{"id":135647,"date":"2023-03-27T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/living-on-a-boat-is-hard-but-its-worth-it-to-escape-the-toxic-rental-market-faye-keegan\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T06:29:23","slug":"living-on-a-boat-is-hard-but-its-worth-it-to-escape-the-toxic-rental-market-faye-keegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/living-on-a-boat-is-hard-but-its-worth-it-to-escape-the-toxic-rental-market-faye-keegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Living on a boat is hard \u2013 but it\u2019s worth it to escape the toxic rental market | Faye Keegan"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe challenges are myriad, including raising a child and, yes, using the toilet. But we\u2019ve gained so much more than we lostWhen people find out that I live on a narrowboat, their eyes light up. They say things like \u201cGosh, I\u2019d love to do that,\u201d and \u201cThat\u2019s so bohemian of you!,\u201d and \u201cIt must be so peaceful\u201d. It is peaceful, sometimes, but it\u2019s easy to forget that when you\u2019re struggling to push open a heavy lock gate in the pouring rain with a screaming baby strapped to your chest. Still, I love the way I live: I love being close to the water, and feeling more connected to nature and in sync with the changing seasons than I did living on land.That isn\u2019t to say boat life was always the plan. I used to imagine I\u2019d end up in some rambling old farmhouse, with Farrow & Ball wallpaper, period features and an open fire. I still get pangs when I visit friends\u2019 seemingly enormous and lavishly equipped houses \u2013 upstairs and downstairs! A freezer! Hot taps! But for my husband, Nigel, and I, with our ill-paid, bookish jobs (I\u2019m a writer, he\u2019s a librarian. OK fine, my ill-paid job) along with, you know, The Economy, buying a house just isn\u2019t feasible, especially where we live in Oxford. But owning his own home has always been important to Nige, who grew up in council housing, so we began to explore alternative options. Once we let go of the impossible goal of a house and focused instead on what we could afford, everything changed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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