Michael and Claire outside Gerda of Glasgow, their houseboat which they rent out on Airbnb.Graeme MacDonald/Gerda of Glasgow Michael and Claire, a married couple living in Scotland, bought a houseboat ...

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It’s high season for houseboats, with Boston Harbor marinas filling up with local liveaboards anchored to an ocean-centric way of life. Constitution Marina in Charlestown is home to 250 boats this ...

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 ...

In Amsterdam, hundreds of houseboats line the city’s canals and living on a houseboat is simply considered an affordable way to live in the center of the city. While Amsterdam may be synonymous with ...

Larry Moyer faced me across a cluttered wooden table in the sitting room of the houseboat Evil Eye. He was wearing a brown suede vest. His eyes gleamed benevolently beneath a purple beret. A white ...

While shoveling during Tuesday’s storm, I got to wondering who in Rhode Island might have one of the toughest ordeals in wet, heavy snow. Then it came to me. By whom I mean Stacy Rae Seminick, one of ...

One weekend afternoon about a month after I moved aboard a canal boat in London, there was a rap-rap-rap on the wood-and-metal paneling of my front door. I had left it partly open to let in the breeze ...

There’s something inherently fun about the idea of a solar-powered electric houseboat. Living on the water and never paying for fuel sounds like a dream for many people. But would anyone make it a ...

As the summer months approach with long evenings and sunshine, there becomes something ever more appealing about living on a houseboat or canal barge in London, surrounded by the natural world but ...

Michael and Claire, a married couple living in Scotland, bought a houseboat in 2018. They originally intended to buy an apartment, but couldn't come to an agreement. The couple are now considered ...