Leases for the owners of Scarborough's floating homes expired last month and have not yet been renewed, leaving some residents worried. From 2018, inside the hidden Bluffer's Park Marina community
Docked among the sailboats of Bluffer’s Park Marina, on the Scarborough lakeshore, there’s a row of 24 floating homes. These aren’t souped-up yachts or houseboats. Their owners call them “float homes.”
about the community and acts as a de facto real estate agent for owners. “I’ve been around the world and it’s one of the best places that I’ve ever lived.”Finance workers A Mason jar is filled with corn so they always have something to feed the ducks and swans that float by:The two wooden paddles function as float-home decor when George and Glen aren’t using them to cruise along the Bluffs in their red canoe:Retired lawyer; retired corporate fundraiser
This year marks their third summer in the float home, which they’ve dubbed Swan’s Way, a reference both to Marcel Proust and to the trumpeter swans they enjoy watching from their deck. “They’ll probably have to carry us out,” Ingrid says. “We’re really happy down here.”Ingrid used to work in publishing, and John is a passionate book collector.
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