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Just like regular houses, houseboats vary widely in price.
According to Boats.com, the cheapest houseboat could cost under $8,000, but you could also pay millions.
However, there are other advantages to living in a houseboat, besides costs.
But it may also be cheaper than renting an apartment.
Colette Gabriel and Kevin Wright own a two-bedroom, 450-square-foot houseboat docked in Chicago.
And that means youll need to kick any hoarding habits to live comfortably on the water.
It forces you not to buy a bunch of stuff, Gabriel and Wright told TheEscapeHome.com.
Kate Fincham lives on a 625-square-foot houseboat in Toronto.
She told CNBC.com that her living expenses (not counting food) total just $1,450.
That includes a $362 loan payment on the $250,000 houseboat.
Her electricity is just $76 per month, and her insurance is $223 per month.
In either case,taxes or feeswill cost less than taxes on acres of property.
But theres one maintenance expense you dont have to worry about on your houseboat: landscaping.
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