They moved into floating homes and houseboats — and discovered a world of adventure and hidden expenses

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Instead of a conventional house on land, some millennials are choosing to live in floating homes, houseboats, and narrowboats instead.

Kate Fincham/mylittlehouseboat; Brandon Jones and Sarah Spiro/keepingafloatwiththejoneses; Lily and Dylan Rose/Aboard Andante

'The narrowboat life': 3 women in the UK share what it's like to ditch land and live on the British canals

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Elizabeth Earle, Katherine Clover, and Laura Woodley
Elizabeth Earle, Katherine Clover, and Laura Woodley all live on narrowboats in the UK.

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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.

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Marius Blaauw and his canal boat
Marius Blaauw bought a £35,000 narrow boat that he pilots around England's canals.

Marius Blaauw

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