Intersection: Downsizing To A Floating Bungalow

Home sweet barge. Cynthia and Warren Billings built this floating bungalow in Sanford. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE.
Some people downsize when they retire. Cynthia and Warren Billings went really small- from a 5000 square foot house in New Hampshire, to a 500 square foot home. It’s not just any home though- this house is on a barge, tied up at a marina on Lake Monroe in Sanford.
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