Could you live in a "floating UFO home"?

[True Dough]

These look pretty neat. I would like to rent one for a month to get a feel for it. Of course I'd like to be confident that they're truly unsinkable, so I'd probably give it a year or two on the market before permanently inhabiting one.

[trixie2]

1. I'm in!

Just put me in Lake St. Clair. Wonder what Ice would do to it.

[MrScorpio]

2. The way that it ices up over here around Anchor Bay

You'd be lucky if you're not stuck off the side of Harsen's Island.

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. Totally!

[Coventina]

4. If there's enough space for my media collections (books, records, etc.) I'm ALL IN!!!

I'm hoping that there's more to it under the surface? Kind of like an iceberg?

Friggin' awesome!!!

[OriginalGeek]

5. just under 2000 sq ft inside

which is bigger than my current house - although I guess they'd need to get me a floating shed too lol.

The master bedroom is underwater with panoramic view. Fishies might watch you sleep.

I'd do this in a heartbeat. Not sure if I can get wife and daughter on-board though. Probably depends how fast the internet is.

[Coventina]

8. Woo-hoo!

My current house is only 900 sq ft. so it works for me!!

Love it!!

[hunter]

6. Is that Kevin Costner on his trimaran I see on the horizon?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld

Cleaning the windows on these would be a real chore.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium gets volunteer divers to clean underwater windows because it's a fun thing, is for a good cause, and comes with bragging rights.

Paying somebody to do that, or doing it yourself, wouldn't be fun.

What I really want is one of those magic tents in Harry Potter's world, small on the outside, huge and luxurious on the inside.

You could probably put one on a raft too.

[True Dough]

7. It's true, windows would be a source of constant upkeep

Cleaning and ensuring the seals are intact because springing a leak could be very damaging, particularly if you'd left your underwater pod to head onshore!

But conventional homes also require routine maintenance, like a new roof or replacing water/sewage pipes. At least with this type of home you'd never have to pave the driveway.

[Brother Buzz]

9. Last time I saw that trimaran, it was basicly abandoned in San Diego harbor....

buried under three inches of bird shit. Seriously.

I always had a keen interest in that boat because Commodore Tompkins made the conceptional drawings for it from his Tiburon home. From his vantage point overlooking the bay, he saw another crazy multihull moored that was his inspiration, a boat I was involved it. Our boat was ultimately busted up by a blue whale off Santa Cruz.

[hunter]

10. Oh dear, there's another thing to consider... bird shit.

Or sea lions.

Notice how the bell doesn't bother them at all.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Sea Lions are taking over marinas in California

In one case, an entire marina has been abandoned to them.