Cheryl Fellenz, 81, swapped her home for a houseboat in 2009 to cut expenses. Fellenz lives on $4,996 monthly from Social Security and a teacher's pension. She said the houseboat gives her close ...

Set in the Bay Area city’s famed floating community, this revamped three-story home comes with a circular fireplace and a ...

There are only so many things a regular Joe or Jane has in common with Sir Richard Branson, one of the world's most famous and richest entrepreneurs, and they probably fit on the fingers of one hand.

Explore the charm of living on the water with a tour of a beautifully renovated 600 sqft floating house Airbnb located at West Bay Marina, Puget Sound. This floating home offers views of the ...

I live on a boat full time in LA. There are some cons, like less space, but it's cheaper than I expected, and I like the ...

Halfway between living full-time on a boat and traveling the world, and living by the water in a brick-and-mortar home is living in a float house. The Red Float House is no ordinary floating house, ...

A young woman saves $664 a month on bills - after ditching her flat and moving into a 48-foot houseboat. Lucy Barwick, 28, was sick of paying $1,600-a-month for a three-bedroom flat with her ex ...

When Michael and Rie DePaula decided to relocate to Seattle, they realized they would need to be creative in the hot housing market. It was 2017, and the couple saw the move as career advancement for ...

A man given two years to live with terminal cancer says he has outlived the diagnosis by selling his house and living on a narrow boat. Tom Smith, 40, was "mortified" when the doctors told him he had ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cheryl Fellenz, 81, a retiree who lives on a houseboat off the coast of southern Maryland. She is one of thousands of older Americans who have ...