Floating Homes

Wouldn't it be lovely to be able to live in a nice home on the water. Right now the closest thing you can get to that is a house-boat. She won't be as broad, but there will be enough room for a small family of 5 to live comfortably for a long while.

The perfect villa on the water

Notice the 2 boat garages; that way the boats will always be safe when no one's around

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Although being built on stilts is more stable, it's always nicer to be closer to the water

This little pier is good enough for a small boat, but not much else

Having a covered garage with a boat lift will save you thousands of dollars a year in maintenance

This is perhaps the ultimate Boat-House. Catamarans are well suited for this purpose and can cruise to most coastal destinations safely & comfortable.
 

If you're on a budget, this locally built wooden boat is a satisfactory option. But you cannot sail her on the open seas.
She may even have a little trouble coping with wakes in the harbour.  

I recently met a Singapore family living on a Lagoon 400 Catamaran Sailing Yacht. They bought the boat for just over a million dollars. I could see their young children, all 5 of them thoroughly enjoying themselves and growing up in fine fashion. All 5 spoke fluent English and Mandarin. They went about the Marina bare footed in the hot afternoon sun and were seen navigating in and around the narrow pontoons, gangways & boats with the sure-footedness of a mountain goat. What a way to grow up as children. The parents must have deliberated on the decision for years. It was a brave and most correct move.