T i m wrote:

I thought there was a fully floating 'house' on the Thames that looked
like a house (rather than a houseboat) and could float up and down on
some pile / tracks.

https://www.dezeen.com/2016/01/20/ba...-architecture/

I think they had to ballast the thing up to compensate for the
furniture (grand piano) but that might be a small inconvenience
opposed to bailing out the ground floor (or worse).

It featured in Grand Designs

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/on-demand/57386-002
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/on-demand/49841-010

Chris
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