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Rikki Loftus & Saffron Otter

Divorced dad moves into narrowboat 'to save £3k a month' - and can fit five kids

A dad-of-five who had been looking at living in London bedsits after his divorce now claims to save more than £3,000 a month by moving into a narrowboat instead.

James Posner, 44, says the narrowboat lifestyle is 'London's best kept secret' amid the cost-of-living crisis - and has the freedom to have his children come and stay.

The commercial property sector surveyor, who is dad to Ava, 15, Arthur, 10, Florence, 10, Matilda, five, and Ivy, four, first began property hunting in the capital in 2020 after splitting from his wife of eight years.

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