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Why This Couple Chose a Narrowboat Over a London Flat | How I Live in London

BBC London Podcast 4 months ago

Description

Is this the only way to afford London? The people living in this hidden community think so.

Today, we go inside the lives of boaters living off-grid. They've literally ditched paying rent for life on the water.

If you were interested in moving into one - you should know it isn't all beautiful sunsets... there's hard graft involved.

In the first episode of our series, How I Live in London, we're asking: could a houseboat lifestyle be your answer to the housing crisis, or is it a struggle of its own?

What do you reckon? Could you really live like this? Let us know in the comments.

In this video:

00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Inside the community
01:36 - How much could it cost?
02:32 - What's inside a houseboat?
04:55 - What are the toilets like?
05:31 - 'What we do with waste'
06:05 - Moving every two weeks
07:25 - Final thoughts

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