"Downsizing makes life much less expensive."
Cynthia and Warren Billings had long dreamed of living in a lakefront home after they retired.
But when they saw that waterfront real-estate prices in Sanford were beyond their reach, they opted to build a luxury dream house. Then they dropped it in the water at a Sanford marina.
Their floating bungalow ended up drawing so much attention — with photos receiving more than 47,000 hits on Facebook and appearances on television home-improvement shows — that the couple soon realized there was a market for tiny houses on water.
That’s when they launched their Sanford-based company, Floating Bungalows, which builds luxury homes that float — think house boats — for people who harbor dreams of upscale living on the water but don’t mind cramped quarters.
Read more at the Orlando Sentinel.