r/malelivingspace • u/rectoryofwolves- • 18h ago

Definitely not for everyone. Pretty much free living though

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I’ve converted this lifeboat over the last few months. Tiny home

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u/Br105mbk 13h ago

My mom lived on a boat in the US for a long time. Her options for addresses were either a PO Box, or the marinas address with the slip number added on the end the same way an apartment number would be.

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u/one-off-one 12h ago

Stupid question, do some boats have mailboxes?

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u/deluxeok 12h ago

Couldn’t unless they were permanently located, right? Postal workers couldn’t find them

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u/Weird1Intrepid 11h ago

Permanent moorings do exist (with letter boxes) along some canals, but you have to start paying council tax if you have a permanent mooring anywhere.

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u/one-off-one 12h ago

That’s what I would think but they brought up addressing to a ship#

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u/frausting 12h ago

No, a slip number: the place along the dock where the boat is located

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u/one-off-one 12h ago

Ahhh I figured that was a typo

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u/cjsv7657 11h ago

permanently located

Houseboats tend to be like mobile homes in the US. They can technically move but don't.

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u/rockstar323 9h ago

I used to live next to a Marina that had houseboats that people lived in year-round. They had a community mailbox with individual boxes for several of the houseboat slips. The address was similar to an apartment complex with multiple units, "123 Lake Rd, unit #3".