Boats
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$1,450,000Monticello, KY 42633
Offered By: Lake Escape Yacht Sales
$1,500,000Galveston, TX 77554Offered By: Chesapeake Nautical Cruises, LLC- 2009 Custom Flybridge MotoryachtPrice Drop: $10,000 (Sep 11)$2,489,995Price Drop: $10,000 (Sep 11)Tampa, FL 33629Offered By: WORLDWIDE YACHT SALES INC.
- Offered By: Houseboat Brokers Dot Com, LLC
- Offered By: Elite Boat Sales
- 2007 Stardust Cruisers 19 x 86 WB - Reverse LayoutPrice Drop: $20,000 (Sep 18)2007 Stardust Cruisers 19 x 86 WB - Reverse Layout
2007 Stardust Cruisers 19 x 86 WB - Reverse Layout
$409,900Price Drop: $20,000 (Sep 18)New Tazewell, TN 37825Offered By: Your New Boat.com - Offered By: Coast to Coast Marine
- Offered By: Erwin Marine Sales Inc ( Chattanooga, TN )
- Offered By: Pop Yachts
- Offered By: Elite Boat Sales
- 1982 Pluckebaum 75 Motor YachtPrice Drop: $28,000 (Sep 29)$290,000Price Drop: $28,000 (Sep 29)Pittsburgh, PA 15238Offered By: Fox Chapel Marine
- Offered By: Coast to Coast Marine
- Offered By: Houseboats on Lanier
- Offered By: Antelope Point Brokerage
- Offered By: Pop Yachts
- 1998 Sumerset 80Price Drop: $28,334 (Sep 6)
- 2001 Sumerset Houseboat 16X80Price Drop: $10,000 (Sep 29)$315,000Price Drop: $10,000 (Sep 29)Nancy, KY 42544Offered By: BuyaBoat.net
- Offered By: Antelope Point Brokerage
- Offered By: Elite Boat Sales
- 1982 AC Mcleod Custom Sternwheeler House BargePrice Drop: $100,100 (Sep 14)$349,900Price Drop: $100,100 (Sep 14)Haverstraw, NY 10993
- Offered By: Yachts360
- $149,500Lake Powell, UT 84533Offered By: Executive Boat & Yacht Brokerage
- $120,000Page, AZ 86040Offered By: Antelope Point Brokerage
Houseboats
Houseboats are live-in boats and are typically large, flat-bottomed power boats with square sides and house-like characteristics. Built with emphasis placed on their living space, comforts and amenities as opposed to their efficiency as a boat. View our Guide on Houseboats.
What are houseboats?
Houseboats are larger size vessels generally used for endeavors such as living aboard. These types of vessels can differ in size, with the smallest current boat listed at 24 feet in length, to the longest vessel measuring in at 100 feet, and an average length of 60 feet. They are built and assembled by a wide variety of boat manufacturers with hull types including displacement, monohull, flat, modified vee and planing designs. Boat Trader currently has 279 houseboats for sale, including 32 new vessels and 247 used boats, listed by both individual owners and professional boat and yacht dealers across the country.
What are the best houseboats?
Some of the most iconic builders of houseboats presently include: Gibson, Sumerset, Stardust Cruisers, Custom and Adonia. These builders construct houseboats models with inboard, inboard/outboard, outboard, outboard-4S and other propulsion systems, available in gas, diesel, electric and other fuel systems. In the past 30 days, the top, most-viewed houseboats brands on Boat Trader were Adonia, Custom, Gibson, Stardust Cruisers and Sumerset.
How much do houseboats cost?
Houseboats for sale on Boat Trader are offered at a swath of prices from a sensible $4,000 on the most reasonably-priced watercraft all the way up to $1,575,000 for the most expensive boats. Models with more power can hold motors up to a blazing 1,635 horsepower, while the smallest utility models may have as little as 32 horsepower engines on them (although the average engine size is 440 HP).
Why are houseboats popular?
Houseboats are popular for their medium-depth draft and exceedingly wide beam, attributes that make these boats ideal for living aboard. Houseboats are also popular boats for coastal, inshore and offshore boating. From our current listings, the average number of passengers that houseboats can accommodate is 15 people with a maximum of 55. Also, with 279 houseboats currently listed for sale and 47 boats added in the past 30 days, Boat Trader is confident you’ll find the boat you are looking for.