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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Cat Olley

Dock around the clock: 20 of the best houseboats for sale in London, from Battersea to Blackwall Basin

Resourceful Londoners faced with insurmountable barriers to homeownership are finding increasingly offbeat ways to carve out a life in the capital, with the most adventurous moving into renovated vans, buses and even a skip.

But there is one tight-knit community that has long provided an alternative to the traditional housing market – though potential converts may need to take a generous view of compost toilets and capsule wardrobes.

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