The correct term is floating home, not houseboat. We have lived in a two story floating home on the Columbia River for the last nine years. A houseboat is analogous to a motorhome. A floating home is analogous to a mobile home, although floating homes have to be more solidly built than a mobile home as water moves. Houseboats have motors and are designed to move under their own power. A floating home needs to be towed to move it. Our home is chained to a floating concrete dock and is connected to a sewer, city water and 240 volt electricity.
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