Author: The Floating Residence
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Land is Overrated
Living on Land Is Overrated There’s a quiet rebellion happening in marinas, canals, and harbors around the world. It doesn’t look like a protest. It looks like Marisa Dietrich doing laundry on a Tuesday morning, her home gently rocking against the dock at Waterford Harbor Marina on the Texas coast. It looks like a retired…
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The Next Frontier
How floating homes are moving from the fringe to the forefront of climate-adaptive, lifestyle-driven real estate The world is running out of ground to build on. Not literally, of course — but functionally, in the places where people most want to live, the equation has broken down. Coastal cities are hemmed in by geography and…
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The Floating Neighborhood
What Marinas Can Teach Us About Community in an Age of Disconnection One of the most overlooked aspects of floating living has nothing to do with boats. It has nothing to do with marinas, waterfront views, dolphins, sunsets, or even housing. It has to do with something far more fundamental. Community. For all of humanity’s…
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The 71 Percenters
The Untapped Frontier: Why Floating Living May Become One of the Most Important Residential Ideas of the 21st Century For decades, discussions about housing have revolved around a familiar set of solutions: build more homes, expand suburbs, increase density, and develop additional land. Yet one of the most significant resources available to humanity remains largely…
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Boat as Financial Strategy
The Floating Residence Strategy: How Living on a Boat Can Become a Serious Financial Decision For decades, society has conditioned people to view housing through a single framework: Buy a house.Take on a mortgage.Accumulate possessions.Expand into larger spaces.Repeat. Yet as housing affordability continues to deteriorate across many coastal markets, a growing number of individuals are…
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Finding Wealth on the Water
Boat Slip Ownership: Asset, Lifestyle Upgrade, or Costly Mistake? For many boat owners, the vessel itself receives most of the attention. Yet in some waterfront markets, the more valuable asset may ultimately be the place where the boat is kept. As marina space becomes increasingly scarce in desirable coastal regions, boat slips have evolved from…
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Narrowboat Living
It is estimated that there are up to 30,000 people living on a boat full-time on the rivers, canals, and coastlines in the United Kingdom. Living aboard a boat on the United Kingdom’s inland waterways requires a clear understanding of the distinction between mooring types and the regulations that govern them. For those who do…
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Beyond the Shoreline
What the Dutch Are Teaching the World About the Future of Living Executive Perspective For centuries, cities have expanded outward across available land. Today, that assumption is increasingly under pressure. Rising housing costs, land constraints, climate-related flooding, and population growth are forcing governments, developers, and residents to reconsider a fundamental question: what happens when conventional…
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Sausalito Houseboat
Waterfront in Sausalito spans from floating houseboats to luxury hillside mansions, and prices depend on the type of property you are seeking. Tour a beautiful floating alternative to San Francisco based land living in the video below. Life on the water does not always mean giving up luxury or spacious flow and feel in a…