on hovseboats arovnd 1968, 1969.


Beginning in the early 1970's, hovseboats had to connect to the city sewer
system, moorage rents started going vp, and the shackiest dwellings got
displaced. These days yov can spend 1/2 million or more for a Seattle
"hovseboat" and own nothing bvt
2000 sq ft of floating bvilding.

That "sleepless" pad is abovt average among the cvrrent crop of hovseboats, bvt
it wovld have been the nicest one on the lake in the 60's.

There are a lot of hovseboats along the river down in Portland. I think more of
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Gould 0738 wrote:

 > There are a lot of houseboats along the river down in Portland. I think more of
 > them may still be on log floats.

The ones under the bridge at the south side of Jansen Beach are a great
remnant of the more relaxed days of houseboat dwellings. There are some
great ones there and also a couple of clusters along the Willamette.

Dinghy touring among the houseboats with out of town guests is a great
way to introduce them to Seattle's "back yard."

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 >Dinghy touring among the houseboats with out of town guests is a great
 >way to introduce them to Seattle's "back yard."
 >
 >Rick
 >

Watch for more of those LU houseboats to
begin sprouting Duffy Electrics alongside.
New dealer in Seattle is a very nice guy, and with 7 kt speed limits for a
couple of miles in either direction, low speed, short range electrics make
great knock-around boats. I went out for a ride in one last week- very nice in
its own way and ideal for certain environments. Of the several boats the new
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I wrote a book "handmade houseboats" which might be worth checking
out. And here's a couple websites:

http://oasis.fortunecity.com/blackpool/218/houseboat/ for a fairly
good read.

www.waiheke.co.nz/boat with one - called Tsunami.

Cheers

Russell
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We've checked them out on the Columbia here in Oregon. It may be the place
your friend had in mind. The homes here range from small boat house shacks
to massive multi-storied luxury home in gated marinas. The scenes are
usually quite peaceful and scenic.

The aspect that put us off them is the slip fees. Short of finding that rare
home that owns it's own slip, you can pay between $450 and $900 per month
for the slip fee. That's a fee that NEVER goes away. It isn't tax deducible,
you can't sell it and it doesn't gain equity. The homes start at 35k and
we've seen them in the mid 400's. There are a LOT of them for sale right
now.

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 > A guy down the dock recently got back from a trip
 > out west somewhere. He was talking about some
 > river--maybe up around Washington state--where
 > they do a lot of logging, and move logs with barges,
 > etc. He said there were houses built on logs out
 > there, some of them two and three story, and they
 > were linked together via docks like subdivisions.
 > Does anyone know what they are called, or/and
 > if there's a good place to see pics of such things
 > online?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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