Sausalito, San Francisco -

One of our favourite places twenty years ago and still today. This house boat community is just across the Golden Gate Bridge. There are several hundred in the area all accessed by long jetty's. There were several for sale when we visited, average cost around $850,000 USD plus monthly berthing fees of about $900 USD a month and that is for a 2 bedroom houseboat. Some are as large as a 5 bedroom home and two or three storey's high. The piers/jettys are lined with greenery as you walk along. Many house boats also have resident dogs and cats. The only down side we could envisage was carrying your groceries from the resident's carpark to your houseboat. Beau was sold and wants to live in one day........ (start saving now kiddo!).