This book will feature not only static residential boats and floating dwellings but also those used as holiday homes. Houseboats engage the reader through their history and owners stories, which are told in lively text and colourful images. People fall in love with boats and own them for a variety of reasons: out of necessity; a love of the water; closeness to nature, or just because they yearn for a different style of living/working space. This book shows how houseboats can offer an attractive, practical and alternative solution, as well as amazing solutions to living successfully in a small space