Sleepless in Seattle Houseboat for Sale

Has the failing economy not touched you? The housing crunch not gotten you down? Would you enjoy tourists taking photos of your home or even planning sight-seeing trips to see it? Then do we have the home for you! The South Lake Union houseboat made famous by Sleepless in Seattle, is on the market. It could be yours for just $2.5 million.

If you've been lucky enough to forget the hype of the house boat, let us drag you back to our world for a moment. It's 1993: "grunge" is happening, Microsoft is happening and, for the first time in its history, Seattle is on the news for something other than Boeing lay-offs. Yet nothing seemed to endear America to Seattle more than that year's triumphant romantic comedy: Sleepless in Seattle. A movie which can be summed up with a few simple descriptors: lovelorn widow, a clever child, talk radio, Meg Ryan, and a houseboat. Women all over America, including Oprah (who hosted a show on the topic), believed Seattle was filled with handsome widowers who lived in four-bedroom houseboats. Men who would finally sleep soundly if only for the right woman.

The sanitized version of Seattle sold, big-time, and the houseboat that Tom Hanks' character called home has been a tourist attraction ever since. So, if crazy rom-com fans are your thing...start rounding up that $625,000 down payment and make an offer!

photo from Flickr user Indigo Spyder