Property Watch: Lake Union Houseboat You Can Actually Drive

This little cabin floating just off Westlake Avenue is the quintessential houseboat, with a nautical interior, crafty small-space solutions, and plenty of opportunity to dip your toes in Lake Union. It’s also an actual boat, which is, counterintuitively, a pretty rare thing in a houseboat.

Named Out of Time, this craft is one of just 11 houseboats in the entire city that’s allowed to move freely about the lake. Unlike many houseboats, for which present or past propulsion can be a complicated issue, this one must always remain navigable with inboard engines. The city classifies it as a VDU, or Vehicle with Dwelling Unit. In simpler terms: You can

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