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☆ They moved into floating homes and houseboats — and discovered a world of adventure and hidden expenses
  + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Read previewMoving into their 360-square-foot floating home a year ago was a dream come true for Sarah Spiro and Brandon Jones. In 2023, there were 70 floating home sales reported on the Regional Multiple Listing Service, or RMLS, which covers the Portland area and a significant part of northwest Oregon, Portland Floating Homes real-estate broker John McPherson told BI. Lily and Dylan Rose moved onto their houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle in June 2019. AdvertisementHome insurance for a floating house tends to be about double what it is for a regular house on land, McPherson said. Additionally, the float — the part of the floating house that's equivalent to a foundation — deteriorates over time, McPherson said.
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☆ 'The narrowboat life': 3 women in the UK share what it's like to ditch land and live on the British canals
  + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Manseen Logan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Business Insider spoke with three women in the UK who live on narrowboats full time. One of the women lives on a narrowboat that's less than 7 feet wide. For those who want to live alone, moving onto a narrowboat and cruising along the British canals has proven to be a good option. Three women who gave up their homes on land to live in narrowboats spoke to Business Insider about their experiences. Advertisement"Whenever I was walking down the path near the canal, I'd always look at the narrowboat community," Woodley said.
Persons: it's, —, narrowboats, Elizabeth Earle, Earle, Laura Woodley, Woodley, Read, Kathryn Clover, Marty, Clover, I've Organizations: Service, Grand Locations: South Africa, Brazil, England
☆ We quit our jobs in TV to start a coffee shop. When we decided to do it on a boat, we had no idea what we were in for.
  + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Aimee Pearcy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Joanna and Victor Gould, both 35, quit their jobs to open a coffee shop on a boat. Holly the Cafe Boat Joanna GouldWe faced a lot of challenges opening our boat cafeIn 2018, we were feeling exhausted from our jobs as freelance television editors. We bought her and decided to name her "Holly the Cafe Boat." Both our cafe boat and the boat we lived on had a continuous cruiser license, which meant we had to move them both every couple of weeks. Serving customers from Holly the Cafe Boat.
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☆ I work at Microsoft full-time from my narrowboat. There are downsides to living on the water, but I'm happier than I was in a 3-bedroom house.
  + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Brooke Morton | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
I'd always harbored a dream of living on a canal boat. Remote work is easy from a narrowboatI work full-time for Microsoft as a partner manager and support the Nordic region. Boats need a lot of maintenance, but they can appreciate in value, especially if you're diligent about upkeep. You can buy a shorter canal boat, but then obviously you lose space. There are some downsides of living in a canal boat, but I'm happier overallThe hardest part is planning.
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☆ See inside a writer's historic houseboat that travels England's canals. The nights are cold, she's always covered in coal oil, and the lifestyle can be dangerous, but she wouldn't have it any other wa
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Warwickshire, England, native Elizabeth Earle lives on a narrowboat and chronicles her adventures. The upkeep of living on a boat all year can be exhausting, but Earle does it for the adventure. The author and illustrator from Warwickshire, England, has lived on a 70-foot narrowboat that traverses the country's canal system since April 2022. "This boat's absolutely rinsed me," Earle told Insider. "I just want to lead an extraordinary life," she told Insider.
☆ I'm a 34 year old who lives on a boat in the canals of England. It was the least expensive way to buy a home and allows me to lead an extraordinary life.
  + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Elizabeth Earle is a freelance author and illustrator in England who lives on a 70-foot narrowboat. Earle said living on a boat is cheaper than a house, but licenses and insurance also come at a cost. I moved to the Caribbean, renovated this boat, and adopted a street dog who hated sailing. I don't have a mortgage, but I still have monthly expenses to payThere are several things you need to live the boat life. Earle is happy living on a boat and has no current plans to settle on land.
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