After Sleepless in Seattle put the Seattle Floating Homes Community
on the map, people have been flocking to Seattle to seek out Tom Hank’s
waterfront lifestyle. Many people dream about living near the
waterfront, but few take the leap to actually live on top of the water.
People living on the Lake Union waterfront community live in homes that
sit on buoyant platforms that are docked and plugged into our electrical
grid, and receive water and sewage services from the city.
Famed Sleepless in Seattle Houseboat
There are only a few floating home communities in the US, and the
Seattle Floating Homes Association
has helped the community to stay afloat today. People have been living
in the community for over a century now, but life on the water was not
as glamorous as it’s perceived today. According to
CNN Money,
the waterfront community used to be used for industrial purposes and
shipping services. Sewage and waste was often dumped right into the
water where their homes sat! Today floating homes can sell for as little
as $200,000- $2.8 million. For more information on currently floating
homes for sale, click
here.
